ABSTRACT
The technical functions of the federal planning organization appear to fall into the following five categories, the first concerned with the scientific materials for planning, the next three with planning itself and the last with the adoption of proposed plans. The federal planning organization is in a strategic position to coordinate the research necessary to provide a scientific basis for planning and, in part, to carry on such research. This requires the coordination of research relating to planning within the federal planning organization and the federal government. The federal planning organization is likewise in a strategic position to aid planning organizations of narrower scope without having to be in any position of authority over them. By the nature of the case the full function of overall planning should be carried by the federal planning organization. This overall planning is concerned with bringing about and maintaining effective overall balance in the use of resources.
