This volume of an annual journal contains 17 articles that focus on model local offices of the employment security (ES) and training systems. The articles are arranged in three parts. Part I, on developing new initiatives, contains the following five articles: "A Public Employment Service for the 1990s" (Elizabeth Dole); "The Revitalization of the Employment Service: Improving the Employer Relations Program" (Martin Smith); "Coordination Brings LMI and Job Service Together" (Ellen Saunders, Betsey Fettman); "Jobs New Jersey: A Model Concept in Cooperation" (J. Robert White); and "Building on Experience: The Ohio Bureau of Employment Service's Role in JOBS" (Ellen Saunders, Barbara Kaufman). Part II, which concerns local offices that address unique situations, contains five articles: "New Jersey Response Team" (Scott Stryker); "A 24-Hour Job Service" (Diana Staley); "West Virginia: A Leader in Meeting the Needs of Rural America" (Andrew Richardson); "Weslaco: Model Full-Service Office in the Rio Grande Valley" (John Stine); and "One of a Kind" (Bud Cork). The seven articles in Part III focus on creating local office models. They are: "One-Stop Service for Application Taking and Eligibility Determinations for Job Training, Job Placement, and Unemployment Insurance" (Lyle Halvorson); "Community Service Centers: Helping NY Work--Better" (Thomas Hartnett); "The Idaho Story: Model Office Operations--ES, UI, LMI, JTPA" (Tom Valasek); "Employ Illinois: An Economic Development and Human Services Initiative" (Robert Frank); "Job Centers Address Southeastern Pennsylvania's Changing Economy" (Frank Lynch, Jack McGettigan); "Meeting Human Resources Needs: Maryland Job Service Local Office Innovations" (Paulette Hall); and "Model Offices in Model Communities" (A. R. Little). (YLB)