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Date March 25, 1992 Report No. GGD-92-49 Title

U.S. Postal Service: Pricing Postal Services in a Competitive Environment

._. - .-_ ..-_-_.-..-- _ .--.. _.... -. -.. . ..---..-... --- .._ _--- I GAO United States General Acconnting Oilllce Washington, D.C. 20648 General El-240962 Government Division March 25,1992 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This report discusses the competition the United States Postal Service faces in the marketplace and its response to that compet...
Date June 5, 1991 Report No. T-GGD-91-39 Title

Government Operations: Postage Stamp Production and Procurement

. United States Cieneral Accounting wtice / A, u I 5 * GAO Testimony Ill llllll lllllll 144042 For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EM: Wednesday June 5, 1991 Postage Staq Prcduction and Procurement Staterrwznt of L. Nye Stevens t Director, Governmen Business Operations Issues General Government Division Before the carmittee on Post Office and Civil Service Subca7mittee on Postal Operati...
Date April 26, 1991 Report No. AFMD-91-50 Title

Budget Issues: Budgetary Treatment of Postal Service Workers' Compensation Costs

ff -.“... _.__-.-.“” ..-. I .^.... -” _ ” -._....--.-. _ ..--...-.__ - .-..._. .-.-_ ---- ~ ........l_. -“.-.- .I-- --1..-1 ---I_ GAO General Accounting Office WasNngton, D.C. 20548 Accounting and Flnandal united states Management Division B-243068 April 26,1991 The Honorable Willis D. Gradison Ranking Minority Member Committee on the Budget House of Representatives Dear Mr. Gradison:...
Date March 19, 1991 Report No. GGD-91-44 Title

Mail Management: The Department of Veterans Affairs Can Further Reduce Its Postage Costs

-... ..-._ ..--.... ._ ._...__ __ . GA< > I MAIL MANAGEMENT The Department of Veterans Affairs Can Further Reduce Its Postage Costs ...” ..I-~...~._ “._-I -..- ._ .._._... ..^..” ....-__._ -._-.-- -_- . ..-- (i/IO f4;(;I)-!bI-,l.l GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 General Government Division R-242766 March 19,199l The Honorable David Pryor Chairman, Subcommit...
Date Feb. 13, 1991 Report No. GGD-91-34 Title

Mail Management: Improved Social Security Mail Management Could Reduce Postage Costs

MAIL MANAGEMENT Improved Social Security Mail Management CouIld Reduce Postage Costs .- 143397 I . . RESTRICTED --Not to be released outside the General Accounting OlTice unless sp&ficaUy approved by tbe Offke of Congressional Relations, RELEASED GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 General Government Division B-241224 February 13,199l The Honorable David Pryor Chairm...
Date June 7, 1990 Report No. T-GGD-90-47 Title

Government Operations: Conflicts Between Postal and Municipal Boundaries

_1‘ United States General Accounting Office /q ) $0’ b 1 Testimony 141506 For Release on Delivery Expected at l:bO p.m. EDT Thursday June 7, 1990 Conflicts Municipal Between Postal Boundaries and Statement of L. Nye Stevens Director, Government Business Operations Issues General Government Division Before the Subcommittee on Postal Operations and Services Committee on Post Office and Civil U.S...
Date April 27, 1990 Report No. T-GGD-90-36 Title

Government Operations: Postal Service Oversight

II \ ’ Unbd States General Accounting Of&e /d/ dq q * GAO For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. EDT Friday April 27, 1990 Testimony HI ll Illllllllll 141249 Postal Service Oversight, Statement of L. Nye Stevens Director, Government Business Operations Issues General Government Division Before the Subcommittee on Federal Post'Office & Civil Service United States Senate Services, GAO/T-GGD...
Date April 18, 1990 Report No. T-GGD-90-34 Title

Financial Management: Savings Opportunity for the United States Mint's Promotional Mailings

United States General Accounting Office GAO Testimony For Release on Delivery Expected at 1O:OO a.m. EDT Wednesday April 18, 1990 Savings Opportunity Mint's Promotional for the United Mailings States Statement of L. Nye Stevens, Director Government Business Operations General Government Division Issues Before the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban...
Date Feb. 7, 1990 Report No. T-GGD-90-16 Title

Financial Management: Financial Performance of the United States Postal Service

United States General Accounting OIlIce If/ o.s-5-J ’ GAO Testimony For Release on Delivery Expected at 1O:OO a.m. EST Wednesday February 7, 1990 Financial Performance United States:,Postal of the Service Statement of L. Nye Stevens Director, Government Business Operations Issues General Government Division Before the Committee on Post Office & Civil Service U.S. House of Representatives GAO/T-G...
Date Aug. 25, 1988 Report No. GGD-88-122FS Title

Postal Service: Mailings by Selected Religious Organizations

United States &&era1 Accounting Office GAO August 1988 Fact Sheet for the Chairman, Subcommittee on Postal Operations and Services, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives “I 1 POSTAL SERVICE Mailings by Selected Religious Organizations 136891 RE53TR’ICmmot to be releasedoutdb the &neral Accounting Qffke exmpt on the b&s of fhe specific approval by the office of co...
Date Feb. 1, 1988 Report No. RCED-88-88BR Title

Resource Protection: Using Semipostal Stamps To Fund the Nongame Act

I3517 United States General -Accounting Office I *L Briefing Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Environmental Protection,Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate Feb+my 1988 RESOURCE PROTECTION Using Semipostal Stamps to Fund the Nongame Act lllllllI II1 135171 $/RCED-8%88BR f A0 lJnjted States General Accounting OfFice WluJhington, D.C. 201i48 Henourcen, Community, Economic Dev...
Date Oct. 21, 1987 Report No. T-GGD-88-1 Title

Government Operations: Postal Service's Processing of ZIP + 4 Letters Receiving Postage Discounts

Ttstimony For Release On Delivery Expected at lo':00 a.m. EDT Wednesday October 21, 1987 'Postal Service's Processing of ZIP + 4 Letters . Receiving Postage Discounts1 Statement of L. Nye Stevehs, Associate Director General Government Division Before the Subcommittee on Government Information, Juitice, and Agriculture Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives lullllllll II 134361...
Date Oct. 16, 1987 Report No. GGD-88-5 Title

Postal Service: Processing of ZIP + 4 Letters Receiving Postage Discounts

J United State! General Accounting Office w 3s ,,, GAO Octaber 1987 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives POSTAL SERVICE Processing of ZIP + 4 Letters Receiving Postage Discounts General Govemuleut Division B-215132 October 16, 1987 The Honorable Glenn English Chairman, Subcommittee on ...
Date Sept. 30, 1986 Report No. GGD-86-127 Title

Postal Service: Postage Charges in Two Geographic Areas Were Accurate Most of the Time

United St&es”Geqeral Accounting Office GAO September 1986 Report to the Honorable Wiliiam Proxmire United States Senate POSTAL SERVICE Postage Charges in Two Geographic Areas Were Accurate Most of the Time ;RELEASED GAO/GGD-86-127 m w ._l,: . .., _. .,:‘, . ., ,’ - United States”Genera1 Accounting Office GAO September 1986 Report to the Honorable William Proxmire United States Senate POSTA...
Date May 16, 1986 Report No. GGD-86-61 Title

Postal Service: Acceptance Procedures for Bulk Mailings: Further Improvement Needed

United States General Accounting Office ‘GAO May 1986 Report to the Postmaster General United States Postal Service POSTAL SERVICE Acceptance Procedures for Bulk Mailings: F’urther Improvement Needed I ’ I I IllI I Ill 129897 . I 4 . , , I GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-222143 May 16, 1986 The Honorable Albert V. Casey The Pos...
Date Oct. 3, 1985 Report No. 128051 Title

Government Operations: The Present State of the United States Postal Service

12W5 I UNITED STATES Washington, GENERAL ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548-0001 OFFICE FOR RELEASE Expected Thursday, at ON DELIVERY 1O:OO a.m., 3, EDT 1985 October STATEMENT WILLIAM DIRECTOR, GENERAL J. OF ANDERSON GOVERNMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE SUBCOMITTEE COMMITTEE ON POSTAL ON POSTAL OPERATIONS AND SERVICES PERSONNEL AND MODERNIZATION SERVICE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ...
Date June 25, 1985 Report No. 127265 Title

Government Operations: The Status of the Postal Service's ZIP-Plus-4 Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Washington, D.C. 20548-0001 , FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10:00 a.m., EDT Tuesday, June 25, 1985 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM J. ANDERSON DIRECTOR, GENERAL GOVERNMENTDIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON POSTAL OPERATIONS AND SERVICES COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE STATUS OF THE POSTAL SERVICE'S ZIP + 4 PROGRAM SERVICE II ll...
Date May 22, 1985 Report No. GGD-85-42 Title

Government Operations: Subsidized Postage

Report To The Honorable William Dannemeyer House Of Representatives Subsidized Postage Certain types of mall receive a subsidy or preferred rate An annual appropriation called ‘ Revenue Forgone ’ provides this subsidy by relmbuslng the Postal Service for the difference between regular rates and reduced rates authorized by the Congress The two largest users OFthe reduced rates are nonprofit org...
Date April 1, 1985 Report No. 127886 Title

Special Publications: Digest of Unpublished Decisions of the Comptroller General, Vol. I, No. 7

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE CHARLES A. BOWSHER Comptroller General of the United States VACANT Deputy Comptroller General of the United States HARRY R. VAN CLEVE General Counsel NOTE: The format of t h e Procurement Law and t h e C i v i l i a n and M i l i t a r y P e r s o n n e l Law sections of t h i s p u b l i c a t i o n v a r i e s from t h e o t h e r s e c t i o n s because ...
Date April 23, 1984 Report No. GGD-84-10 Title

Government Operations: Opportunities To Improve the Postal Ratemaking Process

request for copres of GAC) reports should be sent to 1 U.S. General Accountmy OffIce Document Handling and InformatIon Serwces Facility P.0. Box 6015 G;~ithersburg, MCI, 20760 Telephone (202) 2756241 The first fwe copses of mdwdual reports are free of charge. AdditIonal copies of bound Additional autlrt reports are $3.25 each. copies of unbound report (i.e., letter reports) and most other publlca...
Date Oct. 19, 1983 Report No. 122611 Title

Government Operations: The Present State of the U.S. Postal Service

United States General Accounting Washington, D.C. 20548 Office FOR RELEASE. DELIVERY ON Expected at 2:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, October 19, 1983 STATEMENTOF WILLIAM J. ANDERSON,DIRECTOR GENERALGOVERNMENT DIVISION BEFORETHE COMMITTEEON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE POSTAL OPERATIONSAND SERVICES ON SUBCOMMITTEE POSTAL PERSONNEL ON AND MODERNIZATION HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE PRESENTSTA...
Date Sept. 28, 1983 Report No. GGD-83-84 Title

Information Management: Conversion to Automated Mail Processing and Nine-Digit ZIP Code--A Status Report

t . XAL!!? BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNIJED STATES Conversion To Automated Mail Processing Nine-Digit ZIP Code--A Status Report The Postal Service Intends as part of a move to a new generanon of mall sorting equipment to expand Its fIve-digit ZIP Code to nine digits effective October 1,1983 The Service expects Its nine-digit ZIP Code program (ZIP 1 4) to save money b...
Date July 9, 1982 Report No. GGD-82-74 Title

Government Operations: New Postal Service Regulations Affecting Boxholders

UNITED STA~‘ESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASliIN~ON.. D.C. u15d8 I rw3 --%we I 8-2a7622 The Eionorable John L. Napier House of Representatives Dear Mr. Napier: Subject: New Postal 118931 J&Y 9,lSSZ Affecting Service Regulations BoxholdersJGAO/GGD-82-74) This is in response to your December 3, 1981, request for a review of the effectiveness and validity of the new Postal Service regulations which,...
Date July 9, 1982 Report No. GGD-82-84 Title

Government Operations: Postal Service Regulations on Forwarding Mail to Boxholders

UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. ZOW QtrJtlUL -MM DIVISIOW The Honorable Stewart House of Representatives Dear Mr. McRinney: B. McKinney REtEASED 119003 Subject: ;,,?,postal Service Regulations Boxholders,j (GAO/GGD-,82084) on Forwarding Mail to Your March 11, 1982, letter to the General Accounting Office requested information on the Postal Service’s recent changes to its r...
Date June 28, 1982 Report No. GGD-82-72 Title

Acceptance Procedures for Bulk Mailings: Postal Initiatives Show Promise

B’Y’ U.S.GENERALACCOUNTIN’G OFFICE THE Report To The Postmaster General Acceptance Procedures For Bulk Mailings: Postal initiatives Show Promise The Postal Service has been accepting a significant number of bulk mailings which have not been prepared as required to earn bulk rates. Recently issued policies and procedures should, if properly implemented, preclude the recurrence of past permiss...
Date Feb. 2, 1982 Report No. 117392 Title

Government Operations: Postal Service's Method for Billing Federal Agencies for Penalty Mail

. United States $.. ;. . Gerieral Washington, Accountha D.C. 20546 Ofha i i FOR RELEASEON DELIVERY Expected at 9830 am&L.EST Tuesday, Fabrumy 2, 1982 s STATEMENT OF . WILLIAM-J. ANDERSON DIRECTOR, GENERALGOVERNMENT DIVISION BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE GOVERNMENT ON INFORMATIONAND INDIVIDUAL RIGBTS COMMITTEEON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HOUSEOF REPRESENTATIVES TBF@OSTAL SERVICE'S METHOD FOR BILLING FEDERALAG...
Date Dec. 10, 1981 Report No. 117125 Title

Government Operations: Effectiveness of the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970

United States General Accounting 20548 Washington, D.C. Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 1O:OO a.m. EST Thursday, December 10, 1981 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM J. ANDERSON DIRECTOR, GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE ON POSTAL OPERATIONS AND SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE ON POSTAL PERSONNEL AND MODERNIZATION HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE ,EF...
Date Sept. 8, 1981 Report No. GGD-81-96 Title

Financial Management: A Case Study of Why Some Postal Rate Commission Decisions Took as Long as They Did

RELEASED A Case Study Of Why Some Postal Rate Commission Decisions Took As Long As They Did The congressional expectation that the Postal Rate Commission and the Postal Service would work in harmony has not been realized. The harmonious relationship the Congress envisioned will most likely not be realized if jurisdictional disputes continue. Under the trial-like procedures for ratemaking and class...
Date Aug. 25, 1981 Report No. B-204274 Title

Government Operations: [Comments on H.R. 3852]

COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 B-204274 __ ___ The Honorable William D. Ford Chairman, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Your letter of June 17, 1981, requested that we-comment on H.R. 3852; 97th Congress, which your Committee is considering. The subject bill, if enacted, would abolish the Postal Rate Commission a...
Date Aug. 1, 1980 Report No. 113342 Title

Information Management: Guide to Information Sources in Audit References Services on U.S. Postal Service

-t GAO RESEARCH GUIDE Audit Reference Services Technical Information Sources and Services Branch Office of Information Systems and Services U.S. General Accounting Office 441 G St., NW, Washington, D.C., 20548 August 1980 POSTAL SERVICE SCOPE: No. 1 A guide to information sources in Audit Reference Services on postal service7in the United States, coordinated with the case study on the bulk mail sy...
Date April 26, 1979 Report No. GGD-79-50 Title

Government Operations: Postal Service's Method of Billing the Congress for Postage

*. . UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING OFFICE D.C. 20548 QlENrrUL GOVPRNMDNT DIVISION APRIL 26, 7979 B-114874 William F. Bolger The Honorable Postmaster General United States Postal Service Dear Mr. Bolger: The Senate Appropriations Committee asked us to review Service's method of billing the Cc&%&s for theEosta1 We were to determine if the quarterly bills sent postag+ to the Congress r...
Date April 17, 1979 Report No. GGD-79-39 Title

Government Operations: Estimates of Postal Revenue Losses if Time-Sensitive Business Letters Were Exempted From the Private Express Statutes

B-114874 APRlL 17, 1070 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Thomas F. Easleton Senate Eagleton: On October 2, 1978, you requeste&hat we’ estimat Potential impact on postal revenuescf time-sensitive business the Private Express Statutes) The exemption was proposed in Section 12 or: f:ne Postal Service Amendments Act-of1978 (H.R. 7700, 95th Congress) as reported by the Senate Committee on Gov...
Date July 11, 1978 Report No. 095401 Title

Government Operations: The United States Postal Service

Date May 16, 1978 Report No. GGD-78-59 Title

Government Operations: Grim Outlook for the United States Postal Service's National Bulk Mail System

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 Feb. 23, 1978 Report No. LCD-78-412 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: The General Services Administration's Consumer Information Center

. ‘r ‘9 9-- \3 REPORT THE BY lllUlUil!llllllllllllllllllllllllllll LMI 05048 Comptroki Generul s OF THEUNITED STATES c ~~~~-,~-j? 2 pm - , The General Services’ Administration ‘s Consumer information Center This report discusses the role of the Consumer Information Center in disseminating to the public information useful to consumers. The Center is effective in providing consumer informati...
Date June 29, 1977 Report No. GGD-77-64 Title

Government Operations: Feasibility of Cost Study on Certain Classes of Mail

DOCULINT RESUME 03474 - [A26938643 (Festricted) . 3 pp. [Feasibility of Cost Study on Certain Classes of Mail]. GGD-77-64; B-114874. June 29, 19' Report to Rep. Jares C. Cleveland; by William J. Anderson (for Victor L. Lowe, Director, General Government Div.). Contact: General Government Div. Budget Function: Commerce and Transportation: Postal Service (402). Organizaticn Concerned: Commission on ...
Date June 7, 1977 Report No. GGD-77-53 Title

Financial Management: Nonprofit Organizations' Eligibility for Reduced Third-Class Postal Rates

t.~M-ED STATES GENERAL P,CCOWY::G wASHlNz=i --x--a, D.C. 23:&3 OFFICE _. 3 GC%ERAL ./I.-. 1377 * 1 Illllllll 1111111111 lllll Ill lIlllllllllllll Ill1 Ill1 LM102500 CX%FPtKM~-i- The Honorable Richardson Preyer Scbcom;,littee on Government Chairman, Information and Individual Rights Committee on Government Operations House of Zepresentatives Dear :-it, Chairman: On September 7, 1916, the Subcornqit...
Date April 7, 1977 Report No. GGD-77-20 Title

Government Operations: The Role of the Postal Rate Commission Should Be Clarified

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 Jan. 11, 1977 Report No. GGD-77-13 Title

Business, Industry, and Consumers: Pros and Cons of Linking Postage Rates to the Consumer Price Index

DOCUMENT RESUEL 00448 A0590928] Pros ad Cons of Linking Postage Rates to the Consumer Price I.dex. GGD-77-13. January 11, 1977. 8 pp. + 5 appendices. Staff study by Victor L. Lowe, Director, General Government D:v. Contact: General Government Di. Budget Function: Commerce and Transportatior: Postal Service (402). Organization Concerned: Postal Service. Congressional Relevance: House Committee on P...
Date March 5, 1976 Report No. GGD-76-61 Title

Government Operations: Summary of Observations on Postal Service Operations From July 1971 to January 1976

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 Dec. 11, 1975 Report No. GGD-76-35 Title

International Affairs: Postal Public Service Subsidies Provided by Other Countries and Comparable Efficiency to That of the U.S. Postal Service

QIINgRAf OOVERNMENT DLVtSlON B-114874 oec 11 197s I The Honorable Dc Id M. Fraser House of Repcesentatives Dear Me. Fraser : i /’ In. your August 2!., 1975, letter, you requested statistical infocmation on postal public secvice subsidies provided c by other countcies an.l *a anai-ysis-of--the cffa ‘e-ieney-of LG.-,I,I~o~.~~,k~ff~chw~ po-s~;nstM”ntc--ies-compared to that of the c> U.S. Postal...
Date Dec. 1, 1975 Report No. GGD-76-19 Title

Government Operations: Estimates of Mail Volume, Postal Service Expenses, and First-Class Postage Under Various Subsidies for the Period Covered by the Current Postal Service Labor Agreement

t;:‘ L...; .,L_. ._ _ ___ -_ __ . .._..-GENERAL WASHINGTON. ._ . ,- . ..e - STATES . CCMPfP0UE.R OF THI, U&‘lf6D L3 c. 1f10rl (y#u3?-~ l3-ll?874 The Honorable Leo Ryan House of Representatives Dear Mr. Ryan: , *t + v-i _I 7 1. lllll~~lllllllllllllliillllllilll~llllllll LMO90537 +c i .’ As you rea.lested, :?e have detleloped bstimates of mail Lolme, Postal Servi-e expenses, and Eirst-class po...
Date Nov. 17, 1975 Report No. 090218 Title

Government Operations: Potential for Savings Through Consolidating Mail Operations in the San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA Postal Concentration Centers

! ..: i‘.\.i . .,.’ __-.. .+-I’ : ‘_. . . . .v I ,’ -. , We discussed this matter with the Regional Postmastes md he agreed that savings were possible. We were advised p~gi.on would take steps to route al% air shipments through if headquarters approved.. General, that the Seattle Tra possibae 50 j3e view 3 we of believe the rhrough substantial the iabos should and center, .iransportatioc...
Date Aug. 25, 1975 Report No. GGD-75-99 Title

Financial Management: Federal Agencies Could Do More To Economize on Mailing Costs

Federal Agencies cxx.!I To Economize’ The Federal Government is the largest single user of postal services. In fiscal year 1974, Federal agencies and departments spent about $m4$ million to send 2.8 billion pieces of . i In passing the Portal Reorganization Act, the Congress intended that the Postal Setdice be come a self-sustaining enterprise. To do so, its ! customers must pay their full sftar...
Date June 9, 1975 Report No. GGD-75-92 Title

Government Operations: U.S. Postal Service's Practice of Providing Centralized Mail Receptacles Free of Charge to Housing Developers

QENERAL GQVRRNMENT DIVISION B-114874 c / / > The Honorable United States Dear Senator Alan Cranston Senate Cranston: ~ ) the /mail requested that we review your February 18, 1975, letter U.S. Postal Service’s practice of providing centcalized receptacles free of charge to housing developers. We examined (1) the legality of this practice, (2) the number and cost of receptacles provided to develop...
Date May 19, 1975 Report No. 090212 Title

Government Operations: Postal Service's Fourth Class Mail Activities

Richard F, Gould, Assistant Postmas%er Genesral Finance Depalctment u as. Postal. Service MK iu Illlollnllnollllllllllllllll~ollolln~ LM090212 The Gene~aS Accounting Office has examined Postal Service pr~~cedu~~es and practices for assessing and collecting fourthc3iass mail revenues in the Bostonp SPITingfield I and White River The Junction Districts of the Service's Northeast Region. firndings di...
Date March 20, 1975 Report No. 094601 Title

Government Operations: GAO Reviews of Postal Service, Postal Rate Commission, and the Federal Civilian Work Force

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 Feb. 20, 1975 Report No. GGD-75-58 Title

Government Operations: Forecast of Postal Service Self-Sufficiency Potential

The Honorable David N. Henderson Chairman, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: In accordance with discussions with your office, we have developed ‘I various estimates of mail volume and Postal Service income and expenses ’ for 1984. The Service views the Postal Reorganization Act as mandating that it become self-sufficient by then, Qm Septemb...
Date April 12, 1974 Report No. 093538 Title

Financial Management: Financial Statements of the Government Printing Office, Fiscal Year 1973

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON REGIONAL OFFICE 22046 FIFTHFLOOR 803WESTBROADS7REET FALLSCHURCH,VIRGINIA Mr. Walter C DeVaughn Associate Public Printer, Management and Administration Government Printing Office Dear Mr DeVaughn. APt? I 21974 d We thought lt would be useful to summarize for you observations developed during our audit which have been discussed with Mr Brian Mercer,...
Date April 12, 1974 Report No. 093537 Title

Special Publications: Summary of Audit Observations