$1.5 MILLION GAO MANAGEMENT AUDIT GIVES GPO HIGH MARKS FOR SERVICE

UNITED STATESNews GOVERNMENTPRINTINGRelease OFFICEFor Release: IMMEDIATE Contact: 202–512–1991April 16, 1998 No. 98–12$1.5 MILLION GAO MANAGEMENT AUDITGIVES GPO HIGH MARKS FOR SERVICE‘‘Timely and responsive services to Congress’’ viewed as ‘‘a universal strength;’’printing procurement services called ‘‘government at its best;’’ ‘‘strong support’’found for GPO’s depository library program; draft report focuses on ways toimprove GPO efficiencyA General Accounting Office-sponsored management audit of the Government PrintingOffice has found ‘‘unanimous’’ and ‘‘universal’’ support for GPO’s in-house production, printingprocurement, and depository library distribution services, and offers a variety ofrecommendations to improve these and other GPO programs, according to a draft report deliveredby Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc., this week.Citing congressional satisfaction with product quality and timely dependability ofdelivery, executive agency satisfaction with printing procurement services, and broad publicsupport for free access to government information through depository libraries, the $1.5 millionreview was conducted in response to directions contained in the conference report to the FY1998 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act.The House and Senate Appropriations Committees directed the GAO to ‘‘include anobjective evaluation’’ of GPO’s documents sales program, printing procurement program, in-house production operations, personnel management ...