Jack Anderson's Column Regarding GPO

PLRD-82-101 Published: Jul 16, 1982. Publicly Released: Jul 16, 1982.

Highlights

GAO was asked to comment on the cost effectiveness of several Government Printing Office (GPO) actions outlined in a column by Jack Anderson which appeared in the Washington Post. Those actions concerned renovations to offices at a cost of over $234,000 and the hiring of "Schedule C" employees, as well as increasing the number of General Graded (GG)-18 employees.

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