In 1974 the U.S. Office of Education (USOE) established, under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title III, Section 306, a network of agencies called the National Diffusion Network. This network was designed to bring together representatives of federal, state, and local agencies to promote the exchange of successful ideas, materials, and…

The pamphlet summarizes the operations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. OSHA's mission is to assure safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve human resources. Employers and employees who are covered by the act and employer and employee…

Letters were sent to all state departments of education or public instruction soliciting information and comments concerning the sharing of a portion of the public library building with other agencies such as public school administrations. Twenty-two replies were received from nineteen states. Over 50% of the respondents were in favor of the…

This list of natural resource use and management organizations in the United States and Canada is supplemented with indices to their major periodical publications and to individuals named in the directory. Sections of the directory deal with agencies of the United States government; organizations and commissions with international, national,…

The topic of this document is statewide organizations of and for library trustees. The reasons for such organizations are: (1) to educate individual library trustees, (2) to inform and stimulate library trustees, individually and as library boards, (3) to work with libraries to plan for interlibrary cooperation and library systems, and (4) to work…

Since many states are currently revising their teacher certification regulations, at least five major issues are raised: (1) evaluation of competencies, (2) differentiated staff, (3) tenure, (4) merit pay, and (5) the related problems of certification levels, obsolescence of skills, renewal certificates, and hence, inservice education. An…

This paper explores the relationship between public welfare agencies and juvenile courts in cases involving child abuse. Data was gathered from eight Southeastern States through questionnaires and personal interviews with agency officials. The findings are incorporated into a discussion of agency-court relationships in the areas of adjudication…

This report by the Mississippi Library Commission (MLC) describes its organization and activities and also library developments in Mississippi under the Library Services and Construction Act for the fiscal year 1973. The long range goals are listed as well as the resources development and services which the MLC has undertaken. The recent staff…

The Midwestern States Educational Information Project (MSEIP) is a combined research effort of 13 state educational agencies (SEA's) to develop and implement an integrated information system. The "MSEIP Documentation" is the result of the Project's original developmental effort during which chief state school officers, SEA staff members,…

The Midwestern States Educational Information Project's "MSEIP Documentation Supplement" is a companion publication to "MSEIP Documentation of Project Development and General System Design; Revised, June 1969." (LI 003275). The supplement starts with an overview of the MSEIP Data Control System which explains many of the…

This list of natural resource use and management organizations in the United States and Canada is supplemented with indices to their major periodical publications and to individuals named in the directory. Sections of the directory deal with agencies of the U.S. government; organizations and commissions with international, national, regional, and…

The definition of public documents includes non-print as well as print materials. More and more, non-print methods of communication (for example: films; filmstrips, slides) are being used as effective disseminators of information in and about state government. Such information, as with traditional print material, is of importance to the citizens…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assigns segments of the radio spectrum to categories of users, and specific frequencies within each segment to individual users. Since demand for channel space exceeds supply, the process is complex. The radio spectrum can be compared to a long ruler: the portion from 10-540 kiloHertz has been set aside…

American government response to the growth of radio, TV and now cable television (CATV) has been too little too late, to protect vested interests instead of to set long-range policies. A recent closed-door meeting called by the director of the Office of Telecommunications Policy of the White House, to talk about CATV regulation, was no exception.…

Approximately 275 Federal programs support some form of lifelong learning. While the majority of the lifelong learning programs are administered by the various agencies within HEW, a significant number of programs are run by such Federal agencies as the Department of Justice, the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, and the Smithsonian…