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PLRD-82-106 1 (1982-07-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmmn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 PROCUREMENT. LOGISTICS, AND READINESS DIVISION B- 208246 The Honorable Frank R. Wolf 119087 House of Representatives Dear Mr. Wolf: Subject: Transfer of Offices of the Government Printing Office from Virginia to Laurel, Maryland i(GAO/PLRD-82-106) Your April 14, 1982, letter asked us to investigate the proposed move of offices of the Government Printing Office (GPO) from Virginia to Laurel, Maryland. You expressed con- cern that the cost effectiveness of the move had not been investigated. In evaluating the cost effectiveness of this move, we reviewed documents and other data used by GPO in arriving at its decision. We interviewed GPO officials and visited GPO's Virginia and Maryland warehouses to. observe how they were being used and to inspect the condition of the buildings. GPO distributes Government publications (1) free of charge under certain statutory authority and designated agency programs and (2) by sale to the general public. The free distribution is conducted by the Consigned Stock Distribution Division using two warehouses in Virginia. The sale of Government publica- tions is conducted by the Document Sales Service using two warehouses in Laurel, Maryland. DECISION TO CONSOLIDATE In the fall of 1981, GPO inventoried the publications at the Virginia warehouses and found that there had been little or no recent demand for many of them. Since there was no requirement to retain the publications for future distribu- tion, GPO disposed of a large portion of its Virginia stock. Similarly, in early 1981, the Document Sales Service reviewed the stock of publications on hand in the Maryland warehouses to see which publications were selling and which were not. As a result of this review, GPO significantly reduced its inventory of sales publications and disposed of the excess. As a result of these disposal actions, GPO found that (1) only about 30 percent of the space in the Virginia warehouses was needed and (2) the Maryland warehouse% had sufficient vacant space to absorb the Virginia operation. (945715)

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