This report describes a joint effort by the California Community Colleges and the University of California at Los Angeles in producing a conference entitled, "In-Service Education in the Public Service." The purposes of the conference were to encourage counselors to: (1) further their knowledge about public service career opportunities, (2) create and develop public career oriented programs, and (3) recommend new approaches on the part of public service organizations to attract talented youth. Papers presented in the report deal with the central themes of: (1) an overview of public service, (2) federal public service, (3) state and local public service, and (4) youth involvement in public service. (AL)