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(Review of the Postal Service's Consolidation of Mail Processing
Operations in the Berkeley and Oakland, California, Post
Offices]. GGD-78-18; B-114874. November 28, 1977. 7 pp. +
enclosure (1 pp.).
Report to Pep. Ronald V. Dellums; by Victor L. Lowe, Director,
General Government Div.
Issue Area: Facilities and Material Management, Building,
Buying, or Leasing Federal Facilities and Equipment (706).
Contact: General Government Div.
Budget Function: General Government: Other General Govarnment
(806).
Organizaticn Concerned: Postal Service.
Congressional Relevance: Rep. Ronald V. Dellums.
The consolidation of mail proce.,sing cperations in
Berkeley and Oaklard, California was planned in order to realize
savings by machine processing mail which had been manually
processed at the Berkelef office. Under the plan, Berkeley's
mail vill be machine sorted in the Oakland Sectional Center
Facility, and the Berkei-ay office will continue to provide
custoner services and mail delivery. A six-positioa letter
sortinc machine no longer needed in Berkeley will be relocated
and modified in Stockton, California, to handle a larger mail
volume. Findings/Conclusions: The Postal Service estii'ated
potential savings cf $630,700 a year, inclulding a savinga of
$335,70C by transferring Berkeley's mai! processing operation.s
to OaklanO and a savings of $295,000 ty moving the Berkeley
letter sorting machine to Stockton. GAO estimated that thf
savings would be about $370,900 antually for processing
Berkeley's mail in Oakland and $334,700 annually for moving the
letter sorting machine to Stockton. However, the savings could
have resulted from separate actions, in which case the Stockton
savings would not be attributable to the consolidation. The
consolidation will probably have little or no impact on mail
.c-:vices to Berkeley because of the commitment by officials to
maintain the same level of service. The consolidation prompted
officials to revise itil transportati,-n schedules to make them
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