Pursuant to the authority of Article III of the Alaska Constitution and AS 44.17.060, the Manpower Planning Division including the Governor's Manpower Planning Council and the State Manpower Services Council now located within the Office of the Governor, are transferred to the Department of Community and Regional Affairs along with any State and federal appropriations.

The fiscal operations of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) which are currently administered by the Office of the Governor are transferred to the Department of Community and Regional Affairs. All accounts, records and other data of whatever nature now held by that office are transferred.

All contracts executed by the Office of the Governor as Prime Sponsor remain in effect until their respective, previously established termination dates.

I find the transfer of this office and the assignment of these functions to the Department of Community and Regional Affairs necessary for the efficient administration of State government.

This Order takes effect November 1, 1976.

Dated at Juneau, Alaska this 1 day of November, 1976.

S/S Jay S. Hammond
Jay S. Hammond  
Governor of Alaska