The objective of the audit presented in this report was to evaluate the Office of Special Education Programs' (OSEP) implementation of its differentiated monitoring and support component under the results driven accountability initiative. The audit covered differentiated monitoring and support (DMS) that OSEP conducted under Part B of the…

This report provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs, accomplishments, challenges, and Management's accountability for the resources. It provides fiscal and summary performance results that enable the President, Congress, and the American people to asses their accomplishments for the reporting period…

Outlines retreat from overall planning and management of federal scientific and technical information which began during the Nixon administration in early 1970s. Participation of the Office of Science and Technology and committees of Federal Council for Science and Technology and National Academy of Sciences-National Academy of Engineering is…

This report was designed as an initial attempt to address the role of the federal government in ecological research and application of this research. The Ad Hoc Committee on Ecological Research, appointed for this study, provided advice and guidance in the following five areas: (1) identification of national needs for ecological knowledge and…

Current federally supported technical assistance priorities and operations are not well aligned with the school-improvement process. This article discusses technical assistance centers' organization, funding, and size; the topics they address; the recipients, gatekeepers, and trainers they work with; convening services provided; coordination…

This report is a condensation of an unpublished paper by Daniel Dreyfus, a member of the professional staff of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Dreyfus develops a classification system of environmental management activities which has as its purpose to partially remove the present disagreement upon the scope of environmental…

Legislation requires that the Comptroller General of the U.S. develop and recommend to the Congress methods for review and evaluation of government programs carried on under existing law. This document is a first step in collecting and disseminating general concepts on these activities and how they are related to other activities in the continuum…

Funding for the formation and maintenance of 23 research laboratories and centers has, in the past, come from the USOE, administered by one of its units. Legislation is currently pending before Congress that would create a National Institute of Education and transfer some of the responsibilities, including that of funding work in the laboratories…

The growth of categorical federal aid to universities and colleges has brought with it wave after wave of regulations, surveys, and compliance activities. In the last few years there has been an awareness that unless a wider perspective can replace the motivations of the individual federal agencies who define accountability and data needs, the…

The history of the Carlisle Indian Boarding School is a microcosm of 500 years of Indian policy. Established through the efforts of career military man Richard Pratt in 1879, the school symbolized the emerging view of assimilation, an important change from earlier attempts at genocide and prior militant attitudes towards the Indians. Long…

The proceedings of the Fourth Conference of the Intergovernmental Council for ADP-ICA, are contained in this, the 7th issue of the ICA-Information, the Council's official publication. The proceedings include the edited minutes of the sessions, which covered the following topics: Management information systems for the government, Policy…

The issues of harmonization and autonomy as they affect vocational education and manpower policy development and the implementation of program service delivery are analyzed. Some of the background issues that have affected the relationship of vocational education and manpower, in particular the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), are…

The President of the United States published this statement on recent progress and action towards full opportunity for Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and other Spanish-speaking people. Activities in education, health and welfare, housing, Federal employment, private employment, and rural matters are included. (SW)

In this examination of the evolution of government's role in child welfare, the authors note the difficulties encountered by policy-makers and administrators in striking a favorable balance between child advocates who support government intervention in child care and development, and those who mistrust government intervention in the family-child…

For many years federal government policy sought to break up Indian communal land holdings, destroy tribal communities, and absorb Indians into the mainstream of American Society. This policy changed dramatically in the 1920's and 30's, and John Collier stands at the forefront of those responsible. Collier questioned the wisdom of a policy which…