"The Procedures Section of the IPD was responsible for developing the necessary mechanics for hiring and firing civilian employees in ASF. The Section prescribed and supervised personnel office procedures, prepared and issued manual for guidance, installed personnel sections in ASF headquarters and field installations, trained people for personnel duties, and in general acted as consultant to the many personnel offices in ASF. The general purpose of its activities was to simplify and standardize personnel procedures." - Review Section, Historical Division, War Department Special Staff, 10 July 1946.

"12 volumes. v.1 - 107 p. text. typescript; v.2 - 12 appendixes." -- from old catalog card. Microfilm reels 49, 50, & 51.

From volume 1. Foreword -- Introduction -- Decentralization of Civilian Personnel Actions to Operating Level -- 201 File Project -- Centralization of Retirement Records -- Mills Group Project -- Procedures Manual for Processing Personnel Actions -- Civilian Personnel Officers' Course -- War Department Civilian Personnel Procedures Committee -- War Department Civilian Personnel Procedures Group -- Procedures for Reemployment of Veterans -- Special Studies -- Brief Chronological Narrative of Procedures Section -- Annual Reports -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Exhibits.