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B-118638 1 (1973-05-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaagea0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-118638 MAY 3 j 1 The Honorable Birch Bayh, Chairman Subcommittee on the District of Columbia Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: 2 In your Subcommittee's report dated June 12, 1972, on th-_[lis-.xict of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 1973, the General Account- ing Office was requested to reiew.the--Di~stricktls expenditures fortele- phone services and the adequacy of its controls over-such services. We believe that the District could substantially reduce its telephone service costs by reducing the number of telephone lines and associated equipment and by strengthening its internal controls over long-distance calls. The Department of Highways and Traffic is responsible for the Dis- trict's telione...commun~iaztion system. The Department's Telephone Com- munications Division is responsible for planning, directing, and implementing telephone services. The Division reviews and, if appropriate, approves requests for changes in telephone service; receives all bills for telephone service (about 1,400 bills a month); and forwards the bills to the respective agencies for payment. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company (C&P) provides the telephone services. The District's telephone services costs for fiscal year 1973 were about $3.7 million--about $3.3 million for local service and about $373,000 for long-distance calls. UNNECESSARY TELEPHONE SERVICE In June 1972, shortly after your Subcommittee's report was issued, the Department of Highways and Traffic established, for the first time, guide- lines for use by District agencies in determining their telephone needs. The two significant guidelines were: --No more than one telephone line for three employees. --No more than eight telephone instruments for 10 employees. /09637 /3~OL/7~ 3/ ~9~j LM096343 let

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