Report and recommendations on the labour force research and development programme in the department of labor (labour administration) of the USA - presents (1) an evaluation of the research policy and programme in relation to social sciences research in government and (2) a view of the institutional framework and government policy context, etc. Bibliography pp. 151 to 171, flow charts, graphs, references and statistical tables.

Considers the effects of the geographical distribution of federally funded RPD programs on the employment and manpower situations of local and national economies. Includes discussion of the so called "brain drain," through which scientists from midwestern areas relocate on the coasts where lucrative Federal contracts have increased salaries.