Compiled to acquaint interested parties with Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Central Office structure, this collection of official papers and reports reflects the organizational background of the BIA Central Office as ordered by the Secretary of the Interior in the spring of 1973 and as it emerged in the summer and fall of 1974. A very brief historical summation preceeds the documentation and indicates the BIA Headquarters had been unstable for five years when, after much study, it was decided that the Central Office was to have fewer employees, perform a policy development and fiscal role, transfer all operational functions to Area Offices, employ the reduction-in-force method to reduce staff, and place the organizational structure of the Bureau in a lower priority than services to American Indians. The major portion of this document appears in its appendices as follows: Memo Re: Departmental Manual 130 DM 2-8; Meeting of Special Committee for Realignment of BIA Central Office; Central Office Realignment 1973; Policy Statements Relating to the Development of Realignment; Memo Re: Revised Functional Statements; Central Office Realignment 1974; Office of Indian Education Programs; BIA Central Office Education Functions and Their Organization; Memo Re: Justification for Over-Ceiling Positions--Education; BIA Central Office Organization Preliminary Proposal by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Central Office Education and the Indian Education Resources Center; "The Field Location of Central Office Personnel of the BIA Office of Education Programs". (JC)