This series contains materials by or about different federal government level AIDS and/or AIDS-related programs. These consist of items concerning legislation, budgeting, hearings, publications, correspondence, and news reports from both the legislative and executive branches of the United States government, as well as various administrative departments.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) files, which include materials on the U.S. Public Health Service and the Surgeon General, make up the largest portion of this series. The Congressional files make up the next largest subset. At the beginning of the series are two are runs of two different informational publications: The National Health Policy Forum's weekly Issue Briefs which were issued by George Washington University and the CDC Weekly Surveillance Reports on AIDS. The Administration files contain folders on the Attorney General and the Office of the President. Information on the President's Commission on AIDS can be found in the Federal Policies/Responses to AIDS files along with information from the General Accounting Department (GAO) on the Federal AIDS Budget. The Department of Education folder contains newspaper clippings about Secretary of Education, William Bennett. There are also single folders on the Social Security Administration, the Department of State - Agency for International Development (consists RFP's), Federal Health Budget, Health Status in United States, United States Health Care System (clippings) and the Epidemiology of AIDS (see also Series V: Subject Files).

Of special interest are the DHHS files which include testimony from Secretary Heckler, materials from the "America Responds to AIDS" campaign, and a "Testing File" which includes correspondence. Also included in this category is information on the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) AIDS Services demonstration programs in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, & Miami - including correspondence, notes, grant applications, the original RFP and a blank Grant application. The U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) files are included with the DHHS files (the Budget folder includes information on testimony to the PHS), as are folders on the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Health, the National Institute of Mental Health, National Center for Health Service Research, and the Task Force on AIDS.

The United States Congress files include folders on both Senate and House hearings. These files contain copies of testimony as well as clippings and other items. Other Congressional files contain correspondence, notes, text of bills and other items, as well as numerous newspaper clippings.

Also of interest is the Feb.1986 publication Disability Evaluation Under Social Security within the Social Security Administration files. The Federal Policies/Responses to AIDS folder includes the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science's "Recommendations to President-Elect George Bush., President's Commission on AIDS." The final folder in the series contains information on the 1988 Presidential candidates and AIDS. Materials from or about the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) within the Senate files and the OTA section within this series. OTA material can also be found in the Series V: Subject Files.