National

1)  The Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) of 1998,
      from the Federal Register
      http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/other/1999-1/021799b.html

2)  TheWorkforce Investment Act of 1999 (of which the AEFLA is a part)
     http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/508/508law.html

3)  National Literacy Advocacy (NLA) - electronic list
     http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/nifl-nla/nla.html

4)  Policy and Legislation pages - National LINCS - National Institute for Literacy
    http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/collections/policy/policy.html
     

5)  National Institute for Literacy Fact Sheets
     http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/facts/facts_overview.html

6) The State of Literacy in America,
       Synthetic Estimates of Adult Literacy Proficiency at the local, state and national levels
     http://www.nifl.gov/reders/reder.htm

7)  VALUE -- Voice for Adult Literacy United for Education
     A national adult learner leadership organization.
     http://literacynet.org/value/
 

State

1)  Massachusetts Adult Literacy Technology Team (MALTT) Plan
     http://alri.org/maltt/malttplan.html
 

Greater Boston Community

1)  Literacy Rates in Boston and Massachusetts
    http://alri.org/faq.html