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GGD-76-35 1 (1975-12-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobables0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RELEASED' o96 R~ESTRICTED to b3 relia',cd .,utside ft aww ~ ~ by 6&65t1FM:8GENERALA& i G OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 2C>48 GENERAL GOVENMEN1T DIVISION DEC 11 1975 B-14874 The Honorable Dr Id M. Fraser LlW090792 House of Representatives Deac Mr. Fraser: In your August 2!, 1975, letter, you requested statis- tical information on Postal public service subsidies p'.ovided by other countries an. -n analysi---o-EL--the-e-f4-iency- f 6 f ,,/: C&/ po -vh---te-s -nt -es~ corn par ed to that of the U.S. Postal ServiceJ Data available to make such analyses is limited, particularly for comparing the quality of mail - service. However, we were aple to compare revenue, expense, and some operational data for 10 major fore.-n postal systems with similar data for the Service. Overall, the Service: --Handles from 5 to 56 times more letter mail. --Handles more letters per postal employee. --Covers a lacger geographical area. --Curcently has a lower letter mail stamp price than all the foreign systems but one. One useful measure in evaluating postal systems is the time a factory worker must work to purchase postage for a letter. Of thelcitizens of the ten countries, only the Canadians and tne Swiss work less time for postage than U.5. worker?. Thi2 :ould change, however, if postal charges arc increa;ed i, Canada because of vage negotiations resulting from the postal workers' strike and in Switzerland where the Government has indicatee, the need for a rate increase by January 1976. GGD-76-35 w'I

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