The Postal Service Can Substantially Reduce Its Cleaning Costs
AFMD-83-23
Published: Dec 28, 1982. Publicly Released: Dec 28, 1982.
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GAO reviewed Postal Service cleaning operations and compared the cost of using in-house staff to contracting for the cleaning of postal buildings of 10,000 square feet or less.
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Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| United States Postal Service | The Postmaster General should take action within the framework of existing and prospective national collective bargaining agreements to update the housekeeping cleaning requirements and practices to reflect the use of new cleaning methods and procedures. |
When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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| United States Postal Service | The Postmaster General should take action within the framework of existing and prospective national collective bargaining agreements to convert, where economical, to contract cleaning or otherwise reduce cleaning costs to a level comparable to that of cleaning done under contract. |
Potential savings will not be known until about June 1985. A change was made in the new contract that is now in arbitration, increasing from 4 hours to 32 hours the limitation on use of contract cleaners.
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