14 THE NATIONAL FOEEST MANUAL. 



BOUTINE PROCEDURE. 



ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL. 



Action by Assistant Forester. 



Action will be taken by the assistant forester in charge of the 

 Branch on the following matters: 



1. Allotments: 



(1) Annual allotment and appropriation estimates from each 



unit, prior to submission to the Forester. 



(2) Changes in suballotments affecting units of the Branch 



or major lines of work, but not changes affecting indi- 

 vidual projects or investigations. 



2. Plans of work: 



(1) Annual investigative program from each unit of the 



Branch, prior to submission to the Central Investigative 

 Committee. 



(2) New investigative projects of a technical character pro- 



posed by any unit of the Branch during the year. Such 

 projects will be held for the next meeting of the Central 

 Investigative Committee or submitted to the Forester 

 for immediate approval, as their importance and ur- 

 gency may require. 



(3) Substitution of urgent work from the field for listed in- 



vestigative projects at the Forest Products Laboratory. 



3. Personnel: 



(1) Appointments, separations, promotions and disciplinary 



action, in the case of employees taken from civil service 

 registers. 



(2) Proposed increases and decreases in the force employed 



by any unit of the Branch, including nontechnical help, 

 for periods of 6 months or more. 



(3) Assignments and transfers affecting units or major lines 



of work, not individual projects. 



(4) Details of experts from the Forest Products Laboratory 



or Office of Industrial Investigations for special w T ork 

 in the six western districts. 



4. Eeports: 



Monthly and annual reports from all units of the Branch ; 

 special reports as requested. 



5. Manuscripts of publications, prior to submission to the Editor. 



6. Cooperative agreements involving an expenditure of over $500 

 annually for the salary or expenses of members of the Service. 



7. Questions of policy, changes in the Manual and other special 

 matters. 



Action by Branch units. 



Action in all other matters will be taken by the executive officer 

 in charge of the unit concerned, subject to the instructions contained 

 in this Manual and to the instructions on Forest Service procedure 

 given in the Manual on General Administration. The executive 

 officers in charge of the Forest Products Laboratory, the Office of 

 Industrial Investigations, and the respective districts will correspond 

 directly with each other except when final action, of the character 



