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GGD-84-67 1 (1984-05-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabniv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I4401 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION B-214663 MAY 1, 1984 The Honorable John Tower United States Senate 1 124041 Dear Senator Tower: Subject: Information on Shortages in Stamp Stock at the Main Post Office and the Carl Range Station in Irving, Texas (GAO/GGD-84-67) In your letter of June 7, 1983, you requested that we re- view the matters contained in a May 21, 1983, letter to you from a former supervisor at the Main Post Office in Irving, Texas. In his letter the former supervisor questioned the circumstances surrounding claims against him and another employee for losses of stamps worth $2,000 from the Main Post Office and stamps worth $6,000 from the Carl Range Station, respectively. These losses were discovered in June 1982. The former supervisor's letter stated that (1) the Postal Inspection Service was notified that a local investigation had not located the stamps, but it would not investigate the losses; (2) the local postmaster would not file a claim to relieve the accountable employees from paying for the losses; and (3) the Postmaster applied some window clerks' overagesl to reduce the loss, but he had not applied one overage of $1,600. As a result, the former supervisor said he and the other accountable employee had to pay for these losses, less applied overages. Finally, the supervisor's letter requested that you have the Postal Service (Service) further investigate the losses to determine what happened to the missing stamps, or have the Service accept liability for the losses, as provided for in its guidelines. We found that the Service did not extensively investigate the two losses because the accountable employees had not followed required Postal procedures for stamp accountability; therefore, under Postal regulations, they were personally liable for the losses. The local postmaster did not file a claim in IAn overage occurs whenever the balance of a window clerk's ac- count exceeds the accountable amount. It can result from errors made by a window clerk in selling stamps, money orders, etc. (990516) Qig ql

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