This report on the efforts of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) to comply to Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act is based primarily on Commission staff work undertaken during the Spring and Summer of 1968. Interviews were conducted with staff members in HEW's Office for Civil Rights in Washington, and in the Atlanta and Charlottesville Regional Offices; and guidelines, reports, memoranda, letters, and other written materials were analyzed in an effort to develop a comprehensive picture of the HEW Title VI compliance program. Of the more than 30 departments and agencies involved only a handful--and especially HEW--have sizable Title VI responsibilities as measured by the specific relationship of their programs to minority group members, and the amount of Federal financial assistance available for these programs. In common with these other Federal agencies, the Title VI program at HEW has been in flux for the past five years. There have been a number of changes in organization, in structure, in lines of authority, and in personnel within the Title VI program. In addition, the number and dollar volume of Title VI programs have grown significantly since 1964, thereby compounding the task of Title VI enforcement, but, at the same time, providing additional scope and leverage for achieving its objectives. (Author/JM)