This annotated bibliography is intended to help local officials, community leaders, and other interested individuals understand the ways in which volunteers can serve community organizations. Each of the individual publications/resources cited is concerned with volunteer leadership, management, training, recruitment, programs, and/or sources. The…

Professional and vocational licensing and registration information is presented for the New York State fiscal years 1977-78 through 1986-87. For each fiscal year, the total number of new licenses, certificates or registrations, and total number of licensees registered to practice in the state, and the current registration period are provided for…

All 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the U.S. Constitution in September 1787, but the 40th signature, that of William Jackson, the Secretary of the Convention, authenticated the results of the session in Philadelphia. This booklet on Jackson is one in a series on Revolutionary War soldiers who signed the U.S. Constitution, and…

Alexander Hamilton was among the most intellectually gifted of the Founding Fathers and a brilliant political theorist, but he lacked practical political experience, and his major political contributions occurred only when his specific policies were adopted and carried forward by others with broader vision. This booklet on Hamilton is one in a…

David Brearly was a student of the Enlightenment philosophers and English jurists who taught that a contract existed between the individual and the state, and this exposure influenced him as a framer of the Constitution, with its careful definitions of the obligations of government and the rights of citizens. This booklet on Brearly is one in a…

This document is a transcript of oral and written testimony given by persons testifying about the Older American Volunteer Programs as reauthorization legislation is being considered. Oral or written testimony was presented by: the director of the voluntary agency, ACTION; the president of the National Association of Foster Grandparents; the…

The principal findings from a 1988 study of the effects of privatization--the transfer of traditional government activities to the private sector--in 28 cities and counties are the following: (1) jobs created by firms taking over a public function constituted about 80 to 90 percent of the jobs lost in the public sector; (2) only about 7 percent of…

The legislative trend seems to be toward providing limited opportunity for public employees to strike, and court reluctance to enjoin such stoppages increases. (Author)

An interview with Frederick E. Fisher, vice president, National Training and Development Service for State and Local Government (NTDS), is presented. (SC)

This 1979 study sought to explore the potential for semi-retirement of University of Washington staff ages fifty-six and over and persons retired from the University during the prior five years. The study focused on the attitudes, interests and work-related characteristics, and behavior of workers as they approach the transition to retirement.…

Educational Programs for public administration were studied to develop guidelines for meeting the requirements of public service in the 1980s. The current state of education for public service is discussed along with a prospective view of the service over the next decade. Criteria for evaluating graduate programs are presented. (FOS)

This directory is intended to help teaching volunteers find jobs in New York State. The types of programs provided by the agencies listed include adult basic education, bilingual education, migrant education, and ghetto teaching. Information is given about certification and licensing requirements in New York State and New York City, as well as…

This report of the findings of 14 years of research in fellowship selection techniques under the National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Program is organized primarily under research topics, though changes in panel procedures and data processing introduced either on the basis of the research findings or through less formalized experience…

In January 1980, the Library of Congress will freeze its card catalogs preparatory to going online and adopt the cataloging rules of AACR 2. Related issues of particular interest to public service librarians include revisions of LC subject headings, possible use of arbitrary symbols for the shelflist, and the degree of linkage between the pre-1980…

Presents the address of George E. Pake, 1977 president of the American Physical Society (APS), upon his retirement from that office. Discussed are APS activities, human rights, and federal funding of research. (SL)