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094417 1 (1971-07-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadxki0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10 a.m. EST Wednesday, July 14, 1971 STATEMENT OF ELMER B. STAATS, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE G~kV-- SBCOMITEEONINVESTIGATIONS AND OVERSIGHT SUBCOMITTE ON OF THE V COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS--HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOLLOWED BY THE POSTAL SERVICE IN LEASING AND CONSTRUCTING FACILITIES Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: We are pleased to be here, at your request, to discuss the policies and practices followed by the Postal Service in leasing and constructing facilities. The specific points raised in your letters to me of April 6 and June 2, 1971, Mr. Chairman, refer to, among other things, the development of the Post Office Department (now the Postal Service) (Department) facility acquisition authority; events leading to the 1966 ,delegation of authority by the General Services Administration (GSA) to the Postmaster General for the design and construction of postal facilities; certain aspects of the management of the leasing and construction of postal facilities; the recent agreements entered into by the Department and the '/Corps of Engineers (Corps) concerning postal facilities; the effect of 'q the agreements on GSA; and a comparison of land acquisition and lease construction procedures followed by the Department, Corps, and GSA.

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