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Organization - Manhattan District. The general organization of the Manhattan District will b3-3be as shown on the accompanying organization chart dated January 27, and duties of the organization follows : 1943. A brief explanation of the various functions,responsibilities 3$p 1. Executive Officer in charpe of Engineering and Operations, - This officer supervises all functions of the district organization pertaining to engineering or operations matters as indicated on the organization chart,including supervision of Unit 2. Executive Officer in charge of Admins t ration. - This officer supervises all administrative functions of the various groups shown on the organization chart and is responsible for the proper organization of administrative functions within each group. be his responsibility to establish basic regulations and procedures for administrative matters and assist areas, Unit Chiefs and other 5u nits in properly organizing the administrative sections of their - 3. Unit Chiefs, - It will be noted that each Unit Chief b3 has been assigned certain projects. and for which he will per for n the following duties : The responsibility of the Unit Chief will be limited to those projects to which he i s assigned - a. The Unit Chief will become fully informed i n detail on all phases of his projector projects and \vi11 coordinate all information and data from the various agencies working on the project. all times t o provide the District Engineer orhis immedi ate assistants with up-to-date information on any feature of theIr oj ect. H e will be prepared a t b. All matters pertaining to his particular project will be brought to the attention of the Unit Chief, i s expected that this officer will handle the bulk of correspondence emanating from the District Office relating tohis pro ject, such correspondence, however, being
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prepared for the signature of the District Engineer, Deputy District ERgineer or Executive Assistant. ,c. The Unit Chief will not issue any instructions t o Area Engineers, design units, A-E-M, etc., but will make recommendations to the District Engineer or his immediate assistants as t o planning, procedure and progress of the project. d. The Unit Chief will maintain c l o s e and frequent con taz t with Area Engineers, contractors, A-E-MI s,etc., with a view to obtaining information and becoming famili a rize d with the immediate problem of these various e. The Unit Cnief will submit to the District Control Gf fic er on the 1st and 16th of each month a brief report. outlining the status of the project. The report will ' be primarily a consolidation of reports submitted by areas, snpplqmented by any additional pertinent data which the Unit Chief has secured. The report will re € lect not only the preserLt status of desic,, construction, negot i at ions,etc., but will also include a section out lin - ing the expected progress daring the ensuing two-week He will sxpervise activities of A-E-M's,t o the District Engineer, sponsible that plans are reviewed i n accordance with established procedure, for approval of Furchase requisitions, and, i f applicable,inspection of construction and any other duties and functions pertain kg to the agreements or contracts which he i s administering, The Area Zngineer, directly or through Unit Chiefs, will maintain close contact with other areas with whom he mw t correlate act l vi - ties. lie will also submit semi-monthly ,to the District Engintler a brief report of the status of all activities within his area. report will include ar, estimate of progress to be expected during 5'. Other sections within the district organization will function in the normal manner along the lines of authority indicated on the organization chart. directly with areas on routine matters,but any item of particular importance should b e brought to the attention of the interested Unit Chief and the proper Executive Officer. These sections generally can deal 6. Control Section. - The Coctrol Section will b e-- responsible only to the District Engineer ar,d his i he di ate assistants. This section will correlate information and reports submitte d by the various units within the district and submit a t
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nonthly intervals for the District Engineer's signature a report reflecting tne status of tihe er,tire project. design, construction and operation, v ( : ill be forwarded to Captain Johnson for the purpose of inforrning the Chief o f Zngineers, the Assistant, Chief of Engineers and General Groves of the status of the proj2ct. It is anticipated that the bulk of the desired data will be available in reports subrzitted by areas and Unit Chiefs, copies of which will be furr.ished the Control Officer. The Control Officer may contact any unit in the district organization direct for additional information considered essential 'LO the preparation of an intelligent report Eowever, the Control Section will be concerned solely with port, and will not issue instructions to any unit within the district. Obviocsly, the Son tro l Officer will not disse nina te infomation to ar-yone otk-er than the District Engineer orhis immediate assistants. He will be particularly care f.d to see that, data obtained from one UrAt Chief or area is not t,rnnsmiLted t o any other Unit Chief o r area. Flowever, where he thinks it desirable, he will reconmend transmisslon of data - t o other sections or areas. This report,, covering Zolonel, Corps of Engineers, ij is tzi ct Engineer.