Previous Year Performance

at the end of the fiscal year.

Forms Control. A comprehensive review of all Regional, Central office, and I, N, and G forms

was made during the year. The review resulted in the elimination of 109 forms. New programs and im-
provements in procedures called for the creation of 142 new forms including 32 I, N, and G forms. At
the end of the fiscal year there were 557 I, N, and G forms.

A system of limiting revisions of forms to two periods of the year (corresponding to form
requisition periods) has effected important savings. Since existing stocks of forms must be destroyed
when the form is revised, the new system generally does not permit a form revision until stocks are

Work simplification projects have been carried on in every major office

of the Service. Several hundred projects were completed throughout the Service during the fiscal year

1961.

Work simplification projects ranged from simplifying record-keeping in New York to processing
laborers at Bracero Centers in Mexico.

A program of training Service supervisors in Work Simplification techniques which was begun

in the fiscal year 1960

was continued this year.

Incentive Awards. During the fiscal year 1961, 880 contributions of all types were received. 362 contributions were approved. 266 cash awards, were made in recognition

of

33 accepted suggestions, 181 sustained superior performances, and 52 special acts. Honorary awards, without cash, totaled 96. Approximately 900 other awards in the form of certificates of achievement were given to deserving employees.

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Statistics. The collection, compilation, analysis, and presentation to Congress, other
important management function.
Government agencies, and the general public of statistics on immigration and nationality is an
A related function is the work measurement system of the Service
which measures tasks in relation to man-power utilized in seven major programs and operations.
During the fiscal year 1961 special emphasis was placed on improving coding and work measure-
coders has been written, and a proposed film strip outlined.
ment reporting. Three-day courses have been held for Records Supervisors; a training course for

Studies and research have included a rewrite of the pamphlet "Our Immigration"; a summary of
the legislation and statistics of orphans adopted; problems and contributions of overseas personnel;
adjustment of status of students and exchange aliens; the Annual Report of the Service; encyclopedia
yearbook articles; comments on the effect of various Congressional bills; brief articles and current
studies and reports.
statistics for the I & N Reporter and the INS Information Bulletin; and various administrative

Training.

Much attention was given during the fiscal year 1961 to the training of employees

employees in their careers. as a means of providing the most capable employees to accomplish the assigned tasks and to encourage