This manual presents information, policies, and practices regarding the administrative organization and management of the New York State Education Department. Each unit of the department is briefly described and its policies and practices outlined. Forms with which department employees should be familiar are included along with names of staff members who can answer questions regarding their use. The units for which policies are presented include the offices of counsel, public information, policy analysis, affirmative action, and personnel and labor relations; the division of education business management services, comprising the office services section, the building and grounds maintenance section, the bureau of publications, the bureau of administrative analysis, and units responsible for space planning, design, and coordination of capital construction; the division of electronic data processing; and the division of fiscal management. Several general executive policies applicable to the entire department are also included. (Author/PGD)