A survey of 30 participants in the Botswana National Literacy Programme identified collaborating agencies, levels of collaboration and coordination, and cooperative activities. The Department of Nonformal Education was recognized as the appropriate coordinator of collaboration. Participation of nongovernmental organizations was essential. (SK)

Camping Unlimited for at-risk youth, which originally ran from 1969-76, was recently revived at Blue Star Camps (Hendersonville, North Carolina) with 150 youth from southern Florida. The one-week stay, funded by several partnerships and organized by youth programs in the home county, included all regular camp activities. Increased staff and…

Describes challenges affecting educational providers and correctional staff at Nebraska Correctional Youth Facility and how the joint effort of the staffs resulted in a structure that is characterized by improved communication and collaborative decision making. (Contains 21 references.) (JOW)

Provides examples of how federal agencies have responded to the possibility that terrorists could use information on their Web sites to plan further attacks, following the September 11 attacks. Discusses implications of the removal and alteration of government information and offers suggestions for developing a government-wide Web site policy.…

Discusses electronic records management in the federal government. Highlights include managing electronic mail; information technology planning, systems design, and architecture; updating conventional records management; integrating electronic records management with other information technology systems; challenges of end-user training; business…

Discusses factors that contribute to the lack of success in delivering transition services to students with disabilities. Explores alternatives to existing practice, based on a service integration model focused on the point of transition. Also reviews the benefits and challenges to implementing such a model. (Author/CR)

Describes a framework for developing local environmental health programs, the structure of individual objectives, and how local environmental health programs can adapt these for their own use. Based on a model for health services in Alberta, Canada, the framework involves the sequential development of health status, risk-reduction, process and…

Traces philosophical appraisals of technology, both as devices for human purposes and, as technological rationality, as ways of thinking and acting. Two applications of communication technology in the context of Canadian coastal communities illustrate the distinction between training and education, and the importance of public space in which to…

This paper reports the use of multi-attribute utility analysis for evaluating the goals and services of a state vocational rehabilitation agency. Uses included: (1) identification and clarification of agency goals and services; (2) engagement of stakeholders in the determination of measurable attributes of these goals; and (3) use of…

Training infrastructure in 33 large U.S. city governments was analyzed using data from the Government Performance Project. Results were used to develop a strategic systems training model, an integrated approach that encompasses individual and organizational training structures within the context of the external environment. (Contains 24…

The paper describes current research interests and priorities of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, relates those interests to dentistry and oral health, and discusses the development of practice guidelines within the context of other initiatives of the Agency including the Medical Treatment Effectiveness Program. (DB)

Case studies of six interorganizational collaborations for job training and economic development found that these exemplary arrangements produced other benefits, providing flexible and adaptive capability for dealing with long-term economic development processes. A planning and development model to replicate successful linkages was developed. (SK)

Describes the Vermont Skills Bank/Futures Project, FUTURES, which provides a supportive atmosphere for people to voice their dreams, examine the effect of change in their lives, and to begin to set realistic goals with measurable outcomes for success. Participants explore career options, work with adult basic education tutors, and gain access to…

Examines the employment of minorities and women in individual federal agencies as of September 1988. Focuses on the influence of factors including agency size, union strength, blue collar/clerical employment, and the rate of new hires of Blacks, Hispanics, and women. Finds that contextual variables explain much of the variation in integration.…

A survey of 300 public agency personnel directors received 208 responses indicating that 65 percent have substance abuse policies, 66 percent of those test applicants. Most agencies that test employees verify positive results with a second test before disciplinary action; 85 percent have employee assistance programs. Personnel directors' attitudes…