Actuary to form the Division of the Actuary. The organizational segments of the Division of Program Analysis which were responsible for the evaluation of the effectiveness of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program and the evaluation of legislative proposals for changes in the OASDI program make up the new Division of Program Evaluation and Planning. The remaining segments of the Division of Program Analysis were merged with the former Division of Program Research to form the new Division of Research and Statistics. Thus, while there were three new divisions created, there is no increase in staff resulting directly from reorganization, as these divisions were created through the merging of existing organizational segments.

The Statistics and Reports Branch, Bureau of Federal Credit Unions, became the Division of Statistical Research and Analysis. This reorganization was effected within the BFCU staff ceiling.

Also during 1963 the Telecommunications Management Branch was transferred from the Division of Management to the Division of Accounting Operations, with resulting slight changes in the staffing of these divisions.

Vocational Rehabilitation Administration

The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation has been renamed the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration and the Office of the Director is now called the Office of the Commissioner. An increase in staff (28) resulted primarily from the increased emphasis on research grants and demonstrations.

Welfare Administration

The Welfare Administration is a new agency formed January 28, 1963. It includes the Bureau of Family Services and the Children's Bureau, formerly parts of the Social Security Administration; the Office of Aging and the Office of Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Development, formerly attached to the Office of the Secretary; the Cuban Refugee Program Staff, and the Office of the Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

The Administrative Assistant Secretary submitted a report reflecting an increase of 3,521 employees since January 1, 1963, and the following changes in organization which were effected during this period. Office of the Secretary

The Office of Management Operations was created to perform those functions formerly assigned to the Division of Administrative Services and the Division of Property Management, both of which were abolished.

The Office of Survey and Review was established to perform and/or direct audits, analytical reviews, and inspections of Department operations. It assumed some of these responsibilities from other divisions, and completely absorbed the Division of Inspection which was abolished.

The name of the Division of Budget and Finance was changed to the Division of Budget.

Other departmental offices

The reduction in force, totaling eight employees, for the Office of Minerals and Solid Fuels resulted from a change in appropriations. Seven employees were added in the Office of Saline Water to cope with the accelerated program in research and development.

The employee total for the Office of Coal Research includes 14 members of the Technical Advisory Committee which met in December of 1963. The Committee did not meet in December 1962; thus, the apparent increase in personnel is based upon the inclusion of these temporary employees.

Bureau of Commercial Fisheries

The apparent increase in personnel in the Office of the Director resulted from the movement of the Office of the Legislative Adviser from the Division of Resource Development to the Director's Office.

The addition of 14 and 7 employees, respectively, in the Divisions of Biological Research, and Industrial Research, plus the addition of 175 employees in the field offices were largely the result of budgetary expansion in the oceanographic research program and the staffing of new facilities.

Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife

The Juneau, Alaska, regional office was abolished and the administrative and supervisory responsibilities were transferred to the Portland, Oreg., regional office.

Five new positions were added in the Office of the Director to provide staff support in program planning, conservation education, pesticide research coordination, and foreign activities.

There was an increase of 272 employees in the various field offices. These additional positions resulted from general program expansion and the establishment of the following field units: six national wildlife refuges, two national fish hatcheries, one wildlife research station, one wildlife research cooperative unit, and five cooperative fishery units.

Bureau of Indian Affairs

The apparent decreases in numbers of personnel shown for the Office of Audit, the Division of Community Services, and the Division of Economic Development merely reflect differences in reporting. Last year, certain employees physically stationed at field locations were included in their central office totals. In the current report, these positions are included in the total figure for field personnel.

The increase in numbers of personnel assigned to the Division of Administration (10 more than reported for 1963) resulted from the transfer of certain employees performing administrative work from the Division of Economic Development, and the staffing of an executive training program.

The addition of 1,531 employees in the field reflects the Bureau's continued effort to have construction, maintenance, and repair work performed by Indians living on reservations rather than by private contractors. Other factors responsible for the increase in personnel were the operation of additional school facilities, programs in adult vocational training, and increased efforts in forestry.

Bureau of Land Management

During 1963, there was a slight increase in the number of personnel assigned to the headquarters office. This resulted mainly from the staffing of positions in the areas of operating services and range and forest management.

An increase of 136 employees occurred in field personnel assigned to the various district and field offices. This increase was due to the decentralization of certain technical functions, the strengthening of technical programs, and special project emphasis within the districts. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation

Two divisional name changes occurred during 1963: the Division of Research became the Division of Research and Education, and the Division of Education and Interpretation became the Division of Recreation Information.

The addition of 91 employees during the year 1963 reflects the efforts of the new Bureau to staff itself adequately for its assigned program responsibilities. The major increases in numbers of personnel occurred in the following areas: 5 in the Division of Federal Coordination, 20 in the Division of Planning and Surveys, 15 in the Division of Administration, and 53 in the regional offices.

National Park Service

The increase in personnel in the headquarters offices resulted from the filling of authorized positions which were vacant in the previous year. Increases in personnel totaled 5 in the Office of the Director, and 11 and 4, respectively, in the Office of the Assistant Director, Conservation, Interpretation, and Use, and the Assistant Director, Public Affairs.

The increase in numbers of field personnel totaled 366 for the year. A major portion of this increase represents expanded activities in the operation and maintenance of new park areas and facilities and efforts to provide adequate services for increasing numbers of park visitors. Office of Territories

In order to provide necessary technical assistance for the Governor's accelerated program, three new positions were added to the staff of the Governor of American Samoa.

There was an increase of 73 employees in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Nearly all of these were teachers hired in connection with the accelerated education program now underway in the territory.

The Alaska Railroad

The Division of Operations had an increase of 20 employees. The increased employment resulted from a stepped-up program to modify freight cars and other equipment in order to handle the growing volume of "sea-train" cargo.

Geological Survey

Increased emphasis on topographic mapping and a larger volume of technical reports led to an increase of 40 employees in the Publications Division.

An expanding Federal-State water resources cooperative program was mainly responsible for the addition of nine employees in the Water Resources Division. This program was also a major factor in the increase of 294 field employees during 1963.

Bureau of Mines

A major reorganization of the Bureau was accomplished in 1963. The new organization was created to strengthen the research activities in minerals and mineral fuels and to provide greater impetus to the conservation and development of mineral resources.

Three new assistant directorships, for Administration, Mineral Resource Development, and Minerals Research, were created, each with its own field organization.

The five regional field offices were abolished and, in their place, eight new field resource organizations were established as area mineral resource offices. Two administrative field offices were established in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Denver, Colo., to replace seven previously existing offices.

The Bureau experienced an increase of 25 employees during 1963. Bureau of Reclamation

The following organization changes occurred in the Office of the Chief Engineer, Denver: the Automatic Data Processing Branch was removed from the Division of Power Operations and General Engineering and established as a separate division; the Geology Branch was removed from the Division of Design and established as a separate division; and the Office of Business Management was created to replace the Division of Administrative Services.

Also in Denver, the Office of Assistant Commissioner and Chief Engineer became the Office of Chief Engineer, the Division of Engineering Laboratories became the Division of Research, and the Division of Power Operations and General Engineering became the Division of Power Operations. The Office of Loan Engineer, formerly included in the Office of Chief Engineer, is now listed separately.

The increased emphasis on reclamation projects, as shown by the establishment of 14 major operating offices (a net gain of 5 offices), is largely responsible for the following increases in personnel: 79 employees in field and project offices, 58 in the regional offices, 20 in the Division of Design (Denver), and 5 employees in the Division of Audit and Financial Review (Denver).

Bonneville Power Administration

The increase of 117 employees in the Division of Engineering reflects the increased engineering workload associated with interregional transmission interconnections and the installation of new transmission facilities.

The increase of 38 employees in the Division of Administrative Management was largely the result of increased program efforts and negotiation of the Canadian Columbia Basin Storage Treaty.

Thirty additional employees are shown for the area offices, principally due to the establishment of the Idaho Falls area office.

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Southwestern Power Administration

Sixteen employees were added to the Division of Power primarily to complete construction projects, and to handle increased workloads in power sales, system engineering, and maintenance.

Four people were added in the Division of Planning and Resources. The increase was caused mainly by additional workload in feasibility studies for new hydro projects.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

The Administrative Assistant Secretary reported that the total employment figure show an increase of 449 over the total reported as of January 1, 1963. The Department also reported that this represents less than 50 percent of the personnel increases originally contemplated for program operations authorized by legislation passed in 1962. Improvements in the utilization of manpower, reorganization activities and better use of operating facilities contributed to the ability to handle program expansion and workload growth, principally with existing staff.

Office of the Secretary

The increase of 27 is due to the impact of expanded program activities of the various components of the Department on the Office of the Secretary which is responsible for providing leadership and direction at the departmental level. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Planning and Research was also established in 1963. This office has responsibility for (a) the development of policies and programs needed to promote the welfare of all workers, (b) developing program projections for future periods, recommending new programs and changes in existing programs, and identifying programs or activities for which legislative authority may be required, and (c) developing and coordinating research programs throughout the Department.

Office of the Administrative Assistant Secretary

The increase of 38 was mainly in the financial management area in order to improve departmental accounting and auditing practices. Manpower Administration

In February 1963 the Manpower Administration was established to carry out the manpower programs and activities of the Department, and to coordinate manpower activities of all bureaus and offices to insure integration in a comprehensive manpower program.

The Office of Manpower, Automation and Training established in 1962 subsequent to passage of the Manpower Development and Training Act (Public Law 87-415) and the Bureaus of Apprenticeship and Training and Employment Security are the major components of the Manpower Administration.

These components accounted for 187 of the Department's total employment figure increase. The increase within the Manpower Administration is due principally to expanded programs and increased workload as the manpower development and training program became fully operational. Eight area offices of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training were eliminated for more efficient management.