Describes an analysis of the current federal education and training programs which support lifelong learning. Operating programs are defined as those which serve all types of students past compulsory school age but not enrolled in conventional secondary schools through provision of educational or training services. (BR)

Today the National School Lunch Program is serving nutritious meals to nearly 24 million children in about 90,000 schools. Among the measures taken to improve the program are food procurement workshops, recipe card testing, and improvement in commodity purchase selections for schools. (MLF)

This paper reviews both extant welfare programs and welfare reform bills proposed in the 100th session of Congress in terms of their present and potential impact on families. (Author/JOW)

Practices in educational program evaluation were examined through analyses of reports submitted to the Department of Education's Joint Dissemination Review Panel during the years 1980-1983. Content analyses of 232 reports yielded descriptive profiles of the educational programs and their evaluations. (TJH)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) five-year plan to help elementary school teachers meet mathematics and science curriculum needs includes increasing the availability of instructional materials, providing greater access to teacher resource centers and workshops, and offering new sources of information for teachers and…

Seventy-five elderly residents of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, were interviewed concerning their money and nonmoney economic resources. Resource distribution and adequacy were measured. Results indicated that the current federal funding level of programs for the elderly results in reduction, but not elimination, of elderly families in poverty.…

During the past 30 years rural America as a whole has become more diversified, significantly reducing its vulnerability to changes in natural resource markets, commodity prices, and farm polices. This is not the case for farm-dependent rural counties--or for individuals elsewhere--whose economic fortunes are directly tied to agriculture.…

Lawmakers are urging the federal government to focus on prevention rather than treatment of disease as a cost-effective public policy. Federal health goals and programs are discussed. Responsibilities of four federal health agencies are summarized. Surveys of health knowledge and a new emphasis on preventing injuries are described. (MT)

The text of an interview with Erich Bloch, National Science Foundation (NSF) director, is provided. Among the topics/issues explored are NSF's role in policy research, mission and goals of NSF, establishment of NSF Engineering Research Centers, and national security issues involving access to supercomputers in universities that NSF is funding. (JN)

Explains some of the finer details in the requirements and the responsibilities grantees of Institutional Conservation Program's (ICP) funding have to building preservation of historic or potentially historic buildings under the National Historic Preservation Act. (MD)

Examines effect on the elderly of legislative changes in federal benefit programs. Notes that programs which the elderly rely on have been reduced less than those serving non-elderly, and cuts affecting the elderly are concentrated among those with 1982 incomes between $10,000 and $20,000--households above official poverty lines. (Author/NRB)

Historical overview of federal government's commitment to statistical coordination notes creation of Central Statistical Board in 1933, decimation of federal statistical coordination beginning in 1952, resignation of Chief Statistician (1982), and government sources of statistical information. A 16-item annotated list of additional information…

Information activities carried out by both National Clearinghouse for Alcohol Information (NCALI) and Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies (RCAS) are described, highlighting establishment of a cooperative information-sharing arrangement between these two centers, its subsequent discontinuation due to federal budget cuts, and current prospects for…

Based on experiences of the American Institutes for Research in conducting evaluability assessment (EA), common problems include: finding client programs, balancing standardization and flexibility needs, satisfying two clients, maintaining schedules, and demise of client programs. Their successes include: surmounting bureaucratic complications,…

Figures presented at a recent meeting of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's Advisory Committee indicate that traditional training grants may not be the best route to producing physical researchers. The NIH director suggests that NIH give serious consideration to new policies emphasizing other mechanisms. Related issues are…