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092741 1 (1970-06-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacwqe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL AccoUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 CIVIL DIVISION JUN 10 1970 &CSJ DUGUME:N AVALBLE Dear Mr. Attorfey General t tae reviewed selected administrative operations of the United States arshals Service, Department of Jostice, Whington, D, C., and the United States marshal (UM) offices in the judcial districts of Maryland, nassachusettuf and Washington Western. Our review, which included an evaluation of the Department' a travel poliies, shoved that opportunities existed for the Department to reduce the cost of USK operations by lowering the mileage reimbursement and per diem rates paid to USMs and deputy USMo. Our review showed also that overpayments of per diem were made to deputy USis and should be recovered. These matters are discussed below and are being brought to your attention for appropriate corrective action. UATE The Department reimburses USMs and deputy USts for use of their privately owned automobiles (POAs) at a rate of 10 cents per mile regard- less of the number of miles driven, According to the General Services &ainistratiotn (GSA), the cost per mile of operating interagency motor pool (IMP) cars decreases as the number of miles driven increases. The Department can achieve savings in travel costs incurred by USMs and deputy USMs who use their POAs by establishing raimbursement rates which decrease as the number of miles driven inease. Many of the duties such as serving sumaness, wrts and other court orders, making arrests, transporting prisoners, seising property, and protecting the lives of defendants and witnesses, performed by U4s and deputy USMs require considerable travel., During fiscal year 1969 about 700 UM0a and deputy USDs in 86 jadicial districts, located in the conti- nental United States except for the District of Columbia, traveled about 13.6 million miles for which they were paid about $1.6 million. The average mileage traveled by these USMs and deputy US2s was 1,80 monthly, and 22t200 annuallyt The average mileage ranged from about 380 monthly and 4,560 annually in the Now York Southern district to about 4,010 nthly and 40,120 annually In the Texas Southern district, a' 92 7' Y

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