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089128 1 (1975-08-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvdw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGIONAL OFFICE SUITE 300-D, NWO W. 26TH AVENUE DENVER, COLORADO 80211 AUG 6 19,7 Mr. Garth H. Rudd, Director Denver Service Center Bureau of Land Management ' Denver Federal Center, Bldg. 50 Denver, Colorado 80225 Dear Mr. Rudd: We have completed our review of the effectiveness of the Government's energy reduction program at the Denver Service Center (DSC). Our review at DSC was part of a nationwide study conducted at selected departments and agencies to determine how effectively the Government's energy reduc- tion program is being implemented. We reviewed regulations, analyzed data used to measure the success of DSC, and interviewed personnel to determine the effectiveness of the management of the program. We reviewed controls to reduce fuel consump- tion by vehicles, and determined the possible impact of energy conservation on mission and training operations. In our opinion DSC has met the President's energy conservation goals for vehicles for fiscal year 1974 and the first half of fiscal year 1975. However, because of errors in accumulating data, the mileage reductions reported by DSC are inaccurate. ENERGY CONSERVATION GOALS On June 29, 1973, the President directed all Federal agencies and executive departments to reduce their energy consumption by 7 percent for fiscal year 1974. On October 18, 1974, he further directed these agencies and departments to reduce their energy consumption by 15 percent for fiscal year 1975. All reductions were to be determined based on the corresponding quarter in fiscal year 1973. The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Instruction Memorandum No. 73-304, change 3, authorized BLM offices to adjust fiscal year 1973 base data to reflect anticipated changes in fiscal year 1974 operations, number of personnel, space occupied, new programs, etc. The DSC reported energy conservation data only on vehicles, because it occupies General Services Administration (GSA) owned space, and space related energy usage is reported by GSA. Data reported by DSC on vehicle mileages included only GSA assigned and dispatched vehicles until the first quarter of fiscal year 1975. Beginning with this quarter, the BUM

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