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B-169391 1 (1973-07-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobableu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTRICTED - Not to be released outside the General by the Office of Congressional Relations, a Pd '~4~3!F E N1 EDSTATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 rRELEAS ED B-169391 The Honorable Robert H. Steele fl House of Representatives Dear Mr. Steele: In your letter of April 10, 1973, you asked us to examine into a constituentfs statement that he had received ordinary correspondence from the Government Printing Office (GPO) in a pro.tective plastic envelopp. He believed that using a s-tam& a r..l - . I c... - o I . ho a z ,9 The correspondence referred to was mailed by GPOts Office of the Superintendent of Documents. GPO uses a variety of containers for mailing publications. GPO's policy is to use protective envelopes only for items which may be damaged in the mails, such as bound books, or which are of such volume and/or weight that they require containers stronger than stand- ard envelopes. Officials of the Office of the Superintendent of Documents said that standard envelopes packed with several publications rip and frequently burst if handled too roughly. To insure that items are received in good condition, GPO sought a con- tainer which would provide greater protection than a standard envelope for certain types of shipments. The mail-lite sealer--a paper envelope lined with a protective bubblelike plastic and sealed by heat--is currently used for this purpose. GPO has used the mail-lite sealer, which replaced a jiffy bag protective mailer, since July 1972. GPO told us that it had switched to the mail-lite sealer because it had received many complaints about items damaged when mailed in jiffy bags. Before replacing the jiffy bag, the Superintendent of Documents made a cost-effectiveness study. This study, which we did not verify, showed that the mail-lite sealer cost more than the jiffy bag but that the reduced costs of labor, tape, po(O 931

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