These files document the many and varied activities of the Department. Included are news releases, the Director's unit directors' and staff circular memorandums and reference and office management material. This latter category includes public correspondence, information on the many programs administered by the Department often in conjunction with the federal government, departmental and acquired publications, travel expense, personnel and budget data and the Director's reading files. For 29 boxes of similar records dated prior to the government reorganization of 1972, see Record Group 24, Department of Family and Children Services, Sub-Group 1, Director's Office, Series 31, General Administrative Records.