We included nine areas for which we provided specific numbers of programs in Section I of our March 1 report. These areas contain hundreds of government programs that are fragmented across multiple agencies or, in some cases, within the same agency or department. The end of this report contains enumerated lists of programs in each of the nine areas and provides funding information where available

From the policy options identified through two surveys and discussions at a 1-day forum, participants prioritized the following actions for improving work outcomes at three levels: individual, employer, and federal. 1) Individual: Participants articulated a key underlying principle for increasing work participation--improve incentives for individuals with disabilities to work while strengthening

Forum participants were asked to discuss over three sessions, what's working well and what needs to be improved in federal disability programs, how to strengthen partnerships and coordination for modernizing programs, and ways to modernize measures of program success. Participants also considered the next steps to achieving a 21st century disability policy. (1) What's Working Well and What Needs

Labor's monitoring of programs it directly oversees has been limited. We found that in 2004 Labor reviewed only 4 percent of programs in the 23 states where it has direct oversight. According to federal program directors in those states, limited staff constrained their ability to do more reviews. Also, Labor has focused in recent years on registering new programs and recruiting apprentices. Altho

Leading organizations recognize that diversity can be an organizational strength that contributes to achieving results. Government agencies around the world, including in the United States, are facing challenges in the demographic makeup and diversity of their senior executives. Effective succession planning and management initiatives have the support and commitment of their organization's top le

GAO found that: (1) over the past decade, relations between Labor and the Native American community have deteriorated; (2) the Native American community believes that Labor's management structure and insensitivity to Native Americans' needs contributed to the deterioration of its relationship with Labor; (3) Labor's issuance of new program regulations without the Native American community's coope

CETA does not explicitly authorize Labor to permit prime sponsors to purchase memberships or services from membership organizations. However, CETA authority is sufficiently broad to enable Labor to authorize prime sponsors to use CETA funds to enter into membership or service fee arrangements for staff to attend conferences sponsored by membership organizations. CETA prime sponsors reported spend

A bibliography is presented on principles, practices, and problelms in program evaluation of the 1970's. Special emphasis is placed on programs in health, education, housing, the elderly, civil rights, employment and training, and income maintenance and/or distribution.

Ineffective enforcement and inadequate monitoring by federal agencies resulted in minorities making little progress from 1972 through 1976 in increasing their representation among journeymen in skilled construction craft unions. This lack of progress occurred primarily because the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Labor (DOL) have neither actively monitored and

Some progress has been made toward increasing the representation and improving the distribution of women and minorities in the work force. For example, from July 1, 1974, through December 31, 1976, the number of women in the offices, boards, and divisions increased 15 percent while total employment increased 10 percent, and the number of female attorneys increased 77 percent. However, the number