5,436 (c) Wage determinations.-Prevailing wage rates to be paid laborers and mechanics on construction contracts involving the use of Federal funds are predetermined under this activity. Coordination of enforcement by Federal contracting agencies of labor standards provisions relating to public construction is provided. An increase of 14 positions is provided in 1966 to administer the DavisBacon Fringe Benefits Act (Public Law 88-349), approved 5,300 July 2, 1964. The workload statistics are: 1962 1963 1964 actual actual actual 1965 1966 eslim ale estimate Wage determinations issued..... 44,558 46,397 43,186 45,000 45,500 (d) Legislation. This activity provides analysis and reports on legislation and drafts of proposed legislation for the Department. It also engages in decision writing and in research, analysis and reference activities in 5,436 connection with the Department's programs. -136 5,300 6 (e) Labor-management laws.-This activity provides legal advisory and litigation services for the Department under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act and the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act. 2. Field legal services.-At the regional level opinions and interpretations are provided to field officials of the 5,234 Department, employers, employees, employer associations, labor organizations, attorneys and the general public. Enforcement, including several types of civil litigation in the Federal courts and proceedings under the Adminis trative Procedure Act, of the various statutes adminis tered by the Department is carried on both in the field and by the Washington office of the Solicitor of Labor. Field litigation is supervised by the Washington staff. 1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid, undelivered orders, 1963. $52 thousand (1964 adjustment, -$11 thousand); 1964, $26 thousand; 1965, $26 thousand; 1966, $26 thousand. 1. Departmental program activities. (a) Litigation. This activity includes supervision of enforcement of Federal labor standards statutes; litigation and legal services in the administration of several workmen's compensation laws including the Federal Employees Act, the Longshoremen's and Harborworkers' Compensation Act, the Defense Base Act, and the District of Columbia Attorneys representing the Solicitor assist the Department of Justice and the various U.S. Attorneys in the preparation and conduct of criminal prosecution and in defending declaratory judgment, Court of Claims, and other actions brought against departmental officials and/or the United States. 3,545 0 3,545 3,803 -258 3,545 176 -150 3,566 5 1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1963, $14 thousand; 1964, $29 thousand; 1965, $29 thousand; 1966, $29 thousand. 1. Executive direction.-This Office formulates governmental policy in matters affecting labor and directs all programs of functions assigned to the Department. 2. Management and centralized services.-Plans, manages and evaluates program operations and renders central services to all Bureaus of the Department and to the Office of the Secretary. 3. Appeals from determinations of Federal employee claims. The Employees' Compensation Appeals Board hears and decides appeals from the decisions of the Director of the Bureau of Employees' Compensation. 4. Wage Appeals Board.-The Board was established pursuant to Secretary's Order No. 32-63, January 3, 1964. As the Secretary of Labor's representative, the Board provides a discretionary_review of wage determinations made under the Davis-Bacon Act, debarment actions, assessments of liquidated damages under the Contract Work Hours Standards Act, and decisions otherwise 2,447 made after hearings provided for in 29, Code of Federal Regulations, parts 1 and 5. 10 13 Trust fund account: Unemployment trust 16 Comparative transfer from other accounts.. 25 Unobligated balance lapsing--- New obligational authority.. This fund is available without fiscal year limitation and provides services on a centralized basis for the following Department activities (5 U.S.C. 622a): (1) Communications, (2) supply service, (3) duplicating service, (4) visual exhibits, (5) accounting and payrolling, and (6) tabulating. Budget program-1. Communication services.-Consists of switchboard and telecommunications, mail and messenger, and office space services. 2. Central supply. Consists of purchasing and distributing supplies including blank forms, equipment and laboring service as required. 3. Duplicating services.-Consists of offset printing including composing and layout, mimeographing, collating and addressograph service. This activity also includes procurement of printing from the Government Printing Office and the procurement and distribution of congressional material. 4. Visual exhibits.-Consists of preparing displays for public information and furnishing photographic services to the various bureaus. 5. Accounts and payroll.-Consists of centralized payrolling, accounting and financial reporting for the Department. 6. Central tabulating services.-Provides tabulating service for payroll and accounting functions, personnel and other statistical operations. Operating results and financial conditions.-Services rendered are charged for at rates which return in full all expenses of operation, including a normal reserve for accrued annual leave and depreciation of equipment. The fund is reimbursed in advance by bureaus, offices and agencies served. Administrative budget accounts: Communication services.. Central supply... Revenue. Duplicating services. Expense.. 1,323 1,423 1,420 Visual exhibits.. Accounts and payroll.. Central tabulating services. Net operating income, communications services program.. Undistributed: Recovery of prior year costs. 13 Trust fund accounts: Revenue... Communication services. 6791 Central supply... Duplicating services. Net operating income, central supply Accounts and payroll.. Central tabulating services. 21.98 Obligations in excess of availability, Duplicating services program: 125 start of year.. Revenue 840 24.98 Obligations in excess of availability, end of year..- New obligational authority. Relation of obligations to expenditures: 234 263 Total obligations. 3,793 71 90 Receipts and other offsets (items 11-17). Obligations affecting expenditures.. 72.98 Obligated balance, start of year.. 74.98 Obligated balance, end of year.. Expenditures. -3,758 4,404 -4,461 Expense. 234 263 4,400 -4,458 Net operating income, visual exhibits Revenue. Expense Net operating income, accounts and payroll program......... OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Continued Intragovernmental funds—Continued ADVANCES AND REIMBURSEMENTS-Continued The role and responsibilities of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity are being reviewed in relation to title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which established a national policy making unlawful the practice of discrimination in employment. Title VII provided for the establishment of an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate any alleged violations; and the budget provides funds for staffing and operating the Commission. The 1965 and 1966 estimates of agency contributions required for the support of the committee are, therefore, tentative and will be revised, following completion of the current review, to reflect actual program plans and operating requirements. |