Combining the strength of three public employee organizations, National Education Association, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, and the International Association of Fire Fighters, for mutual assistance in the fact of periodic crises. (CB)

The efforts of 11 early governors contributed to the development and improvement of Tennessee education. (NQ)

Executive Orders 10800 (1959) and 11315 (1966) on employee career development were followed in 1967 by Presidential Task Force recommendations calling for liberalized opportunities for Federal employee education and for new types of academic programs. Seventeen references. (LY)

Investigated the importance of assigned versus participative goal setting in defining effective supervisory behavior. Government employees (N=57) were assigned to self-set, participatively set, and assigned goal setting conditions. Results showed no significant difference in goal difficulty between those with participatively set goals and self-set…

Examines support for militant action among the employees of a public assistance agency in which negotiations were occurring over a first contract. A questionnaire survey obtained information on whether employees were willing to strike over various issues during negotiations and whether they would participate in certain work actions, such as…

Repeal of the Hatch Act would worsen inflation and make effective controls over government much more difficult to achieve. Repeal of the Hatch Act would serve the interests of no one except those who seek to gain increasing political power at the expense of the general public. (Author/IRT)

Analyzes J. Pisapia's "The Open Bargaining Model" and indicates its utility in reviewing recent developments in California where "bargaining models" have been the subject of intense experimentation with public sector employees. (Author/MLF)

Offers arguments for teacher unions and collective bargaining in education. (IRT)

Discusses pertinent aspects of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, Civil Service Commission and Air Force regulations, and judicial decisions and remedies that bear on the responsibilities and rights of the Air Force. Available from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402; sc $1.80.…

Surveys appointments in the areas of energy and environment made by President Carter. Reviews appointee's past experience. Covers appointments in Environmental Protection Agency, Council on Environmental Quality, Department of Agriculture, and the Federal Energy Administration. (CS)

Summarizes current trends in public employee pension systems, discussing the present and potential problems facing such systems and suggesting ways to keep public pension plans financially solvent. Available from: Salary and Merit, Suite 908, 1835 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006; single copy $2.50. (JG)

Summarizes public-sector research related to employee burnout in 34 work settings. Findings fall into three major categories: (1) many variables co-vary with the phases in regular and robust ways; (2) incidences of advanced phases vary in burnout populations; and (3) burnout in the U.S. public sector is not appreciably worse than in business. (JOW)

Data were collected from 12 states with Certified Public Manager training programs to establish benchmarks. The 38 benchmarks were in the following areas: program leadership, stability of administrative/financial support, consistent management philosophy, administrative control, participant selection/support, accessibility, application of…

Factor analysis of data from 1,070 federal employees, 575 undergraduates and 575 graduate students, faculty, and staff uncovered some weaknesses in the Merit Systems Protection Board's sexual harassment survey instrument. This type of survey does not adequately measure sexual coercion or quid pro quo forms of harassment. (SK)