on U.S. - Commission or economy and efficiency VOL. I. CONTENTS. Appropriation of June 25, 1910. Appropriation of March 4, 1911. Appropriation of August 21, 1912. Appropriation of August 24, 1912. Special Message of the President. Statement of Mr. Norton before the Inquiries for Change of Methods of Transacting Public Business.--To enable the President, by the employment of accountants and experts from official and private life, to more effectively inquire into the methods of transacting the public business of the Government in the several executive departments and other Government establishments, with the view of inaugurating new or changing old methods of transacting such public business so as to attain greater efficiency and economy therein, and to ascertain and recommend to Congress what changes in law may be necessary to carry into effect such results of his inquiry as can not be carried into effect by executive action alone, and for each and every purpose necessary hereunder, including the employment of personal services at Washington, District of Columbia, or elsewhere, one hundred thousand dollars. --Sundry Civil Act June 25, 1910. |