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GGD-82-64 1 (1982-04-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabddw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION B-206937 APRIL 20,1982 The Honorable Albert Gore, Jr. 11111 1111 111!11111 House of Representatives 118195 Dear Mr. Gore: Subject: Postal Service Site Acquisition Practices (GGD-82-64) By letter dated September 29, 1981, you asked us to review the Postal Service's site acquisition practices to see if more effective consultation with local government officials is needed. After discussions with your office about your specific concerns, it was agreed that we would determine whether the Service needs to (1) change its procedures for informing affected communities about plans to construct or acquire new postal facilities or ex- pand existing ones, and (2) provide a better explanation to the community (specifically property owners) of the area in which the Service would like to locate new facilities (generally referred to as the preferred area). We believe that the Service's notification procedures are adequate and that a preferred area designation is an acceptable approach to site selection and provides a reference point for community input. However, the Service needs to provide more specific instructions for identifying the preferred area and pro- vide guidance on what to do when sites are offered that are out- side the preferred area. Service Headquarters officials agree and will revise site acquisition procedures. Our review consisted of (1) an examination of the Service's regulations and instructions relating to site acquisition, (2) discussions with officials of the Real Estate and Buildings Department and the Engineering and Technical Support Department at the Service's Headquarters and the Field Real Estate and Buildings Office in Columbia, Maryland, (3) an examination of six site acquisition files for projects in the Washington, D.C., area, and (4) an examination of the site acquisition file for the new Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Post Office. (224990) L / §2 ,KI§ 22/

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