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117657 1 (1982-02-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacxuf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office 10 West Jackson Boulevard 5th Floor Chicago, 1l. 60604 Field Operations Division February 17, 1982 Mr. Paul N. Carlin Regional Postmaster General U.S. Postal Service Headquarters Central Region Chicago, Illinois 60699 117657 Dear Mr. Carlin: This letter summarizes the findings we discussed with you and your staff during our December 4, 1981, meeting on our survey of the Postal Service's plant load program in the Chicago metropolitan area. As discussed with you, we have terminated further audit effort in this area because of higher priority work on the Postal Service's 9-digit zip code program. Since it is unlikely that we will perform additional detailed work in this area in the near future, we felt it would be appropriate to formally advise you of the several observations we have as to how the Postal Servicetcould improve the management of plant load activities. Authorizations not timely and cost effective The Central Region has not assured that plant load procedures are approved in a timely manner and result in cost savings. Under the plant load program the Postal Service accepts mail at a mailer's plant, bypasses the local post office, and transports it in a postal vehicle to a downstream facility to avoid multiple handling. This procedure may be authorized if there is a cost saving to the Postal Service. Before initiating plant load operations, the local post office must prepare an application for management sectional center and transportation management office review and for regional office approval. To ensure timeliness, Postal Service guidelines provide that applications should be 11 j1_41-X

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