APPENDIX 2 CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES EXPLANATORY NOTE The Classifications of Activities have for their purpose to list and classify in all practicable detail the specific activities engaged in by the several services of the national government. Such statements are of value from a number of standpoints. They furnish, in the first place, the most effective showing that can be made in brief compass of the character of the work performed by the service to which they relate. Secondly, they lay the basis for a system of accounting and reporting that will permit the showing of total expenditures classified according to activities. Finally, taken collectively, they make possible the preparation of a general or consolidated statement of the activities of the government as a whole. Such a statement will reveal in detail, not only what the government is doing, but the services in which the work is being performed. For example, one class of activities that would probably appear in such a classification is that of "scientific research." A subhead under this class would be "chemical research." Under this head would appear the specific lines of investigation under way and the services in which they were being prosecuted. It is hardly necessary to point out the value of such information in planning for future work and in considering the problem of the better distribution and coördination of the work of the government. The Institute contemplates attempting such a general listing and classification of the activities of the government upon the completion of the present series. CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES I. General administration. 4I 2. Prescribing rules and regulations for reporting injuries and presenting claims and for obtaining medical treatment. 3. Administering awards for compensation and making compensation payments. 4. Administering medical relief service. 5. Directing damage suits against third parties. 6. Compiling statistics of injuries and awards. APPENDIX 3 PUBLICATIONS The publications of the United States Employees' Compensation Commission consist of the annual reports required by the organic act, and such regulations, instructions, and other information, as are needed for the enforcement of the provisions of the act and for the extension of its benefits to those entitled to receive them. Annual reports have been published for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1917 to 1921, inclusive. They contain, in addition to the usual report of operations and recommendations, detailed statistics of injuries reported, claims received, awards made, and medical treatment extended under the act. Some of the reports contain interpretations of the Compensation Act by the commission, and two of them reproduce decisions rendered in individual cases. Regulations concerning the duties of employees, official superiors, medical officers, and others under the Employees' Compensation Act were published in 1918 and distributed to the various government offices. A revised edition was issued October 15, 1919. Travel regulations for the use of employees of the commission were issued in 1917. Instructions relative to medical and surgical relief for injured civil service employees were issued August 22, 1917. Directories of medical officers, physicians, and hospitals available to employees of the government injured in the performance of duty under the Employees' Compensation Act were issued in 1918 and 1920. 42 |