A new audit office will be established to be responsible for overall policy, liaison, and coordination of all Department audit activities. Audit staffs will be transferred to this Office from the Public Health Service, Social Security Administration, Office of Education, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Field Administration, and Office of the Secretary. This Office is responsible for necessary reviews of Department activities including grants and contracts awarded to States, educational institutions, and other organizations, for the purpose of providing assurance that such activities are in accord with applicable laws, policies, and procedures. It coordinates audit activities of the Department with those of other Government agencies. Federal old-age and survivors insurance. Other.... -1,302 -1,257 -1.293 -33 Proposed increase due to civilian pay -52 3,939 1,886 SURPLUS PROPERTY UTILIZATION For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of subsections 203 (j), (k), (n), and (o), of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, relating to disposal of real and personal excess property for educational purposes, civil defense purposes, and protection of public health, [$970,000.] $1,053,000. (Department of Health, Education, and Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) The Secretary is represented in each of the Depart- Welfare Appropriation Act, 1965.) ment's nine regions by a regional director who is responsible for carrying out departmental policies and for leadership, coordination, evaluation, and administrative supervision of all operating agencies' program representatives located in the regional offices. The two 1966 activities of the Office of Field Administration are as follows: 1. Field administration.-This activity includes review, evaluation, and coordination of Department program operations conducted through the regional offices as well as the providing of personnel, fiscal, and office services for approximately 22,000 regional employees. 3. State merit systems. For 24 grants-in-aid programs, grants to States are contingent upon compliance with Federal regulations and standards relating to State personnel administration. The Division of State Merit Systems reviews State plans and personnel practices in more than 300 State agencies administering grant programs and 70 merit systems applicable to them. On State request, it provides technical services for increased efficiency of personnel administration. Identification code Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) Identification code Program by activities: Surplus property utilization (program costs, funded). Change in selected 1 resources -4 6 10 Total obligations............. Financing: 09-60-0134-0-1-659 1964 1,001 1,053 1,001 1,053 43 65 --65 -73 21.0 Travel and transportation of persons 252 285 91 80 22.0 Transportation of things... 23.0 Rent, communications, and utilities.. 24.0 Printing and reproduction... 25.1 Other services.. 26.0 Supplies and materials.. 31.0 Equipment...... 7 17 Expenditures from civilian pay in crease supplemental_ 1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1963, $9 thousand; 1964, $8 thousand; 1965, $4 thousand: 1966, $10 thousand. ices Act of 1949, as amended, the Secretary: (a) allocates Under the Federal Property and Administrative Servneeded surplus personal property to State agencies for educational, public health and civil defense purposes; (b) 3,350 transfers surplus real property for educational and public health purposes, including research, subject to disapproval 26.0 Supplies and materials. 31.0 Equipment..---. Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders. 1963, $11 thousand; 1964, $13 thousand; 1965, $13 thousand: 1966, $13 thousand. The Office of the General Counsel acts as legal adviser to, and provides legal services for, the Secretary, the operating agencies of the Department, and staff of the nine regional offices. Increase for 1966 provides resources in contract negotiation and appeals, food and drug enforcement, particularly drug effectiveness, and OASI litigation. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) 7.9 8.0 8.2 Average GS salary... SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL For expenses necessary for the Office of the General Counsel, [$1,167,000 $1,435,000, together with not to exceed $29,000 to be transferred from "Revolving fund for certification and other services, Food and Drug Administration", and not to exceed [$878,000] $850,000 to be transferred from the Federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund. (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1965.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) 11.1 Permanent positions... 11.3 Positions other than permanent.... 3 3 (c) O.A.S.I..... (b) Food and drug 3. Regional and field............. (d) Welfare and education.. 249 319 Personnel Summary 2,314 Average number of all employees.. 2 Average GS grade. 10 Average GS salary. Total obligations..... GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER-Con. General and special funds-Continued Personnel Summary EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION FACILITIES For grants to assist in construction of educational television broadcasting facilities, as authorized by part IV of title III of the Communications Act of 1934 (76 Stat. 64), and for related salaries and expenses, to remain available until expended, [$13,000,0001, $11,826,000 of which not to exceed $300,000 shall be available for such salaries and expenses during the current fiscal year. (47 U.S.C. 390; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1964.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) Identification code 09-60-0146-0-1-704 Total number of permanent positions... Intragovernmental funds: WORKING CAPITAL FUND Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) 1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1963, $9 thousand; 1964, $3 thousand; 1965, $3 thousand; 1966, $3 thousand. Grants are made on a matching basis for the purchase and installation of transmission equipment to be used by noncommercial educational television stations. In 1965 it is estimated that 49 grants for new facilities and 29 for expansion of existing facilities will be made from the total funds available. In 1966 approximately 38 additional projects will receive awards for new facilities and 26 for expansion of existing facilities. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) 21.98 Unobligated balance available, start of Personnel compensation: 24.98 Unobligated balance available, end of year: Obligations in excess of availability.... 11.1 Permanent positions. year: Obligations in excess of avail 11.3 Positions other than permanent.. ability.. New obligational authority..... 215 12.0 Personnel benefits... 9 15 15 23.0 Rent, communications, and utilities.. 5 24.0 Printing and reproduction. 10 25.1 Other services.. Receipts and other offsets (items 11-17) Obligations affecting expenditures. 72.98 Obligated balance, start of year... 74.98 Obligated balance, end of year.. Relation of obligations to expenditures: Total obligations--- 13,362 90 -98 The fund is authorized to provide the following services on a centralized basis for Department activities: (1) reproduction, (2) visual exhibits, (3) supply services, (4) tabulating, (5) communications, (6) accounting and payrolling, and (7) laborers' services. Presently, communications and accounting services are not being provided by the fund. 1. Reproduction. This activity consists of offset printing, photographic, visual exhibits, microfilming, and addressograph services for the Department's headquarters and for other Government agencies as requested. This activity also includes procurement of printing from the Government Printing Office and other sources, and procurement and distribution of congressional materials. 2. Data processing.-This activity provides tabulating services for all headquarters units of the Department. Services include fiscal, payroll and statistical data processing. 3. Supply services.-Purchasing, supply, and laborers' services on a centralized basis for headquarters units are included in this activity. 4. Payrolling. Centralized payrolling services, leave accounting, and personnel statistics to the Department through use of electronic equipment are provided in this activity. As of June 30, 1964, approximately 60,000 employees were payrolled. It is anticipated that all Department employees will be payrolled by the end of fiscal year 1965. Revenue, Expense, and Retained Earnings (in thousands of dollars) Identification code 09-60-4503-0-4-659 Reproduction: Identification code Revenue... 09-60-4503-04-659 Expense. 1,173 Data processing: 11.3 Positions other than permanent.. 3 Revenue... 11.4 Expense.... Special personal service payments. 32 11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 239 Net operating income or loss. Supply service: 21.0 Travel and transportation of persons. Revenue... Expense.. 22.0 Transportation of things............. 23.0 Rent, communications, and utilities. 323 925 935 24.0 Printing and reproduction... 88 Net operating income or loss. 25.1 Other services....... 686 26.0 Supplies and materials. 483 Payrolling: 31.0 Equipment... 58 Revenue.. Expense.. 8773 92.0 Undistributed: Change in reserve for acccumulated leave... Purchases discounts.... Net gain or loss from sale of equipment.. 13 |