These Congressional hearings contain testimony dealing with the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Included among those persons providing testimony at the hearings were representatives of the following agencies and organizations: the National Governors' Association, the Department of Labor, the Office of Management and Budget, the National Commission for Employment Policy, the National Association of Counties, the National Alliance of Business, the National Association of Private Industry Councils, the AFL-CIO, and the Cumberland County Training Resource Center of Portland, Maine. The focus of the testimony was on various aspects of the implementation and evaluation of the JTPA, including the nature and extent of state and local governmental action in implementing the act, the development and use of interstate supportive structures to consolidate the program, the role of private industry councils (PICs) in implementing the act, and the development and utilization of performance standards to assess the effectiveness of JTPA programs. (MN)