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…

A staff member of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service summarizes the history, cost, and benefits of the federal school nutrition programs and explains that schools must now verify information on a small sample of applications for free and reduced-price meals. (MLF)

Knowing and contacting your congressman is an important part of every educator's efforts to influence legislation and to be politically alert, writes the author, but also important is knowing how the federal agencies most closely related to education are organized and operate. He gives a bird's eye view here. (Editor)

Describes the research and development funding as proposed in the 1978 federal budget submitted by President Ford on January 17, 1977. (SL)

The data included in this report reflects a review of 151 Federally administered programs at six Federal agencies (HHS, HUD, ED, DOL, DOJ, and USDA), and 17 program areas at USAID. It includes only those programs that utilize competitively awarded grants for which faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) were eligible to apply and…

In fiscal year 2004, the federal government made or guaranteed about $84 billion in loans for postsecondary education through two loan programs--the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) and the Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP). Under FFELP, private lenders fund the loans and the government guarantees them a minimum yield and repayment…

The purpose of this hearing was to learn about the activities and initiatives currently funded under the Museum and Library Services Act and to examine issues pertinent to its reauthorization. This report contains statements by the following: (1) Chairman Pete Hoekstra, Subcommittee on Select Education, Committee on Education and the Workforce,…

The Administration has proposed two Workforce Investment Act (WIA) reauthorization initiatives that would effectively eliminate requirements that existing employment and training funding streams be targeted for populations and purposes specified by Congress. The first proposal would require states to consolidate funding for the following programs:…

This report summarizes the impact of federal programs on individual counselors, including suggestions on advocating to improve the programs' recognition of professional mental health counselors. These are all separate programs, formulated under their own laws, regulations, and agencies.