This annotated list has been compiled for readers of Illinois Issues by the staff of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois, Urbana.
State Documents
"Records, Privacy and the Law: A Need for Legislative Action," a paper jointly produced by National Association for State Information Systems (NASIS), the Government Management Information Sciences users group (G-MIS), and Project SAFE (The Secure Automated Facility Environment Project of the International Business Machines Corporation), [1974] 37pp.
"The Elements and Economics of Information Privacy and Security," a report of Project SAFE, [1974] 123pp. plus appendices."Recommended Security Practices:
Policies, Procedures, Guidelines, Responsibilities," [1974], a manual of Project SAFE. (Copies of these three reports are available from any district IBM office.)
These first two publications concern the conflict over the need of various parts of society to keep information and records and the individual's right to privacy. The first report traces the development of present law and proposes a model privacy law. The second is a study conducted in the Management Information Division of the Illinois Department of Finance. It is intended to acquaint departmental administrators with the issue of records and privacy and to provide guidelines for implementation of safeguards on records in their control. The third document is intended as a manual.
"Illinois Revenue Estimation: Fiscal 1974 Perspective and a Sales Tax Estimating Proposal," a report of the Illinois Office of the Comptroller (September 1974), 16pp. plus appendices.
Study No. 1 in the series Issues in Public Finance, this report develops an equation for more accurate prediction of Illinois sales tax yields.
"Patient Deaths at Elgin State Hospital," a Report to the General Assembly by the Illinois Legislative Investigating Commission (June 1974), 244pp.
A report into the deaths, under unusual circumstances, of several patients at a state facility for the mentally ill. Findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the commission are included.
"Report and Recommendations," of the Illinois Commission on the Status of Women to the Governor and the General Assembly (June 1974), 56pp. plus appendix.
A compendium of the reports of the commission's study committees on the inequities women face in such areas as education, pension rights, establishment of credit, and particularly employment.
"Today and Tomorrow in Illinois Adult Education," Final Report of the Task Force on Adult and Continuing Education, Illinois Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (February 1974), 48pp.
The 1970 Illinois Constitution mandates that adults as well as children be given free education through ihe secondary level. The task force was formed to study and report on current practices and to suggest legislation that would carry out the constitutional mandate.
Other Reports
Energy Conservation Policy Options for Illinois: Proceedings of the Second Annual Illinois Energy Conference, June 24-25, 1974, 222pp.
Available from Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Box 4348, 261 Roosevelt Road Bldg., Chicago, 111. 60680.
A collection of speeches and papers from sessions on (1) energy management in utilities; (2) energy conservation policy: and energy conservation in (3) the residential-commercial sector, (4) industry and agriculture, and (5) transportation.
"Rural Community and Regional Development: Perspectives and Prospects," a seminar series, spring 1973, conducted by the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (June 1974), 108pp.
A collection of papers on the problems of rural areas and how these areas can be more fully utilized and the lives of their residents improved.
Items listed under State Documents have been received by the Documents Unit, Illinois State Library, Springfield, and are usually available from public libraries in the state through interlibrary loan. Requests for copies should be sent to the issuing agency.
State agencies are encouraged to send significant studies to the Institute of Government and Public Affairs for inclusion in the bibliography. Address items to the Institute, 1201 W. Nevada St., Urbana, Illinois.61801.
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