This publication by the U.S. Department of Education is an unofficial version of the Department's General Administrative Regulations. The volume incorporates final regulations that the Department published too late to appear in the official July 1, 1998, version of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations issued by the Office of the Federal Register (OFR). However, the only official versions of these regulations are those published by the OFR in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations. This book covers the administration of grants and agreements to institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other nonprofit organizations. It offers detailed instructions on direct-grant programs and state-administered programs. The document supplies definitions that apply to department regulations and provides information on intergovernmental review of Department of Education programs and activities. It also addresses uniform administrative requirements for grants and cooperative agreements to state and local governments, general education provisions on act-enforcement and regulations on new restrictions on lobbying and government-wide debarment and suspension, and government-wide requirements for a drug-free workplace. Other areas covered include drug and alcohol prevention, protection of human subjects, student rights in research, and family educational rights and privacy. Four appendices offer further information on final rulings. (Includes an index.) (RJM)