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| Date Feb. 17, 1982 |
Report No. 117657 |
Title
'GAO
United States General Accounting Office di&tiM&m 10 West Jackson Boulevard Field Operations Division -mhwSikswS Chicago, II. 60604 5th Floor February 17, 1982 -Mr. Paul N. Carlin Regional Postmaster General U.S. Postal Service Headquarters Central Region 60699 Chicago, Illinois Dear Mr. Carlin: This letter summarizes the findings we discussed with you and your staff during our December 4, 198... |
| Date Jan. 18, 1982 |
Report No. GGD-82-35 |
Title
‘c d COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASWlN6TON OF
D.C. THE UNITED STATES 20%3 B-206020 The Honorable John Napier Hous e of Repre sentat Dear Mr. Napie r: Subj ect: JiNUARY 7 &I982 RELEASED /'Manag ement/Employee Relations Problems at the Bennettsville, South Carolina, Post Office (GGD-82-35) .~-_ As requested by your letter of July 22, 1981, we have reviewed management/employee relations problems at the As... |
| Date Sept. 30, 1981 |
Report No. GGD-81-107 |
Title
‘I,,, ,8,lf I ,’ UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFI&
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OPNBRAL GOVERNMENT DfVf@fON SEPTEMBER 30,1981 B-204978
,I The Honorable William Postmaster General Dear Mr. Bolger: Subject: F. Bolger 116567 -.-Programs Postal Service Employee Development Need Better Management (GGD-81-107) We recently completed a limited review of programs providing training or developmental expe... |
| Date May 6, 1981 |
Report No. GGD-81-73 |
Title
Report To The Honorable John Melcher United States Senate
RELEASED Quality Of Mail Service In Bozeman, Montana
GAO’s review of Bozeman’s mail service disclosed delivery and postmarking problems. However, because of data limitations, GAO could not determine specific causes and could not conclude that the findings typify the service normally provided to Bozeman postal patrons. Postal officials s... |
| Date March 30, 1981 |
Report No. GGD-81-62 |
Title
. GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE
WASHINGTON, DC. 20548 GcNLlw GOVERNMENT DIVISION B-202561 The Honorable Henry B. Gonzalez House of Representatives Dear Mr. Gonzalez: As requested by your letter of July 10, 1980, we have reviewed the working conditions of Postal Service employees in Our work concentrated on the pothe San Antonio, Texas, area. z tential problem areas discussed during our meetings on Jul... |
| Date March 26, 1981 |
Report No. GGD-81-63 |
Title
UNTED STATESGENERALACCOUNTING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE CCNERAL GOVERNMENT DlVlStON The Honorable Carl C. Ulsaker Senior Assistant Postmaster General Employee and Labor Relations Group Subject: Dear Mr. G ost of Examinations to Fill Anticipated Vacancies Could Be Reduced(GGD-81-63) 114749 I III Ulsaker: reviewed the Postal Service's system for examining, grading and selecting applicants for em... |
| Date Feb. 19, 1981 |
Report No. GGD-81-37 |
Title
General Accounting Office Management-employee relations problems at the Evansville Post Office occurred from 1977 to early 1979. Conditions have improved, but a cooperative spirit founded on trust and honesty must be developed and sustained by both labor and management. If Evansville postal employees -- both management and labor -- cannot put the past aside and start anew, the probability of conti... |
| Date Feb. 6, 1981 |
Report No. GGD-81-30 |
Title
I , I c R’EPORT THE BY Comptroller General
OF THE UNITEDSTATES I plications Of Electronic Mail F r The Postal Service’s Work Force a
El ctronic mail, an emerging development in tel 4 communications, could significantly redu e the Postal Service’s labor force over the ne 5 t 20 years. The largest reduction could be ex ‘ected if the private sector offers electronic mail services and the Serv... |
| Date Dec. 19, 1980 |
Report No. GGD-81-35 |
Title
4 (* 0,.
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ’ The Honorable John G. Hutc House of Representatives Dear Mr. Hutchinson: Personnel management practices and leasing of office space, Postal Service Mountaineer District Office and Charleston, West Virginia, Post Office ,;GGD-81-35) Subject: to your September 9, 1980, letter, we have reviewed certain matters at the Postal S... |
| Date Dec. 18, 1980 |
Report No. GGD-81-11 |
Title
l . , REPORTBY THE’ Comptroller General
OF THE UNITEDSTATES Better Planning Needed By Postal Service In Relocating Mail Processing Operations
The Postal Service’s relocation of its mail processing operations from York to Lancaster, reflected inefficiency in the Pennsylvania, transfer, poor handling of personnel actions, and poor communication between management officials and employees. GAO rec... |
| Date Nov. 24, 1980 |
Report No. GGD-81-8 |
Title
L 1 ( f.- 4 //3w7 @YTHE CCIv&R&ER GENERAL ’
l Report To The Congress
(3 THEUNITED STATES $ ostal Service Merit Program hould Provide More Incentive or Improving Performance ?he Postal Service pioneered merit pay in the However, weaknesses in d ederal Government, its administration have affected the program’s credibility with employees and thus its effectas a motivator of improved perform- a so... |
| Date April 15, 1980 |
Report No. GGD-80-55 |
Title
UNITED STATE GENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 GENERAL GOVERNMENT DlVtSlON APRIL 15.1980 6-lY6222 /The Yonorable Ronald C. Marlenee House of Representatives Dear Mr. Marlenee: G- ostal Great i Carrier Route Studies, Falls, Montana (GGD-80-55) -.I October 2, 1979,>eouest, we have route studies made by the Postal You were concerned that Montana. have many errors which would afthe letter... |
| Date Nov. 28, 1979 |
Report No. GGD-80-12 |
Title
BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
OF THE UNITED STATES Ilo'97 Report To The Congress
Improved Grievance-Arbitration System: A Key To Better Labor Relations In The Postal Service
The grievance-arbitration system of the Postal Service's highly unionized workforce has become congested with grievances resulting in costs higher than necessary. Although this system affects 578,000 Postal employees covered by c... |
| Date Sept. 12, 1979 |
Report No. GGD-79-95 |
Title
f 1979 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Robert C. Byrd Senate Byrd: Groposed Transfer of Mail Functibns from St. Alba Charleston, West Virgin Processing '-q f-40 -4 10 4 lP& Q < ($1 a (GGD-79-95) As you requested on April 18, 1979, we reviewed t Postal Service's proposed transfer of the incoming ma .he U.S. i 1 processing function from St. Albans to Charleston, West V. * rginia. W... |
| Date Sept. 6, 1979 |
Report No. FPCD-79-82 |
Title
REPORTBY THE 1 OF THE UNITEDSTATES c .I " r While millions of dollars were not being spent annually to investigate frivolous discrimination complaints at the Fort Worth Post Office, GAO found that a small number of people were abusing the complaint system. This small number of people appeared to be using the system to harass supervisors and to sustain their employment. GAO believes that local offi... |
| Date May 9, 1979 |
Report No. HRD-79-36 |
Title
’ B’Y’ HE COM PT I FR GENERAL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T R01
LM109293 OF THE UNITEDSTATES The Department of Labor’s attempts to recover costs for Federal civilian employees with work-related injuries are inadequate. An additional $4.7 million might have been recovered from third parties Labor’s district offices during a if more aggressive action had Claims should be promptly identified, reviewed, a... |
| Date April 27, 1979 |
Report No. 109228 |
Title
1 c . , United States General Accounting Washington, D.C. 20548 Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 1O:OO a.m. Friday, April 27, 1979 STATEMENT OF ARNOLD P. JONES ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER, AND MONETARY AFFAIRS COWr4ITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON -.;sr'dd'm / f--& 1 LBUREAU OF @H-ECENSUS'
PLANNIN... |
| Date April 13, 1979 |
Report No. GGD-79-51 |
Title
r - I ,- UNITEDSTATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE GENERAL GOVERNMENT DlVlSlON 3-114874 The Honorable House of Representatives Dear Mr. Flood: " ,. On January 19, 1979, you plan to consolidate of the Hazleton , Pennsylvania Post Office %ii-ot@?~*_ -~----L. .-.--._-..____ ; -. _. ...._. _~ _ __ associ~_E?9~ts~~~~-,~/ at the Area Mail Processing Center, The proposed move, scheduled Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylv... |
| Date Feb. 1, 1979 |
Report No. FPCD-78-43 |
Title
BY THECOMPTRCN F-RGENERAL
OF THE UNITEDSTATES - 1. Report ToThe Congress
Comparative Growth In Compensation For Postal And Other Federal Employees Since 1970
Since the Postal Service Reorganization Act of 1970, postal employees whose pay is deter2 mined through collective bargaining have achieved higher pay rates than many of their counterparts in other Federal pay systems and in some parts of the... |
| Date July 14, 1978 |
Report No. GGD-78-84 |
Title
DOCUIENT RESUhE 0 u5 3 - [ B187004 1
Chanqes Needed in Lo- Untted States Ecstal Service's Carriea Pay Systems. GL-78-84; -11kS74. July 14, + 3 appendices (4 pp. ). Rural 1978. 21 . Lj/ eeport tc William F. Bclqer, Postmaster General, Postal Victor . Lowe, Director, General Goverirent iv. Service; Issue Area: ederal Personnel anagement and Ccompensation: Principles and Pay Determination riocGsses 3... |
| Date July 11, 1978 |
Report No. 095401 |
Title
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| Date May 16, 1978 |
Report No. GGD-78-59 |
Title
DOCUMENT 3ESUKE 0J(77 - [(B1386421]w 15 6 /s,4 ishf
7 Grim Outlook for the nitea States Postal Service's National ail System. GGD-78-59; B-114874. ay 16, 1978. 33 pp. bulk appendices 13 pp.). Report to Rep. Charles H. Wilson, Chairman, House Cmmittee on Post Office and Civil Service: Postal Personnel and Modernization Subcommittee; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Contact: General Governme... |
| Date Oct. 27, 1977 |
Report No. GGD-77-83 |
Title
DOC MENT RESUME 04068 - [B3054300] (Restricted) nail Processinq- Productivity heasuremsnt Is Inadequate. GGD-77-83; B-114874. October 27, 1977. 15 pp. * 3.appendices pp.). . Post Office and Civil Service: Postal Personnel and Modernization Subcomnittee; by Robert F. Reller, Acting Comptroller General. Issue Area: National Productivity: Evaluation cf Productivity inpact of Federal Personnel Policie... |
| Date Oct. 21, 1977 |
Report No. GGD-78-7 |
Title
DOCUc38 NT 4G 38 B3054298 (fristrc-f ? / / 7 fThe Status of Urban Post Offices in the Nation's ive Largest Cities1. GGD-78-7; B-114874. October 21, 1977. 1 pp. + 2 ehlclosures (11 p. ) . Repcrt to Sen. Charlen H. Percy; by General Government Div. Issue Area: Facilities and
Sudqet ictor . lowe, Director, aterial anagement: Buildinj, Buyinq, or Leasing Pedral Facilities and
Ccrktact: General Governm... |
| Date April 7, 1977 |
Report No. GGD-77-20 |
Title
DOCUMENT 00436 A1051969] RESUME The Role of the Postal Rate Commission Should Be Clarified. GGD-77-20; B-114874. April 7, 177. Released April 21, 1977. pp. + appendices (30 pp.). Report to Sen. Lawton Chiles, Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations: Treasury, Postal Service, General Government Subcommittee; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Contact: General Government Div. Budget Funct... |
| Date Feb. 2, 1977 |
Report No. GGD-77-7 |
Title
DOCOBEUT RESUBE
0044 - [A0751170] (Bestricted) Training of Some U.S. Postal Service Personnel at Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Is Feasible. GGD-77-7. February 2, 1977. 40 pp. Report by Bleor B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Law Lnforcement and Crime Prevention: Police Efforts, Capabilities and Images (501); Personnel Ianagement and Compensation: Training and Education Programs... |
| Date Jan. 21, 1977 |
Report No. GGD-77-15 |
Title
. : RELEASED ), ,s \v*S”IPjGTcJh‘. D c. :o::a llllllllllllllllllllllllllll
LM100442 Dear ,R!r . Armstroncj : , we exPn:ked the P 17 E u ? z t to vour !!?v 1!3, 1976 recwest r transfer cE Colorado SFrinqs’ tail :r:arknc functiom 1/ to ycu ss4cd us to (1) ver ifv *se Puehlc. SFecif iczll-;, ravixs estir?tec, (2) 2scess the ?f:ecT of Postal SorTrice’s 6el,ivery perforcencc, end (3) Efcr on xi... |
| Date Jan. 14, 1977 |
Report No. GGD-77-19 |
Title
DOrUMENT RESOME
00429 - [A0751012] [Consolidation of the Toes River Mail Processinq Center with the Sectional Center Facility in Hamilton Township, New Jersey]. GGD-77-19; B-114874. January 14, 1977. Released February 1,
1977. 9 pp. + enclosures (2 pp.). Report to Rep. Edwin B. Forsythe; Rep. William J. Hughes; by Victor L. Love, Director, General Government Div. Issue Area: Facilities and Materia... |
| Date Oct. 18, 1976 |
Report No. GGD-77-1 |
Title
B-114874 The Honorable A. John EIeinz, House of Representatives Dear Mr. Heinz: III lllllllllllllllllllllllllllll :
LMl00673 Pursuant to your reguest of Miy 7, 1976, we reviewed allegations that were made concerni,lg mismanagement in the United States Postal Service. Because the allegations concentratti prkarily on practices at the Pittsburgh Post Office, the major portion of our rev&w was at that... |
| Date Aug. 4, 1976 |
Report No. 090073 |
Title
UNITED STAT-B GENERA; W~JNTING OFWE
WASHiNGTON, D C 20548 I GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION Al& 4 197b V. P. Conway Senior Assistant Postrraster Employee and Labor Relations United States Eostal Service Oear
aspects Mr. James General Group Fp tir The Conway General Accounting Office has studled selected of the Postal Service’s tralnlng and development programs to determire 1f these proqrams were bei... |
| Date June 7, 1976 |
Report No. GGD-76-78 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERii
WASHINGTON. Oz;iI-iE
D.C. UNITED
20548 STATES B-114874 The Honorable Herbert House of Representatives Dear Mr. Harris: E. Harris II Pursuant to your request of June 26, 1975, this is our report on the alleged improprieties at the United States Postal Service’s Northern Virginia Sectional Center Facility, Merrifield, Virginia. A summary of our findings with regard to each of t... |
| Date March 16, 1976 |
Report No. GGD-76-63 |
Title
RELEASrf~~NGTON. ,,__..-.. ---.- DC* 2oS48 CENERA~ GOVERNMENT DIVISION llllllllllslllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllll
LM090817 Mm 1 6 wg B-11 4874 /!
c The Honor:b;e Christopher House of Representatives Dear I Mr. Dodd : J. Dodd Your letter of December 16, 1975, requested that we study the fiscal effects of the Postal Service’s decision to relocate the distribution of nonpreferential secondclass (... |
| Date March 5, 1976 |
Report No. GGD-76-61 |
Title
GGD-76-61 MARCH 59197'6 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF THE UNITED STATES D.C. 20548 B-114874 . / _I' The General Accounting Office testified on February 20, 1976, before the Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service on certain proposed changes to the Postal Reorganization Act. As an addendum to our statement, we prepared a document entitled "A Sun-n-nary of Observations on Postal Servi... |
| Date Jan. 30, 1976 |
Report No. GGD-76-39 |
Title
COMFT-ROLLEA GEhERAl.
WASHINGTCIN. OY O.C. TdE ZlMa UNI’FED STATS JAN 3 o j?76 The Honoraole MaJ.k 0. Aatfield, United States Senate The Honorable James Weaver, House of Representatives lwlllllllll lll~~lllllllllllll~
LM099961 We have evaluated the alleged improprieties at the 5-c. ‘>I’,‘3 Eugene, Oregon, Pest Office as you jointly requested in your April 28, 1975, letter. As agreed with y... |
| Date March 20, 1975 |
Report No. 094601 |
Title
STATEMENT OF
ELMER B. STAATS, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE U N I T E D STATES BEFORE THE POST OFFICE AND C I V I L SERVICE COMMITTEE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - nN POSTAL RATE COMMISSION, AND GAO REVIEWS OF POSTAL SERVICE, MR. CHAIRMAN AND M M E S OF THE COMMITTEE: E BR I a p p r e c i a t e your i n v i t a t i o n t o d i s c u s s GAO's work i n v o l v i n g t h e P o s t a l S e r v i c e ,... |
| Date Jan. 9, 1975 |
Report No. 089469 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASWNGT’ON, B C 20548 GENERAL GOVSRNMSNT DIVISION Mr. Robert H. McCutcheon Assistant Postmaster General Procurement and Supply Department U. S. Postal Service Dear Mr. McCutcheon* I The General Accountmg Office has completed a survey of the proservices, and supportive equipment m the curement of supplies, Central Region of the U. S. Postal Service. The pur... |
| Date April 22, 1974 |
Report No. 090005 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCQUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D C 20548 GENERAL. GOVERNMENT DIVISION MT 2 2 $gq 4 Mr. Edward Dorsey Senior Ass&ant Postmaster General for Operations U. S. Postal Service $y Dear Mr. Dorsey % / UJ 9 Durmg the 1973 Christmas season, we reviewed postal operations at erght large post offices to ascertam the effectiveness of recent actions taken by the Postal Service to improve ma... |
| Date Oct. 30, 1973 |
Report No. 089485 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION OCT 301973 The Honorable Ralph W. Nicholsoa Senior Assistant Postmaster Geno rl, Unlted States Postal Service Dear Mr. ?icholsons Finance On August 26, 1971, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered a consent order establishtlg as adminof individual claim awrisig lstrative proced... |
| Date March 19, 1973 |
Report No. 088973 |
Title
UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTINGOFFKE
WASHINGTON, D C 20548 GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION The Honorable BenJamln F Ballar Sensor Asslstant Postmaster General United States Postal Servrce Dear Mr. Ballar The General Accounting Offlee has completed a survey of selected aspects of registered and collect-on-dellvery (COD> mall. The obJectrve of our survey was to obtain a working knowledge of these actlvlt... |
| Date Sept. 29, 1972 |
Report No. 089918 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D C 20548 MANPOWER AND DIVISION WELFARE SEP 2 9 -igi? Dear Mr Zarb As part of our review of the procedures and methods used by the Department of Labor In maklng determlnatlons of the mlnlmum wages required to be paid to service employees under the Service Contract Act of 1965, we reviewed the procedures used to prescribe mlnlmum wage rates and fr... |
| Date Sept. 21, 1972 |
Report No. 089919 |
Title
UN~~TEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFKE
D.C. 20548 WASHINGT’CXJ, GEFJERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION I111111111111 IIIIll11 Ill1 lllllIll11 Ill1 Ill11 Ml
LM089919 Dear Mr. Hayden: The General Accounting Office has completed a survey of the Postal Our survey work ServIcelS self-service postal center (SSPC) program. was performed at the Postal Service's headquarters, the Eastern Regbonal the Washington Di... |
| Date Jan. 18, 1972 |
Report No. 089789 |
Title
~* I
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CIVIL DIVISION 0 UBUNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 J )t~~~~~~ . 18 ~~JAN 1972 Dear Mr. Hargrove: As part of our continuin review of Postal Service operations, we have examined into certain payroll activities at the Atlanta and at the Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia; Postal Data Center(PDC) and Greenville, SEouth Carolina, Post Offices. Minor weaknesses were... |
| Date July 30, 1969 |
Report No. 092668 |
Title
7 UNITED STATES G&J\;
WASHINGT6N,bD ACCOUNTING OFFICE
C 20548 ClViL DIVISION hb r- 05 tP c DemMr. Nunllst. system (WMS) of the an examrnatron of POD responsible postal We haye made acevrew of the work measurement Post Offrce Department (Ps 7 Our review included and dlscussrons with po11cres, handbooks, reports, offlclals. Our review of the appllcatlon of the WMSwas made prlmarlly at the we made lr... |
| Date Jan. 6, 1969 |
Report No. 092762 |
Title
I % \ .a UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D C 20548 CIVIL DWISION e |
