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Government Printing effice Product'on and Management Controls:
Improvezent Opportunities. LCD-77-410; B-11482S. May 4, 1977. 29
pp.
Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Facilities and Material Management (700).
Contact: Logistics ard Comunicaticns Div.
Budget Function: General Government: Other General Government
(806).
Organization Concerned: Government Printing Office.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Armed Services;
Senate Committee on Armed Services; Congress.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 501.
A review of GPO operations and management included an
examination of procedures for determining contract work,
production planning and scheduling, labor prodmcltivity, and
controls over materials spoilage. Pindings/Conclusions:
Although regulations require work that is not under urgent time
schedulgs to be coupercially procured, some work was
unnecessarily priptid An-house because of erroneous information
on procurement capability cr processing schedules. Production
schedules were sometimes unrealistic because Qf lack of feedback
systems or inaccurate informatioc. labor productivity indexes
were still being de7eloped and labor standards did not cover all
operations. Controls and reporting systems related -lo spoilage
needed improvement. Recommendations: The Government Printing
Office reeds to: establish coordination between the Customer
Service DepartLuent and the Printing Procorenent Depattment on
timing for procurement and commercial availability of certain
items; improve information related to producticn plans and
backlog levels; and increase coverage and update standards
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