The purpose of this symposium was to explore and alleviate the problems in federal laboratory-university relationships, and to point out and encourage greater development of the opportunities inherent in these type of relationships. Participants included 37 federal and university officials. Statements on the "federal viewpoint" and the "university…

Prior to drafting State legislation pertaining to collective negotiation in education, it is necessary to understand the essential differences between public and private employment and to determine whether teachers should be included under a statute covering many categories of public employees or whether they should receive separate statutory…

This report grew out of the Contractor's work with three Federal agencies to restructure jobs in selected occupational fields and make necessary changes in training, selection, and other manpower practices in order to: (1) enable employees in lower grades to progress to higher grades not customarily filled by promotion from the lower levels; and…

This instructor's manual contains two independent "volumes," Career Ladder and Curriculum Guides to Code Positions and Zoning Positions. Each guide is structured representing the progression of required and/or suggested training needed to progress from entry to journeyman levels in the requisite occupational field. The training designs…

This publication is a reprint of the combined Instructor's Manual and Student Materials developed for a training course entitled "Human Relations in Government." The course, manuals, and materials were developed and tested over the years 1969-1970. Designed primarily for management personnel in public administration, the purpose of the course is…

Designed for use by officials of the Federal Executive and Legislative Branches, this report provides data regarding Federal training activities, developments, and trends. Part I of the report presents statistical data regarding the amounts, types, and sources of the training provided Federal employees during FY 72 and the non-salary expenditures…

The New York State Department of Civil Service investigated an empirical application of the Rasch model which appears useful in Civil Service testing. The model is a powerful tool for developing insights into what test items are measuring while permitting the investigator to spot defective items. It also reveals meaningful distinctions in the type…

Training programs offered by various Federal agencies for Federal, State and local government employees are compiled in this catalog. Designed primarily for employees in the Washington, D.C. area, the catalog is divided into Open Interagency courses and Limited Interagency courses. Interagency courses are listed by major category such as Automatic…

This document reports on a management development study within the Department of Transportation (DOT). The aim of the study was to develop a systematic approach to management development for military and civilian personnel. A variety of methods was used to gather data including having DOT staff members gather the information to be passed on to the…

This guide outlines various areas of concern to the National Highway Institute. They are: (1) the Institute's role including its mission, scope, functions, and relations with Federal Highway Administration Program offices, state and local governments, universities and technical institutes, and industry; (2) policies; (3) types of programs; (4)…

In 1970, the Spanish Speaking Program was launched as the Sixteen-Point Program to increase the number of Hispanic employees in the Federal Service. It functioned as part of the government-wide Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program. In 1973 the U.S. Civil Service Commission's Federal Personnel Manual required agencies to take specific actions…

Title IV of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1971 authorizes the temporary exchange of personnel between federal executive agencies to or from states, local governments, institutions of higher education, and Indian tribal governments to do work of mutual benefit and concern. Examples of such exchanges are reported. (LBH)

The issue of immunity from personal liability was examined in this Supreme Court case. Two students expelled for possession of alcoholic beverages argued that the meeting at which the board members voted for expulsion was not conducted under the procedural safeguards mandated by the Constitution. Available from: Loyola of Los Angeles School of…

The constitutionality of the Equal Pay Act is examined as an exercise of Congress' power under the enforcement clause of the fourteenth amendment and it is concluded that application of the Act to public employees in both traditional and nontraditional governmental functions is a constitutional exercise of that congressional power. (LBH)

Argues that with the presidential elections of 1976 now history, the electorate may hope for greater support to those people who see social problems as public issues rather than psychological dilemmas in search of biomedical remedies. No one close to social science and related to government could fail to detect in the last decade a powerful drift…