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Budget Issues: Budgetary Treatment of Postal Service Workers' Compensation Costs

AFMD-91-50 Published: Apr 26, 1991. Publicly Released: Apr 26, 1991.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Labor's treatment of Postal Service (USPS) workers compensation costs, focusing on: (1) the advisability of transferring revenues from the Postal Service's revolving fund to a dedicated trust fund; and (2) whether such a fund should be treated on-budget.

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Accounting proceduresDeficit reductionInteragency relationsOff-budget federal entitiesPostal ratesPostal service employeesRevolving fundsTrust fundsUnobligated budget balancesWorkers compensation