DEPARTMENT OF LABOR MANPOWER ADMINISTRATION General and special funds: SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses for the Manpower Administration, including administering the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, as amended, and research under such Act; performing the functions of the Secretary in the fields of automation and manpower; encouraging apprentice training programs, as authorized by the Acts of March 4, 1913 and August 16, 1937 (5 U.S.C. 611, 29 U.S.C. 50); general administration of the employment service and unemployment insurance programs; and administration of the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963; $16,780,000, together with not to exceed $15,328,000 which may be expended from the employment security administration account, in the Unemployment trust fund. (42 U.S.C. 2571-2626; 29 U.S.Č. 2950; 5 U.S.C. 611; 29 U.S.C. 49-49n; 38 U.S.C. 2001-2014; 42 U.S.C. 501-5-3; 1101-1105, 1361-1371; 78 Stat. 960; 7 U.S.C. 2041–2053; Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1965.) Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars) 1964 actual 1965 1966 estimate estimate 6,790 14,368 2. Apprenticeship and training operations.. 5.715 16,565 3. Manpower Administration operations. Undistributed reductions in program costs 8,477 -1,000 32,295 877 -12,495-14,247 14,770 17,024 Total program costs, funded. Change in selected resources 1. Adjustment for obligations carried in Administrative budget accounts. 16 Comparative transfers from other accounts. and the Manpower development and training activities appropriation will hereafter finance only program costs and administrative expenses of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. All Labor Department personnel and administrative costs associated with the program will be carried in this new account. The Manpower Administration was established by the Secretary of Labor on February 19, 1963, in recognition of the need to more effectively achieve integrated leadership, direction and coordination of the many manpower programs and activities of the Department. This consolidated account is one further step in meeting the need for a more integrated and coordinated manpower program and should result in improved personnel management and program operations. The undistributed program reduction of $1 million shown in the activity schedule reflects anticipated management improvements and the elimination of lower priority activities. 1. Employment security operations.-The Bureau of Employment Security provides national leadership in the development, improvement and operation of a nationwide Federal-State employment security system. Through its unemployment insurance service the Bureau is responsible 18,028 for the direction of the national unemployment insurance system comprising three major income maintenance programs: State unemployment insurance, unemployment insurance for ex-servicemen, and unemployment insurance for Federal employees. Direction is provided for State operation of the training allowance provisions of the Manpower Development and Training Act. The Bureau gives national leadership, direction, and coordination for programs and operations of a nationwide system of public employment offices providing local manpower services. Responsibilities in this area include the basic employment service functions provided under the Wagner-Peyser Act as well as additional programs required by the Manpower Development and Training Act, Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, and the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act. In 1966 the Bureau will emphasize services to youth by directing and coordinating the expansion and improvement of youth employment services in all major metropolitan areas; improve the quality, form and collection of job vacancy data; and continue to expand the automation of Bureau operation and management. 32,295 -187 -15,328 -14,770 -17,024 16,780 "Limitation on salaries and expenses" Receipts and reimbursements from: །། 13 Trust fund accounts. 32,295 -15,515 16,780 -2.780 14,000 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders. 1963 $5.367 thousand: (1964 adjustments 1965, $6,234 thousand; 1966, $6,234 thousand. -$10 thousand); 1964, $6.234 thousand; This new account consolidates the financing of all Manpower Administration personnel and operations. The activities now covered in this new appropriation account were formerly financed from four appropriation accounts. The appropriations Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, Farm Labor Contractor Registration Activities, and Limitation on salaries and expenses, Unemployment Trust Fund are being abolished 2. Apprenticeship and training operations.-The Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training provides promotion and technical assistance to employers, trade associations, labor unions and other national and community groups to develop, install and conduct apprenticeship and other onthe-job training programs. Programs designed to develop all-round skills of craftsmen, refresher training for journeymen and operators, and remedial and upgrading training for unemployed or underemployed workers are promoted by contact at national levels, and by cooperation with State and community agencies concerned with manpower development. In programs voluntarily subscribed to and administered by management and labor, more than 230,000 apprentices, journeymen, and allied industrial workers receive training each year. About 2,000 new programs are initiated and 3,000 improvements in training system ad THE LO MANPOWER ADMINISTRATION-Continued General and special funds-Continued SALARIES AND EXPENSES-Continued ministration, practices and content are obtained annually. The Bureau, working with employers, applicant training groups and other participating organizations, develops Manpower Development and Training Act on-the-job training projects for the unemployed. To assure effective projects, field representatives evaluate training facilities and needs, review and approve project proposals, and inspect training in progress to assure compliance with standards and training agreements. The Bureau arranges for the performance of similar promotional and technical services by appropriate State apprenticeship agencies. Skill requirements and training needs within particular industries are identified and training research is performed to develop information on the nature and extent of training in American industry as well as characteristics of trainees. In 1966 the Bureau will give emphasis to increasing the number of on-the-job training projects. 3. Manpower Administration operations.-This activity provides for the executive direction, supervision, overall planning, evaluation and coordination of the Department of Labor's Manpower Administration carried out by the Office of the Manpower Administrator. Through the Office of Manpower, Automation and Training, this activity provides a program of automation and manpower research. The research program includes, among others, studies of current and prospective manpower requirements and resources, skill requirements and supply, job opportunities and occupational outlook, factors which tend to impede labor mobility, manpower utilization, and occupational training problems of youth. This activity also funds manpower research contracts with other Government agencies and in academic and other private institutions. The Manpower Report of the President and the Secretary of Labor's Report on Manpower Requirements, Resources, Utilization, and Training are prepared and issued annually as required by the Manpower Act and a program of experimental and demonstration training projects is administered. Through the Office of Financial and Management Services, the activity provides total administrative staff support to the Office of the Manpower Administrator and the Office of Manpower, Automation and Training, financial management of the Manpower Development and Training Act including contract administration, and personnel administration for the Manpower Administration. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry into effect the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2571-2620), [and for the performance of the functions of the Secretary in the fields of automation and manpower, $307,906,000] $273,500,000. (Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1965.) Note. Excludes $11.500.000 for activities transferred in the estimates to "Man power Administration, Salaries and expenses." The amounts obligated in 1964 and 1965 are shown in the schedule as comparative transfers. Identification code 11.3 Positions other than permanent.. 90 39 11.5 Other personnel compensation. - 12-15-0171-0-1-652 29 1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1963, $4,827 thousand; 1964, $10,672 thousand: 1965, $10,672 thousand; 1966, $10,672 thousand. 1. Training costs and allowance payments. This activity provides for occupational and basic education training programs to equip the Nation's unemployed and underemployed workers with skills that will enable them to participate in productive employment. It provides for the cost of conducting the training and for the cost of allowance payments made to trainees. Trainee allowances will be paid to certain unemployed heads of families or households who are selected for vocational education or on-the-job training. A limited number of unemployed youth will receive allowances, but at a lower rate than adult unemployed workers. In addition, this activity provides special programs of testing, counseling, guidance, job development and placement for disadvantaged workers. MANPOWER ADMINISTRATION Total number of permanent positions.. ALLOCATION TO HEALTH, 2. State and local services. This activity provides State and local services related to identifying occupations in which shortages or potential demand exist, selecting Average GS grade. workers for training in these occupations, developing and providing training programs, and placing trainees in jobs. 3. Federal institutional training services.-This activity provides Federal program development and supervision by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for institutional training programs under the act. The Department of Labor Federal services are included in the appropriation, Manpower Administration, Salaries and expenses. Positions included for the Manpower Admin Total number of permanent positions.. 11.3 Positions other than permanent.. 20 1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1963, $8 thousand; 1964, $7 thousand; 1965, $0. Assistance to workers.-The Secretary is responsible for the administration of the provisions of the act for assistance to workers in industries in which an affirmative determination of injury due to tariff concessions has been made. This involves certification of the eligibility of groups of workers to apply for adjustment assistance and advising the President on termination of eligibility; administering adjustment assistance through State employment security agencies; and providing training and relocation for eligible workers. The Tariff Commission has not made any affirmative findings to date and none appear imminent. The need for a separate appropriation account has therefore not materialized and the minimum standby activities will be financed in the future as a part of the Bureau of International Labor Affairs. Identification code Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) 41 Tranferred to "Operating expenses. Public Buildings Service," General Services Administration (77 Stat. 436)..... -2 12-15-0167-0-1-652 10 26.0 Supplies and materials. 58 44 [For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary to conduct a program of encouraging apprentice training, as authorized by the Acts of March 4, 1913 (5 U.S.C. 611), and August 16, 1937 (29 U.S.C. 50), $5,541,000.] (Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1965.) Note.-Estimate of $5,724,000 for activities previously carried under this title has been transferred in the estimates to Manpower Administration, Salaries and expenses. The amounts obligated in 1964 and 1965 are shown in the schedule as comparative transfers. 74 Obligated balance, end of year. 90 Special study on discrimination in employment because of age. This activity provides for conducting a study of the factors which tend to result in discrimination in employment because of age and of the consequences of such dis 750-100-65 -41 |