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GGD-85-25 1 (1985-01-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnow0001 and id is 1 raw text is: l ~citside the @.n.,si 5JJ UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACc0UNTI bLG OEiC.. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RELEASED G0ERAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION JANUARY31, 1985 B-217243 The Honorable Thomas J. Downey House of Representatives The Honorable Carroll A. Campbell House of. Representatives Subject: Availability of Data Supporting the Postal Service's Claimed Savings and Costs of Cluster Box Deliveries (GAO/GGD-85-25) In your joint request of August 10, 1984, you asked us to determine the existence and availability of data supporting the Postal Service's claims regarding the savings, procurement costs, and maintenance costs associated with its cluster mailbox program. Cluster boxes are pedestal mounted units containing 8, 12, or 16 individually locked compartments for the delivery of mail which are installed at approved locations. We conducted our work at Service headquarters during September and October 1984. We reviewed Service files, memoran- dums, and correspondence. We also interviewed responsible offi- cials in the Service's Department of the Controller, Delivery Services Department, and Procurement and Supply Department. Our work was done in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. According to Postal Service records, the Service conducted two studies relating to the subject in 1974. The first study identified delivery costs for door and curb line services, and the second study identified delivery costs for cluster boxes. These studies indicated that cluster box delivery costs were lower than either door or curb line delivery costs. Although summaries of the two cost studies are available, the Postal Service did not retain the data it collected to determine these costs. Also, the Service has revised delivery costs identified in the summaries based on changes in wage rates and estimated increases in other operating costs. Postal Service officials told us the Service is conducting a new study of delivery costs. S 311 1 t Ul lBDl l 126228 (014310)

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