Between July 1, 1986, and June 30, 1987, the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC)/State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (SOICC) network has made significant gains in meeting the information needs of planners and administrators of vocational education and employment and training programs as well as of individuals making career decisions. There are now microcomputer-based occupational information systems in place in 38 states and territories. A new microcomputer-based occupational projections system makes it possible for individuals owning an MS-DOS microcomputer to develop state and substate supply-demand occupational projections. Two other new software enhancements to the network make it possible to identify education and training institutions and program offerings by geographic area and to retrieve data on industries that employ a certain share of workers in selected occupations. A census occupation/industry matrix file has also been developed for each state. In 29 states, occupational information is being used to plan programs at local community colleges, and 37 SOICCs report that their information is being used to plan programs for local Job Training Partnership Act service delivery areas. During the past year, SOICCs in 36 states provided training on the use and analysis of occupational information for program planning. Forty-six states now have computer-based career information delivery systems (CIDS). In the 1986 program year, these systems served 6-8 million people at approximately 15,000 sites nationwide, with almost 67 percent of the systems' users being school students. Pilot programs involving the U.S. Naval Reserve and Department of Defense were also launched during the program year. (MN)