regional Housing Assistance Offices of administrative services staff and functions. (Organization order No. 34.)

Establishment in the Department regional offices of an Office of Regional Counsel headed by a Regional Counsel, responsible for providing on a centralized basis legal counsel, reviews, assistance, and recommendations with respect to all programs and activities assigned to the regional offices. This involved the transfer and reorganization of legal functions and staff from the former regional Legal Division, the regional Housing Assistance Office, and the FHA regional staff. (Organization order No. 35.)

Establishment in the Department regional offices of an Equal Opportunity Staff, headed by an Assistant for Equal Opportunity who is responsible to the Regional Administrator for field administration on a centralized basis of the Department's responsibilities in the area of civil rights and equal employment opportunity. This involved the transfer to this centralized staff of intergroup relations officers from the former Urban Renewal Division and the former PHA regional offices, and of intergroup relations officers and equal opportunity officers who had reported separately to the Regional Administrator. (Organization order No. 31.)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

The Office of Program Analysis, established at the end of 1965, to develop the planing, programing and budgeting system has completed a year of staffing and is now reported separately, in the Office of the Under Secretary.

The Resources Program Staff was abolished and a Program Support Staff of resource and conservation generalists created as a replacement. Both units will be listed until the relocation of Resources Program Staff personnel is accomplished.

The Office of the Commisisoner of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, previously listed separately, is now included in the Office of the Secretary. A portion of the functions of the Office of the Commissioner have been reassigned to bureaus within the Service.

Under the authority of Reorganization Act Number 2, of 1966, the Office of the Assistant Secretary-Water Pollution Control was established to exercise secretarial direction and control over the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration and the Office of Saline Water.

All auditing functions within the Department were centralized in the Office of Survey and Review, accounting for the substantial increase in the staffing of that Office.

The departmental library was transferred from the Office of Management Operations, causing a decrease in the staffing of that Office, to the Assistant Secretary for Administration and appears as an other departmental office.

Printing and photographic services were transferred from the Office of Management Operations to the Office of Information. As the personnel involved are paid from the working capital fund, they are reported as part of other departmental offices.

BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES

A reorganization of the Bureau acquired 12 employees from the Office of the Commissioner of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Anadromous Fish Act (16 U.S.C. 757-F) resulted in a growth of another 10 employees.

BUREAU OF SPORT FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE

A reorganization in the Bureau gained 10 employees from the Office of the Commissioner of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Responsibilities under the Anadromous Fish Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 757-F) required an increase of nine employees. The expansion of three Job Corps conservation centers resulted in a growth of 100 employees. Other increases are the result of filling vacancies existing in December of 1965.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

The expansion of Jobs Corps conservation centers resulted in a growth of nearly 200 employees. Three planning and service centers have been created to perform certain specialized professional services for field areas. These centers include several hundred employees assigned to Offices of Design and Construction, Resource Planning, Land and Water Rights, Concessions Management, and Historic Research.

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

The establishment of one new Job Corps conservation center and the expansion of others resulted in an increase of nearly 100 employees.

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

The opening of new Job Corps conservation centers, the completion of construction and the staffing of Indian schools resulted in increases of 90 in the Job Corps; the remainder of the increase is in the Division of Education.

OFFICE OF TERRITORIES

A shortage of medical and engineering personnel resulted in a decrease of 22 employees in the Pacific trust territories. These vacancies are, however, scheduled to be filled.

BUREAU OF OUTDOOR RECREATION

An increase of 30 employees resulted from an acceleration of land and water conservation functions and responsibilities under the Council and Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty.

THE ALASKA RAILROAD

A reduction of 50 employees in the Division of Operations reflects an increased level of mechanization and a completion of the 1964 earthquake repairs.

BUREAU OF MINES

The Appalachian program and the solid waste disposal program resulted in slight increases in the Office of Metallurgy Research and the Division of Anthracite.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

The creation of a National Center for Earthquake Research and a Branch of Heavy Metals, plus accelerated water data collection functions resulted in a growth of 200 employees. The transfer of audit functions to the Office of the Secretary resulted in a reduction of positions in the Administrative Division.

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

The reduced number of employees in the Bureau resulted from a net reduction of three field offices and the near completion of operations in the upper Colorado River region. Expansion and completion of Job Corps facilities required an increase of 85 employees in that area.

BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION

Increased construction procurement and inspection for intertie facilities required an increase of 100 employees in the Division of Engineering and 30 employees in the Division of Administrative Management.

FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ADMINISTRATION

The Federal Water Pollution Control Administration was transferred to the Department of the Interior by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1966.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Much of the net increase of 644 in total employment can be attributed to increase and expanding program responsibilities for components of the Manpower Administration. Increases shown for other elements of the Department can be attributed mainly to the filling of vacancies, many of which were brought about when employees availed themselves of the liberalized retirement benefits accruing to those who retired by the end of 1965.

OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION

Part of the increase in staffing resulted from the centralization of audit functions for the Department in the Office of Financial Management and Audit, including functions previously performed by the Financial Audit staff.

The Office of Administrative Services increase is related to the opening of additional regional administrative offices which provide management and administrative service support to bureaus and offices of the Department at certain regional headquarters cities.

In October of 1966 an Office of Management Services was established to provide administrative support and management services for the Office of the Secretary. Also in October the Office of Program Analy

sis and Evaluation and the Office of Budget Administration were combined to form the Office of Program and Budget Review. The new office assumed all budget administration and program review and analysis functions of the former offices.

OFFICE OF INFORMATION

Visual services functions of the Department were centralized in the Office of Information in October 1966 and this accounts for much of the staff increase.

MANPOWER ADMINISTRATION

In addition to increases due to the filling of vacancies the Manpower Administration showed staff increases resulting from expanding program responsibilities. Significant among these are increases for the Bureau of Employment Security either because of activities related to amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act (Public Law 89-236) or due to activities related to the Job Corps.

The Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training increase reflects primarily the new and expanding responsibilities under the Manpower Development and Training Act program. A regional office was eliminated from the Bureau's field structure with the closing of the Minneapolis, Minn., office whose functions were absorbed by other regional offices.

A significant reorganization is the one affecting the Neighborhood Youth Corps which is being reconstituted as the Bureau of Work Programs. In its new role the Bureau will not only administer programs authorized by title I-B of the Economic Opportunity Act but also those authorized by title I-D and sections 205 (d) and (e) of the act as amended.

LABOR-MANAGEMENT SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Total employment increased slightly as the result of filling new positions established for the Office of Employee-Management Relations Services and the filling of vacancies that had existed in other offices. The Office of Veterans' Reemployment Rights closed five area offices.

BUREAU OF LABOR STANDARDS

In July of 1966 all safety functions of the Department were consolidated in the Bureau and this accounts for the increase in staffing.

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

A net increase of 67 employees is the result of an intensive recruitment program instituted during the year and an increase of positions approved for the expansion of certain BLS programs.

The Bureau made major organizational changes during the year. These have resulted in the establishment of an Office of the Chief Economist and an Office of the Chief Statistician. The Divisions of Publications and Foreign Labor Conditions, formerly a part of the Office of Program Planning and Publications which has been abolished

have been established as separate offices. The Office of Productivity and Technological Development, the Division of Economic Growth, and the Office of Industrial Hazards have been consolidated to form the Office of Productivity, Technology, and Growth. The Office of Systems Analysis and Economic Growth has been abolished.

WAGE AND HOUR AND PUBLIC CONTRACTS DIVISIONS

New program responsibilities and activities resulting from the enactment of the Service Contract Act of 1965 were integrated at the national office level into the established organization. Mission and functions for the Branch of Public Contracts Wage Determinations under the office of Wage Determinations and Regulations, were expanded and the branch was redesignated as the Branch of Government Contract Wage Determinations to reflect the added responsibilities.

A reorganization of the Office of Compliance and Enforcement resulted in the abolishment of the Division of Enforcement Audit and Review and the assignment of its essential functions to other existing organizational elements. As a result, five positions were abolished.

The centralization of safety and health functions of the Department in the Bureau of Labor Standards resulted in the abolishment of the Branch of Safety and Health within the Division of Enforcement Policy, Office of Compliance and Enforcement.

Three district offices were established during 1966 as the result of a new concept in field organization. The first was established in February at Los Angeles, Calif., providing the heavily populated and industrialized southern California area with top regional staff representation. This placed a former assistant regional director, now district director, together with supporting staff in closer contact with the field offices and investigation staff under his jurisdiction, and in closer contact with employees, employers, and the general public of that area. Effective in September the Cleveland region, comprised of the States of Ohio and Michigan, was consolidated with the Chicago region. District offices were established in Cleveland and Detroit to direct enforcement activities in Ohio and Michigan.

BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL LABOR AFFAIRS

The number of personnel in the Office of Program Development and Coordination has increased due to the increasing needs and demands for international technical assistance in labor and manpower areas in foreign countries. This Office is meeting these needs by recruiting qualified labor and manpower technicians through the Department of Labor International Technical Corps (DOLITAC) which was established during 1965.

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT

OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL/DEPUTY POSTMASTER

GENERAL

Established under the provisions of Executive Order 11313, dated October 15, 1966, a formal line of succession to be followed when the Postmaster General and the Deputy Postmaster General are unable