I. ORGANIZATION DUTIES I. Functions and Responsibilities The Ministry of the Interior is in charge of: 1. Administration of the Internal affairs of the Republic of China. 2.Guiding and supervising chief local-government administrators in their execution of Ministry programs. 3.Whenever necessary, suspending or revoking orders or decisions of these chief administrators if deemed contrary to the laws and regulations of the Executive Yuan. II. Current Organization The Ministry of the Interior is composed of ten departments, one office, five committees, one center, seven agencies and one provisional office. In addition, there are fourteen subordinate agencies involving social affairs and two handling land affairs and all of these agencies function under The Ministry of the Interior. See Figure 1-1. III. Responsibilities of Administrative Units 1.The Department of Civil Affairs is charged with administering various quasi-autonomous operations of local governments, and also with administration and management of frontier areas, public properties, political organizations, elections, religious ceremonies and customs, funeral and memorial services, and memorial rites as well as other civil affairs. 2.The Department of Household Registration Affairs handles household registrations, nationality administrations, population policies, and issuance of identification cards, emigration planning and other affairs concerning population administration. 3.The Department of Social Affairs is responsible for social welfare, social insurance, social 1 relief, community development, social services, rehabilitation of physically and mentally disabled citizens, civil organizations, and other social administration affairs. 4.The Department of Land Administration controls land surveys and registrations, land value assessments, equalization of land rights, land entitlement investigations, land consolidation, land expropriation, land utilization, territorial administration and other land administration affairs. IV. Responsibilities of Subordinate Agencies 1.The National Police Agency administers national police affairs. 2.The Construction and Planning Agency handles matters involving administration of national construction affairs. 3.The National Fire Agency controls national fire fighting matters. 4.The Conscription Agency covers military conscription administration and substituteservice administration affairs. 5.The Central Police University is responsible for coordinating academic police research and education of police officers. 6.The Architecture and Building Research Institute is in charge of national architectural research and development. 7.The Child Welfare Bureau handles national child welfare affairs. 8. The National Airborne Service Headquarters Provisional Office is responsible for supporting aerial disasters, emergencies and exploration of disaster scenes and of airborne transportation. This service was established on 10 March, 2004. 2 Table 1-1 Staff of the Ministry of the Interior and Subordinate Agencies End of 2004 Unit:Person Agency Total Ministry of the Interior National Police Agency and Subordinate Agencies Construction and Planning Agency and Subordinate Agencies National Fire Agency and Subordinate Agencies Conscription Agency Central Police University Architecture and Building Research Institute Child Welfare Bureau National Airborne Service Headquarters Provisional Office Subordinate Agencies of Social Affairs Subordinate Agencies of Land Affairs Special Rank Officers Total Other Ranks Selected 21 666 1 869 Recommended Delegated 11 811 433 7 460 1 508 78 17 040 - 134 9 407 6 345 1 546 - 85 746 350 449 - 34 288 127 135 362 - 18 124 93 204 23 34 49 - 10 30 6 35 - 2 28 5 243 - 5 98 58 590 - 13 266 259 348 - 5 218 103 3 150 Table 1-1 Staff of the Ministry of the Interior and Subordinate Agencies (Cont.) End of 2004 Agency Contract Employees Assistant Clerks Total Ministry of the Interior National Police Agency and Subordinate Agencies Construction and Planning Agency and Subordinate Agencies National Fire Agency and Subordinate Agencies Conscription Agency Central Police University Architecture and Building Research Institute Child Welfare Bureau National Airborne Service Headquarters Provisional Office Subordinate Agencies of Social Affairs Subordinate Agencies of Land Affairs 4 Contracted Workers 294 1 513 116 1 079 90 290 167 697 3 92 270 - - - - - 1 - - - - 3 - - - - - 82 - - 45 7 - 8 14