APPENDIX 2 CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES EXPLANATORY NOTE The Classifications of Activities in this series 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 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 I. River and Harbor Improvements I. Construction of new works I. Preliminary surveys 112 CLASSIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES 2. Surveys and estimates. I. By contract 2. By hired labor and government plant 2. Maintenance of works 3. Operation of some works 4. Collection and report of information. 5. Regulation I. Rules for the use and navigation of navigable waters 2. Establishment of harbor lines 3. Establishment of anchorage grounds 4. Approval of plans for structures in navigable waters 2. Branches of River and Harbor Work 1. Mississippi River Commission I. Plans and estimates 2. Construction and maintenance of works 2. California Debris Commission 1. Regulation of hydraulic mining 2. Improvement of rivers 3. The removal of sunken vessels 4. The supervision of the harbor of New York 1. Regulation of all dumping 2. Prevention of illegal dumping 5. Bridging navigable waters of the United States 1. Approval of plans for bridges 2. Alteration of bridges obstructing navigation 3. Regulation of the operation of drawbridges 6. Work for the Federal Power Commission 1. Field investigations 2. Supervision of water power companies 3. Related Activities 113 1. Permanent International Commission of the Congresses of Navigation 1. American representatives 4. The United States Lake Survey I. Field work 2. Printing and distribution of charts. |