SPECIAL ANALYSES 267 ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION The Atomic Energy Commission conducts a variety of production, research and development, and supporting activities to discharge its responsibilities for national defense and the peaceful applications of atomic energy. The agency's functions are grouped into eight major program categories, as follows: Table R-12. PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY (in millions of dollars) 268 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1970 Table R-12. PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY-Con. (in millions of dollars) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION GSA provides, on a centralized basis where it is efficient to do so, a variety of goods and services for the agencies of Government. Among the things provided are: office and other building space, supplies, automatic data processing equipment, property and stockpile management, communications, motor transport, records management services, and other common services. It also operates the National Archives and presidential libraries. GSA's PPB system groups these diversified activities into five basic program categories to facilitate analyses of costs and effectiveness. A sixth program category covers agency direction and a variety of support services. 270 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1970 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION The principal statutory functions of NASA include conducting research for the solution of problems of flight within and outside the earth's atmosphere, conducting activities required for the exploration of space with manned and unmanned vehicles, and arranging for the most effective utilization of the scientific and engineering resources of the United States with other nations that are engaged in aeronautical and space activities for peaceful purposes. These functions are reflected in the program structure shown below. The table shows the NASA budget authority distributed to the category level except for the general support category which is shown at the subcategory level. Table R-14. PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY (in millions of dollars) SPECIAL ANALYSES 271 VETERANS ADMINISTRATION The Veterans Administration administers laws authorizing benefits for former members of the Armed Forces, and for their dependents and survivors. The agency's functions are grouped into six major program categories, as follows: Table R-15. PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY (in millions of dollars) |