Files relating to the Temporary State Commission on Coordination of State Activities and Department Reorganization

The Temporary State Commission on Coordination of State Activities (Mahoney Commission) was created by a 1946 law (Chapter 1002) to investigate State agencies' operations, to determine if they were economical and efficient, to determine if unnecessary activities and duplication of functions could be eliminated by reorganizing an agency or consolidating it with another, and to propose legislation to this end. During 1952 and 1953 the Mahoney Commission staff studied the operations of the Department of Civil Service and made recommendations for improvement.

This series consists of records created by the Department in direct response to the Commission's investigation and recommendations for departmental reorganization.

The series contains the following records: copies of correspondence with and records provided to the Temporary State Commission outlining Department procedures and regulations; internal department memoranda and correspondence outlining what the Commission's staff did and were told during the course of their investigation; the Temporary State Commission's published staff reports and list of recommendations to the Department; Department replies to every recommendation in the Commission's reports; and records relating to the Department's actual reorganization based on the Temporary State Commission's findings, including organizational charts, reorganizational surveys, and various drafts of reorganization plans.

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.