I, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Governor of the State of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the Laws of the State of New York, do hereby direct by Executive Order that Executive Order Number 36, dated March 6, 1970, which established the Manpower Resources Commission, be amended to read as follows:

I, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Governor of the State of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of the State of New York, do hereby establish in the Executive Department a Manpower Resources Commission to provide centralized leadership and direction in manpower training, to consist of the Industrial Commissioner as chairman, the Commissioners of Education, Commerce, Social Services, and Human Rights, the President of the State Civil Service Commission and the President of the State University.

I. General Powers

The Commission shall have primary responsibility for the coordination of manpower planning and administration within the State. In fulfillment of this responsibility, the Commission shall have, but not be limited to, the following powers and duties:

— To study, document, review and evaluate on a continuing basis, job training and development activities among governmental and non-governmental agencies in the State;

— To develop and recommend to the Governor a comprehensive manpower policy, setting forth program and funding priorities and assignments of responsibility to participating State agencies;

— To take inventory of State manpower needs and the economic program and physical resources available to meet them;

— To develop an information and reporting system which will aid in the evaluation of manpower training programs and their effectiveness with particular concern for their impact on minority groups and the disadvantaged;

— To prepare in advance of the various agency budget submissions and submit annually to the Governor a recommended State manpower fiscal program setting forth the overall goals of the Commission and the resources available from all sources to meet them; and

To coordinate and take steps to improve the administration of State agency and inter-agency manpower programs and activities, through such mechanisms as it may deem necessary or desirable, including the appointment of working committees which may include persons not members of the Commission and persons employed by agencies not represented on the Commission.

To assure the necessary coordination between Federally financed manpower training programs and those of the State, the Commission shall also act as the parent body of the State CAMPS Committee and shall be responsible for the development of the State-level Cooperative Area Manpower Planning System report. The Chairman of the Commission shall serve, ex officio, as Chairman of the State CAMPS Committee.

II. Personal and Other Support Services

The Office of Planning Services shall provide all such personal and other services as may be necessary or desirable to assist the Manpower Resources Commission to fulfill the purposes of this Order.

III. Effective Date and Transfer Provisions

Executive Order Number 36, dated March 6, 1970, is hereby amended and superseded by this Executive Order effective April 1, 1971. On such date, all rights and obligations of the Manpower Resources Commission under any contract or agreement relating to functions, powers and duties transferred by this Order to the Office of Planning Services are hereby transferred and assigned to, devolved upon and assumed by the Office of Planning Services. With respect to the functions, powers, duties, rights and obligations so transferred and assumed, the Office of Planning Services shall be deemed and held to constitute the continuation of the Manpower Resources Commission and not a different agency or authority. Any proceeding or other business or matter heretofore undertaken or commenced by or before such Commission may be conducted and completed by the Office of Planning Services in the same manner and under the same terms and conditions and with the same effect as if conducted and completed by such Commission.

Provision may be made, within appropriations available therefor and subject to the Civil Service Law, for the transfer to the Office of Planning Services of such officers and employees of the Manpower Resources Commission other than Commission members as the Director of the Office of Planning Services may deem necessary.

All appropriations or reappropriations together with any Federal funds advanced to the Manpower Resources Commission, to the extent of remaining unexpended or unencumbered balances thereof, whether allocated or unallocated and whether obligated or unobligated, shall be transferred to and made available for use by the Office of Planning Services for the same purposes for which originally appropriated or advanced.