This issue of an annual journal contains 18 essays on unemployment insurance (UI) and employment and training programs. Part 1, "Historical Perspective," contains the following papers: "Reflections on Wisconsin and Unemployment Insurance" (Wilbur J. Cohen); "Outstanding Ideas Form UI's Foundation" (Richard Wagner); "One State's Experience: 1939" (Joseph Bildy); "Technology and the UI System" (Charlie Ballard); and "Unemployment Insurance: The System" (William U. Norwood, Jr.). In part 2, "Financing the System--Benefits and Administration," the following papers are found: "Fifty Years of State Financial Responsibility" (Joseph M. Becker); "Monetary, Nonmonetary and Benefit Formulae" (Gerry Gilmore); "The Financing Foundation of UI" (James W. Jackson); and "Financing the Administration of the UI Program" (Gerald E. Dunn, Kathleen Griffin). Part 3 "Operating the System and Economic Impact," contains the following papers: "Interstate UI through Internet" (Jane Lowry Waid); "Computerization" (Jim Coate); "Labor Market Information and UI Operations" (Steve Goodman); "The Employment Service-Unemployment Insurance Relationship" (Charles H. Davis); "UI's Effect on the Local Economy" (W. E. Parsons); and "A Divergent Paradox" (John Stine). The final part, "The Future," contains three papers: "Alternative Uses of UI Benefits" (Garth L. Mangum, Stephen L. Mangum); "Incentives, Productivity Keys to Future" (Clinton E. Petty); and "Future Directions and Changes in the UI System" (James A. Ware). (KC)