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Preliminary Inventory of the United States. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of Government Records
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Title: United States. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of Government records,
Date (inclusive): 1947-1955
Collection number: XX312
Creator:
United States. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (1947-1949)
Extent:
36 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
15.9 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, minutes, press releases, and printed
matter, relating to rationalization of the organization of the executive
branch of the United States government. Includes records of the second
Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (1953-1955).
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], United States. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of Government records, [Box no.],
Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives.
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The First Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government, chaired by former President Herbert Hoover,
was established by act of July 7, 1947 (61 Stat. 246). The commission studied and investigated the organization and methods
of operation of the Executive branch of the federal government, and recommended organization changes to promote economy, efficiency,
and improved service. Operating through functional area task forces, it submitted numerous full commission and individual
task force reports to Congress. The final report, published as
Concluding Report: Report to Congress, May 1949, included an index to previously submitted reports. The commission was terminated June 12, 1949, as provided in
the enabling legislation.
The Second Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government, chaired by former President Herbert Hoover,
was established by act of July 10, 1953 (67 Stat. 142), and extended by act of May 23, 1955 (69 Stat. 64). It studied and
investigated organization and methods of operation of the Executive branch of the federal government, and recommended organization
changes to promote economy, efficiency, and improved service. The commission's final report to Congress was submitted on
June 29, 1955, and was published in two volumes as
Final Report to the Congress and
Index to the Commission and Task Force Reports, June 1955. The commission was terminated June 30, 1955, as provided in extending legislation, with an additional ninety
days for liquidation.
Correspondence, reports, minutes, press releases, and printed
matter, relating to rationalization of the organization of the executive
branch of the United States government. Includes records of the second
Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (1953-1955).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.
United States--Politics and government.
United States--Executive departments.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.
United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
United States. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (1953-1955)