ANNUAL REPORT 

OF THE 

PUBLIC PRINTER 

Fiscal Year 1978 

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DEPUTY PUBLIC PRINTER 

(Operations) 

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

General Counsel 

Speciot Projects Officer 

PUBLIC PRINTER 

ASSISTANT PUBLIC PRINTER 

(Mgmt & Admin.) 

Financial Management 

Service 

Engineering 

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General 

Services 

Security 

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Director of Audits 

Special Assistant 

ASSISTANT PUBliC P

(Superintendent of Do

Documents 

Sales Service 

Documents 

Support Service 
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVES OF THE 

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

John J. Boyle 

Public Printer 

Samuel L. Saylor 

Deputy Public Printer 

Walter C. DeVaughn 

Assistant Public Printer for Management and Administration 

Carl A. LaBarre 

Assistant Public Printer (Superintendent of Documents) 

~¥ellington H. Lewis 

Assistant Public Printer (Planning) 

MEMBERS OF THE JOINT CO~~ITTEE ON PRINTING 

Claiborne Pell, Senator from Rhode Island 

Chairman 

Frank Thompson, Jr., Representative from New Jersey 

Vice Chairman 

Howard W. Cannon, Senator from Nevada 

Member 

Mark 0. Hatfield, Senator from Oregon 

Member 

Augustus F. Hawkins, Representative from California 

Nember 

William L. Dickinson, Representative from Alabama 

Nember 

Denver Dickerson 

Staff Director 

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FOREWORD 

The Government Printing Office began operations on March 4, 1861, in 

accordance with Congressional Joint Resolution 25 of June 23, 1860. 

The Act stated that the Superintendent of Public Printing was authorized and directed to have executed the printing and binding authorized 

by the Senate and House of Representatives, the Executive and Judicial 

Departments, and the Court of Claims. 

The Government Printing Office is part of the Legislative Branch and 

is under the direction of the Public Printer of the United States. The 

Public Printer is required by law to be a practical printer versed in 

the art of bookbinding and is appointed by the President with the 

advice and consent of the Senate. 

The Congressional Joint Committee on Printing acts as a board of directors of this Office. The activities of the Government Printing Office 

are outlined and defined in the Act of October 22, 1968, as amended (82 

stat. 1238; 44 u.s.c.). 

The GPO executes orders for printing and binding placed by Congress and 

Departments and establishments of the Federal Government. Two of the 

major publications printed are the Congressional Record and the Federal 

Register. The GPO furnishes blank paper, inks and similar supplies to 

Government organizations on order. It prepares catalogs and distributes 

and sells Government publications. Over 25,000 different publications 

are sold by mail order and government bookstores nationwide. The GPO 

administers the Depository Library Program which provides selected government publications to libraries throughout the country. The distribution of Consumer Product Information to the general public is also 

performed by the GPO on a reimbursable basis for the General Services 

Administration. 

GPO invites bids from commercial suppliers on a wide variety of printing ana binding services. It awards and administers contracts and maintains liaison between ordering agencies and contractors. 

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HIGHLIGHTS 

The products and services provided by the Government Printing Office 

for fiscal year 1978 amounted to $591 million which consisted of 

$322 million for printing and binding services purchased commercially, 

$177 million produced in-house, $20 million for the sale of blank paper 

and other services, $28 million for services associated with the 

distribution of publications to depository libraries and other related 

services, and $44 million for sales of publications to the general 

public. 

During the fiscal year, the daily Federal Register was converted to 

electronic photocomposition. Additionally, the entire Code of Federal 

Regulations was input to an electronic text data base. Concurrent 

personnel increases in the Electronic Photocomposition Division and 

decreases in the Composing Division indicate the active change in 

methodology. Programs designed to retrain journeymen from the Composing Division are being utilized to provide a smooth transition 

from hot metal to photocomposition. 

During the fiscal year, on-going cost-reduction efforts were reflected 

by a decrease of 340 employees. The total of 7,574 employees as of 

September 30, 1978, represents a decrease of more than four percent 

since the end of fiscal year 1977 and is the lowest total employment 

since January 1967. 

To support the commercial procurement of printing, the Printing Cost 

Calculating System, which provides computerized abstracting of print 

orders, and the Quality Assurance Through Attributes Program, which 

provides control over the quality of work produced, have been implemented and will be expanded for further effectiveness. 

Various steps were taken by the Superintendent of Do~uments to provide 

continued improvement of service. Consideration is being given to 

the use of credit cards and establishment of a toll-free telephone 

number. Automated systems have been expanded to provide the means 

to handle anticipated increases in sales volume without requiring an 

increase in personnel. 

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THE PUBLIC PRINTER'S PERSPECTIVE 

Emphasis continues toward a more cost-effective Government Printing 

Office resulting in a competitive operation that will ensure the 

job security of GPO's employees and, also, permit commercial procurement of work that the Offi~e is not equipped to do. 

The largest single long-range cost reduction effort continues to be 

the relocation of the Government Pr1nting Office into a modern plant, 

permitting greater efficiency through improved material handling operations and use of modern equipment. Approval was received from the 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the U.S. House of 

Representatives during fiscal year 1978 which permits advancement 

toward this goal. Efforts are continuing to provide actions necessary 

to gain Senate approval for the build1ng. 

The conversion to electronic photocomposition is reaching fruition 

with the Federal Register, as well as an increasing amount of Congressional work, now being produced by this process. 

Nanagement techniques such as Zero Base Budgeting and Management by 

Objectives continue to provide the opportunities to utilize the 

expertise of all supervisory levels and achieve optimum control of 

workflow, rate of productivity, and utilization of resources. 

The use of automated systems has expanded in various areas including 

daily labor reporting through the Production Reporting for Operations, 

Budgeting, and Expenditures (PROBE) System, which is now fully implemented in all metropolitan Production and Superintendent of Documents 

areas. Systems to improve control over production flow, inventories 

of paper, materials and publications, etc., are in various stages 

of implementation. 

The effectiveness of the Sales of Publications Program continues to 

be improved through automation. Continued exploration of meaningful 

methods and techniques such as the use of credit cards, toll-free 

phone numbers, and improved overall customer service practices, will 

be pursued to achieve the goal of improved service. 

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CONTENTS 

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART 

PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVES 

FOREWORD 

HIGHLIGHTS 

THE PUBLIC PRINTER'S PERSPECTIVE 

STAFF ACTIVITIES 

General Counsel 

Office of Audits 

Special Assistant to the Public Printer 

DEPUTY PUBLIC PRINTER (Operations) 

Perspective 

Customer Service Department 

Planning Service Division 

Plant Planning Division 

Typography and Design Division 

Printing Procurement Department 

Production Department 

Graphic Systems Development Division 

Electronic Photocomposition Division 

Composing Division 

Letterpress Division 

Offset Division 

Binding Division 

Library of Congress Branch 

Quality Control and Technical Department 

ASSISTANT PUBLIC PRINTER for Management and Administration 

Perspective 

Data Systems Service 

Engineering Service 

Financial Management Service 

General Services 

Materials Management Service 

Personnel Service 

Security Service 

ASSISTANT PUBLIC PRINTER (Superintendent of Documents) 

Perspective 

Documents Sales Service 

Library and Statutory Distribution Service 

Documents Support Service 

ASSISTANT PUBLIC PRINTER (Planning) 

Perspective 

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STATISTICAL APPENDIX 

Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Investments 

Revolving Fund - Consolidated Statement of Revenue 

and Expense 

Other Funds - Status of Appropriations and Other 

Fund Balances 

Other Funds - Statement of Payments from Appropriations to the Revolving Fund 

Revolving Fund - Amounts Due U.S. Treasury from Sale 

of Publications 

Revolving and Other Funds - Statement of Changes in 

Financial Position 

Footnotes to Financial Statements 

Significant Accounting Policies 

Statement of Classes and Billings for Work - GPO, Field 

Printing Offices, and Commercially Procured Work 

Statement of Classes and Billings for Work - GPO, Exclusive 

of Work Performed by the GPO on Commercially Procured 

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Commercially Procured Including GPO Hork Performed 

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43 Billings to Congress and Federal Agencies 10 

46 Publications Furnished Congress, Executive Departments, 11 

and Independent Government Establishments 

48 Schedule of Accounts Receivable, Government Agencies 12 

(Printing and Binding Operations) 

50 Comparative Statement of Billings for Work 13 

51 Schedule of Equipment and Building Appurtenances 14 

52 Employees on the Roll 15 

Production Statistics 

53 Deputy Public Printer (Operations) 16 

56 Assistant Public Printer for Management and Administration 17 

58 Assistant Public Printer (Superintendent of Documents) 18 

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STAFF ACTIVITIES 

OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 

The General Counsel is the chief legal officer of the Government 

Printing Office and is responsible for providing legal services in 

all areas of law affecting the Government Printing Office. 

Court cases constituted the majority of the legal work performed by 

the staff. The total number of court cases increased slightly but the 

overall degree of complexity escalated due to an increase in the number 

of Civil Rights class action cases which involved a considerable number 

of persons. 

Significant 

Achievements 

All court cases completed during the year, including 

seven civil rights cases, were decided in favor of 

the Government Printing Office. 

An "exception" clause in the GPO multiple award 

contracts, which gives GPO the right to award 

individual print orders rather than awarding all print orders to an 

aggregate low bidder, was upheld by the United States Court of Claims. 

This procedure has and will continue to result in significant savings 

to customer agencies. 

New Civil Service regulations for administering Civil Rights class 

complaints coupled with the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and the 

Future 

Plans 

OFFICE OF AUDITS 

Ethics in Government Act of 1978 will probably 

result in increasing the number of required legal 

actions. 

The Office of Audits is responsible for conducting comprehensive 

audits of GPO operations, functions, and/or organizational units 

in Washington, D.C., and at field locations; for performing such 

external audits, including contract audits, as are deemed necessary; 

and for reporting findings and recommendations to the Public Printer. 

The Office of Audits maintains liaison with the General Accounting 

Office and other outside audit activities. 

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During the fiscal year, the Office of Audits conducted reviews of the 

management and operating practices pertaining to Central Office, 

Regional Printing Procurement and Field Printing Offices, GPO's payroll 

system, Documents Area, billings submitted by selected commercial contractors, and financial accounts and related activities. 

Significant 

Achievements 

As a result of these reviews, 44 audit reports 

were issued making recommendations to GPO management to enhance the economy, efficiency, and 

effectiveness of GPO operations. Implementation of these recommendations should result in 

substantial savings. 

A comprehensive review of GPO's payroll system was performed by using 

computer assisted auditing techniques. The Office of Audits also made 

a complete review of GPO's financial statements and provided follow-up 

on prior GAO audit recommendations. 

During fiscal year 

Future 

Plans 

1979, the Office of Audits will expand its use of 

computer assisted auditing techniques to increase 

its audit coverage and will supply added effort 

to evaluate internal controls to detect and prevent fraud and contractor abuse. 

Emphasis will be given to production areas where conversion is taking 

place resulting from changes in technology. 

SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PUBLIC PRINTER 

The Special Assistant to the Public Printer is responsible for providing GPO information to and maintaining good relations with the general 

and trade press, trade organizations, and the printing industry; coordinating tours of the GPO by approved visitors; serving as secretary of 

executive staff conferences; and performing other staff duties for the 

Public Printer. 

A slide-tape presentation describing the mission and functions of GPO 

was reproduced and copies were made available for 

viewing by librarians, Federal agency personnel, 

Significant potential contractors, foreign visitors, and the 

Achievements general public. 

A total of 116 tours of the GPO were conducted 

including 16 Foreign Visitor tours. 

All media forms will 

Future 

Plans 

be explored to provide dissemination of information concerning GPO plant operations which could 

be of interest or use to the commercial printing 

industry or other government agencies. 

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DEPUTY PUBLIC PRINTER (OPERATIONS) 

The Deputy Public Printer performs such duties as are assigned by the 

Public Printer and acts as Public Printer in the absence of the Public 

Printer in accordance with Title 44 of the U.S. Code and other 

applicable laws. He is responsible for the direction of planning and 

production of printing and binding through in-house facilities and 

contractors. In this capacity, he supervises and coordinates the 

activities of the managers of the Customer Service, Printing Procurement, Production, and Quality Control and Technical Departments. 

The conversion to production automation is very evident in the 

fiscal year 1978 statistics. The personnel complement for electronic 

photocomposition functions increased significantly. To support this 

increased activity, the retraining program for employees being transferred from the Composing Division is being continued. The Graphic 

Systems Development Division was created to design and modify electronic graphic systems. The number of hot 

metal ems set and the Composing Division workPerspective force decreased substantially. 

As our production methods change, the press 

impressions will decrease in letterpress and increase in offset. New 

offset presses are being installed that will significantly increase 

offset output capacity to enable that portion of the letterpress work 

which cannot be procured commercially to be converted. 

Other changes in production requirements are reflected in the planned 

phasing out of the Library of Congress Branch, the increase in the 

Bindery of inserted and adhesive bound work coupled with a decrease in 

side-wire stitched work, and acquisition of new wrapping and cartoning 

equipment. 

The total effort toward improving plant production by modernization of 

equipment is geared toward reducing personnel costs while providing 

the capability of producing an expanding non-commercially procurable 

workload. 

Printing and binding work procured commercially continued to increase 

with the dollar value of work procured reflecting a 17 percent gain 

over fiscal year 1977. 

In an effort to increase the quality of printing and binding work 

procured commercially through the GPO, the Quality Assurance Through 

Attributes Program has been expanded to include provisions in many 

term contracts. 

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CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT 

The Customer Service Manager is responsible for the activities 

of the Planning Service, Plant Planning, and Typography and Design 

Divisions and provides advice to the Public Printer and Deputy Public 

Printer on methods to improve GPO's ability to serve its customers. 

PLANNING SERVICE DIVISION 

The Planning Service Division is responsible for liaison with customer 

agencies; receiving, reviewing, recording, preliminary planning 

and processing of orders; coordinating the development of schedules 

for printing and binding services; maintaining informational and 

communicational services; pickup and delivery of copy, proofs, etc. 

The Planning Service Division processed 97,751 requisitions and print 

orders during fiscal year 1978, a slight increase 

over the previous year. The overall workload, 

Production including more requests for expeditious service, 

Analysis high priority work, and increasing Congressional 

work, have all continued to challenge the division. 

over 350 conferences were attended or held by representatives from this 

Office with customer agencies and commercial 

contractors concerning all phases of planning. 

Significant 

Achievements Numerous commendations were received from Congress 

and agencies for the efforts to meet requirements 

of individual jobs. 

The future plans of the Planning Service Division will be to continue to 

Future 

Plans 

utilize improved methods such as expansion of 

electronic photocomposition, micrographics, ink-jet 

printing, and other new technologies, together with 

an improved internal information management system, 

to minimize agency complaints by providing maximum 

service through timely response to agency needs 

and meeting scheduled delivery dates. 

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PLANT PLANNING DIVISION 

The Plant Planning Division is responsible for planning, estimating 

and preparing production schedules for plant production; preparing 

jackets covering requisitions for blank paper and miscellaneous 

supplies; and controlling inventory levels of paper and envelopes 

within the Office and printing contractors' plants. 

The Plant Planning 

Production 

Analysis 

Division prepared 28,347 regular, print order, and 

open jackets during fiscal year 1978 down five 

percent from fiscal year 1977. All one-time 

work received by the Office was scheduled by 

the Production Planning and Scheduling Committee for either commercial procurement or for inhouse production if GPO production equipment was 

idle or the job was nonprocurable. 

Many changes were 

Significant 

Achievements 

Concerted efforts 

Future 

Plans 

recommended by Division personnel to decrease costs 

on individual jobs. Customer agencies realized 

savings of over $266,000 as a result of these 

changes, including a savings of over $71,500 on 

one job through a change to overprint in ink 

rather than utilizing imitation gold. 

will be devoted to looking into better ways and 

means to provide the most economical methods 

of production without sacrificing quality or 

schedules. The implementation of the Operations 

Management Information System {OMIS) should be 

beneficial in such areas as scheduling, planning, 

pricing and inventory control. 

TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN DIVISION 

This Division is responsible for providing design, illustration, consultation, and quality control services to all Government agencies and 

to the Departments and Services of the Government Printing Office. 

The Typography and 

fiscal year 1978. 

Production 

Analysis 

and art services, 

high level. 

Design Division processed 5,280 jackets during 

The Division influenced the design of a large volume 

of printing and received numerous accolades for 

services provided. Quality control press sheet 

inspections were more numerous and conferences 

with customer agencies for planning and design 

including audiovisual presentations, continued at a 

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Microfilm development, which has become an established segment of the 

Photographic Section, increased 14 percent over the previous fiscal year 

Overall photographic output reflected an increase of 72 percent. 

Significant 

Achievements 

Conferences with customer agencies for preliminary 

planning, designing, and establishing specifications 

were continued this fiscal year. These conferences 

provide agencies with the means to become effective 

and efficient in ordering printing and binding 

thereby realizing savings in costs. 

A comprehensive plan for the modernization of the photographic facility 

has been developed and should permit more effective operations. 

The overall increase 

Future 

Plans 

in the use of color has increased the percentage of 

jobs that require T&D quality control proof and 

press inspections. It is anticipated that this 

trend will continue through fiscal year 1979 and 

the staff is geared to provide effective service. 

The National Endo,vment for the Arts has selected 

GPO to redesign the graphics for the White House Conference on Families. 

PRINTING PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT 

The Printing Procurement Department is responsible for printing, 

binding, and related products and services produced in field printing 

offices or procured from commercial sources. These functions are 

accomplished under the direction of the Printing Procurement Manager, 

by coordination of the activities of the Commercial Printing Specifications, Central Office Printing Procurement, Regional Printing Procurement, and Field Printing Divisions. 

The value of printing and binding procured commercially by the Central 

Office during fiscal year 1978 amounted to $161 million, an increase of 

21 percent over the previous year. The value of printing and binding 

Production 

Analysis 

procured by Regional Printing Procurement offices 

amounted to $142 million, an increase of 12 percent 

over fiscal year 1977. The number of individual 

jobs procured by the Central Office amounted to 

57,000 and the number procured by Regional offices 

was 168,000, up 14 percent and eight percent respectively. Departments and agencies are continuing to expand their participation in the Federal Printing Procurement Program. 

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The Printing Cost Calculating System (PCCS), which enables computer 

extracting of print orders, has been expanded. Use of the system enables 

GPO to achieve more effective and efficient allocation of commercial jobs 

while providing increased productivity. 

Significant 

Achievements 

The Quality Assurance Through Attributes Program 

provisions were included in the specifications of 

selected term contracts. Central Office attributes 

were applied to pilot jobs randomly selected prior 

to bid. Inspections were conducted to test the 

attributes and minor modifications have been made where necessary to provide better quality printing in the future. 

The total dollar value of printing procured commercially increased about 

17 percent in the total Department with a two percent decrease in personnel. 

Word-processing systems were installed during the year in the specification 

writing process. Utilization of these systems is part of the total effort 

to increase productivity and decrease cost in the procurement operation. 

The Department anticipates equipment purchases for fiscal year 1979 which 

will include new computer terminals and facsimile equipment for the Regional 

Printing Procurement offices. 

Future 

Plans 

Plans will be developed to reorganize the sections 

and to expand the space for Central Office Printing 

Procurement Division to provide more effective workflow. 

The Quality Assurance Through Attributes Program is proving to be successful 

and will be expanded in the future into the Regional Printing Procurement 

offices as well as the Field Printing Office during fiscal year 1979. 

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PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT 

The Production Department is responsible for all "in-plant" printing 

production. The administration functions are the prime responsibility 

of the Production Manager and his staff. Reporting to the Deputy 

Public Printer, this Department has direct responsibility for the 

Graphic Systems Development, Electronic Photocomposition, Composing, 

Letterpress, Offset and Binding Divisions, the Library of Congress 

Printing Branch, and small installations at the Smithsonian Institution 

and Interior Department. The Delivery Section, Congressional Record 

Indexers, and Congressional details are also responsibilities of this 

office. 

GRAPHIC SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION 

The Graphic Systems Development Division was created on July 1, 1978, 

to separate the design and development activities from the operations 

functions. The Development Section of the Division is responsible for the 

design of new electronic graphic systems for our customers and necessary 

modifications of existing systems. The Planning Section of the Division 

is responsible for applying these systems to the specific processing 

requirements for individual jobs by developing job formats. 

Over 350 formats were 

Production 

Analysis 

created for new work assigned to the VideoComp 500 

photocomposers and are on disk for these jobs. 

Additional jobs are being converted from Linotron 

to VideoComp production. 

System design work included the installation of a mechanized system for 

photocomposition of the daily Federal Register and the Code of Federal 

Regulations. Refinements to the Automated Composition System allow for 

Significant 

Achievements 

more complex typographic formats to be processed 

and increases the range of work that can be converted to electronic text processing and photocomposition. 

An interactive system was developed and installed 

at the Office of the Federal Register for use in updating the text data 

base of the Code of Federal Regulations from the daily Federal Register 

text file. 

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Additional refinements will continue to be made to the Automated Composition System. Necessary software support will be provided as data 

Future 

Plans 

communications capability between GPO and remote 

locations is installed. Improvements will be made 

to the Bill Drafting System to reduce processing 

time and improve production control procedures. 

The National Zip Code Directory for the Postal 

Service will be converted from Linotron to Videocomp 

production resulting in an improved product and savings in production and 

handling costs. 

ELECTRONIC PHOTOCOMPOSITION DIVISION 

The Electronic Photocomposition Division is responsible for producing 

photocomposition using input data produced in the Division and provided 

by customer agencies and commercial contractors. The Division also uses 

electronic text processing systems, equipped with video-display keyboard 

terminals and optical character readers, to convert text matter to 

computer-readable form. In addition to creating input data for the 

photocomposers these systems are also the means for continuous maintenance (updating) of large text data bases that are reprinted periodically. 

The Division provides technical assistance and consulting services to 

customer agencies and their contractors to enable them to adapt their 

composition needs to the GPO systems. 

With the exceptions of the functions of inspecting-assembling, optical 

character reading, and production on machines which were replaced by more 

modern equipment, all operations showed substantial 

workload increases. As a direct result of the 

Production increasing workload, personnel employed by the 

Analysis Division increased by 113 percent over the previous 

year. The number of chargeable hours increased 

by almost 200 percent. 

Optical character reading declined because customer agencies generally 

submit data for composition either as conventional manuscript or on 

magnetic tape. 

The Division continued to serve as a major vehicle for increasing the 

use of electronic text processing and photocomposition in the Federal 

Government. The growing use of these processes resulted in an organizational realignment to create a separate Division 

to perform those functions related to the design 

Significant and development of graphic systems. 

Achievements 

Total conversion of the daily Federal Register 

from traditional hot metal production to photocomposition was completed on January 9, 1978, when the first issue entirely 

from photocomposed text was produced. The conversion to an electronic 

text data base of the entire text of the CFR, consisting of approximately 

70,500 pages in 141 volumes, was also completed. 

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Programs for retraining employees with hot metal composing skills in 

the areas of photocomposition were expanded. A major development in 

this area was hiring the services of a commercial firm which specializes 

in teaching keyboarding skills. 

The composition transition of Congressional bills, originating in both 

the House and Senate, began as a photocomposition production project in 

August 1978. Similar procedures were used to capture the U.S. Code in 

a computer-readable form. During fiscal year 1978, 15 volumes of the 

U.S. Code--11 of text and four of index totaling 17,325 pages--were 

processed in the Division for reprinting. 

An Interactive Page Makeup System was placed in operation in February 

1978. This system permits an operator to arrange text matter in complex 

page formats on a video screen. 

Continued expansion of the Division is expected as a consequence of 

plans to convert 80 percent of all GPO composition to photocomposition 

by fiscal year 1982. In addition, it is anticipated that new costeffective applications for electronic text data base maintenance will 

be found that will further add to the overall workload. 

The Appendix to the Budget of the United States has already been captured 

in the form of a text data base and will be produced for fiscal year 1980 

in the Electronic Photocomposition Division. One of the major development 

Future 

Plans 

projects currently in progress is the exploration 

ways to increase the data storage capacity of the 

text editing systems. The total storage capacity 

of all of our systems is currently between 450 and 

500 million bytes. A need is materializing to expand 

to between 700 million and one billion bytes. 

One of the major factors expected to influence our operations in the near 

future is the expansion of micropublishing in the Federal Government. A 

report issued in March 1977 by the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation predicts that the use of this media by Federal agencies to produce and distribute information will grow sharply each year over the next five years. 

The effect of this expansion on electronic graphics in the GPO could be 

substantial because of the potential for recording the output of photocomposers directly on roll microfilm or microfiche. 

COMPOSING DIVISION 

The Composing Division is responsible for accepting manuscript from 

Congress and Federal agencies, furnishing proofs to the customer, 

correcting returned proofs, and providing type or reproduction proofs 

to other divisions for completion. As a service, the Division furnishes 

printing specialists to Congress and agencies, and provides guidance 

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and technical advice upon request. A continuing responsibility has been 

to provide assistance for a smooth transition from hot metal to photocomposition. 

This past year has been a very productive year in most areas considering 

the transitional phase from hot metal production. Over 1.3 billion ems 

Production 

Analysis 

of hot metal type were produced in fiscal year 1978, 

down 200 million ems from the previous year. 

During the year, the Congressional Record Index 

and the Federal Register were converted to photocomposition. The Composing Division, however, continues to aid in proofreading. The number of pages 

of the Congressional Record amounted to 43,477 in 1978, an increase of 

7,800 over fiscal year 1977. Total employment in the Composing Division 

decreased by 18 percent in 1978 with the majority of the employees being 

transferred to other Divisions. 

The Composing Division has continued to meet production requirements with 

a declining workforce and will continue to carry out its responsibilities 

in the same manner in the future. 

Significant 

Achievements 

The transfer of the Federal Register program from 

the Composing Division to Electronic Photocomposition was completed during this fiscal year. 

Employees have been assigned into training programs 

in the Offset and Electronic Photocomposition Divisions. 

A Proofreader Training Program is planned to provide the Office 

Future with a continuing supply of qualified 

Plans proofreaders. 

LETTERPRESS DIVISION 

The Letterpress Division is responsible for meeting congressional 

requirements for printing produced by the letterpress process and to 

print other jobs assigned to the division such as postal cards and 

miscellaneous departmental work, primarily job work. This task is 

accomplished by the functions of the Main Press, Postal Card, Electrotype, Photoengraving and Stereotype Sections. 

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A total of 296 million impressions was reported during fiscal year 

1978. This was 12 percent below the previous 12-month period and 

reflects the Division's reduced workload caused by the transition 

from hot metal to photocomposition. The Congressional Record 

Production 

Analysis 

and Federal Register total impressions were 

69 million, or 15 percent below last year 

primarily because of a change in the number 

of copies of the Record printed for distribution 

to constituents. Letterpress postal card production was 752 million which was 54 percent 

higher than last year's production. The Letterpress Division workforce 

decreased by 38 employees, 10 percent, \vhich is a three percent greater 

decrease than what was anticipated at the beginning of the year. 

The transition of the Federal Register to photocomposition is now 

completed and the entire issue is now printed with photopolymer plates. 

Significant 

Achievements 

Since the photopolymer plate rooms have been 

completed, the Division is now ready to print the 

Congressional Record from photocomposition or repro 

copy. 

During fiscal year 1979, three new envelope presses will be in operation 

to provide improved print quality using the dry offset method. 

Future 

Plans 

New flat magnetic bases are on order and due to 

arrive in early fiscal year 1979. With these unit 

the Division will be able to print anything from 

photocomposition on any flat bed press. 

During fiscal year 1979, one of the three original cylinders on the postal 

card presses will be redesigned for the mounting of magnetic saddles. 

After installation, the saddles will reduce the makeready and imposition 

time by 75 percent. 

OFFSET DIVISION 

The Offset Division is responsible for producing printed products by 

lithographic processes and performing preparatory tasks according to 

specifications for work procured commercially. Lithographic reproducibles manufactured in the plant or by commercial contractors are 

inspected and stored by the Division. 

During fiscal year 1978, the impressions for web and sheet fed presses 

were 273 million. The Division anticipates an 

Production increase in press production for next year as a 

Analysis result of new equipment being installed. 

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The principal achievement of the Division was the modernization of 

the Web Unit of the Offset Press Section where three 25-inch, single 

unit, Group 86 web presses were installed and placed in operation. In 

addition, purchase awards were issued for two 50-inch, two unit, Group 

88 web presses. 

The daily Federal Register was converted from hot-metal makeup to a 

photocomposition format. As a result of installation of magnetic saddles on letterpress equipment, 

negatives produced can be used for photopolymer or 

regular plates. Major challenges in the conversion 

Significant 

Achievements 

were improving the makeup of incomplete pages, the 

insertion of illustrations and tabular matter, the 

line corrections, and the mounting of true printing folios. 

Savings were realized as a result of the designing and installation of 

a central chemical dispensing system in the Camera Unit of the Offset 

Negative Section. This system dispenses concentrated chemicals through 

an overhead distribution line to five film processors. 

The planned 

Future 

Plans 

completion of the new plateroom installation, which will 

complete the realignment of the Division, will 

result in improved production workflow and 

a safer operation. The successful completion 

of the division's modernization program will 

provide the capability to meet the increasing 

demands for offset printing. 

BINDING DIVISION 

The Binding Division is responsible for all finishing operations on 

work processed in the Government Printing Office. 

Analysis of production during fiscal year 1978 indicates increases in 

some operations and decreases in others with very little net change. 

The daily Federal Register decreased in the number of printed pages 

but increased in the total number of copies produced by over one-half 

million. 

Production 

Analysis 

Pamphlet Section is continuing to experience a 

slight decrease in folding operations as well 

as a decrease in book gathering. However, the 

quantity of inserted books and adhesive bound 

books increased. This indicates a trend of 

less side-wire stitched work. The U.S. Passport production in the 

Blank Section continues to increase with production totaling one-half 

million more than fiscal year 1977. 

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The establishment of 

being monitored from 

Significant 

Achievements 

be a more successful 

movement of loads as 

the "Work Control Unit" is resulting in all jobs 

entry into the Binding Division through necessary 

production stages to verify delivery to the shipping platform. It is becoming a viable tool for 

production control. 

The installation of three plastic stretch wrap 

machines is now underway. Anticipated results will 

method of securing skids and pallets for in-house 

well as external shipments. 

An additional book cartoning machine was acquired and will result in 

expediting production on many large cartoning jobs. 

Plans are underway to modernize the Congressional Record Room with the 

intent to adhesive bind both the Congressional Record and the Federal 

Register. This planned system will affix certain data, such as the 

Future 

Plans 

zip code address, to the front cover of each 

issue through an ink jet spray system. A semiautomatic conveying system from pressroom to 

bindery will be installed which will deliver 

signatures directly to the gathering machines. 

Cost savings of this project will allow the 

system to pay for itself in a short time and the changes will decrease 

the time it takes to mail the Record and Register. 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BRANCH 

The Library of Congress Branch produces catalog cards and proof sheets 

for the Catalog Distribution Service of the Library of Congress as well 

as job work for the Library. This is accomplished with a combined 

letterpress and offset operation. 

All phases of 

Production 

Analysis 

letterpress work showed a decline this fiscal year. 

This decline is the continuation of a trend which 

began over two years ago with the cutback in 

the number of titles received and reduction of 

personnel on board, and is expected to continue in 

the future. 

A continued reduction of personnel in both letterpress and offset reflects 

the decrease in workload during the transitional period prior to transferring the function to the Catalog Distribution Service. The workload 

Significant 

Achievements 

for letterpress has in all probability reached the 

level it will maintain for the foreseeable future. 

Purchase of an electrostatic camera-processor 

resulted in a savings for the Branch during this 

fiscal year. 

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Although it is difficult to develop a firm estimate of the Branch's 

future workload requirements, it appears that the workload will decrease 

this fiscal year's requirements and the staffing 

will be adjusted accordingly. 

Future 

Plans A reduction of at least 50 percent of the remaining 

offset work \vill result due to the installation 

of a photocopy system in the Catalog Distribution 

Service of the Library of Congress. Plans are being formulated to transfer the Branch offset equipment to the Catalog Distribution Service, and 

phase out the operation, resulting in a loss of eight positions. Therefore, all that will remain is the letterpress operation. 

QUALITY CONTROL & TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT 

The Quality Control and Technical Department develops and coordinates the 

GPO Quality Program. It is responsible for the laboratory testing of 

items utilized in the printing and binding operations, and the manufacture 

of select supply items such as inks, type metals, adhesives, etc. The 

Department conducts cost reduction studies and necessary developmental 

work to improve quality, effect economies, and resolve problems that 

arise during production. Technical support is provided to the various 

quality control elements in the Office. Ancillary functions include 

the development of procurement specifications; monitoring materials and 

work environments for health hazards; and maintaining liaison with 

regulatory agencies and the various technical organizations engaged 

in related work. 

The total number of 

Production 

Analysis 

a reflection of the 

samples tested during the fiscal year amounted to 

11,428 (increase of 12 percent). Printing inks 

manufactured totaled 115,446 pounds (decrease of 

38 percent) and purchased printing inks totaled 

191,252 (increase of 24 percent). The overall 

quantity of ink decreased about 10 percent. Type 

·metal issued decreased about 18 percent which is 

conversion from hot metal composition. 

Requirements continued during this fiscal year for security ink used 

in printing documents for the State and Defense Department and 22 such 

inks were developed. Several specialty printing inks were developed 

Significant 

Achievements 

for the Copyright Office, Library of Congress, 

and the U.S. Postal Service. The ink for the 

Copyright Office is required to last for 150 years 

and to incorporate an identifying feature. 

Over 100 jobs were successfully applied to the 

Quality Assurance Through Attributes Program (QATAP) leading to a revised 

attribute package and a QATAP Technical Manual. 

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The Government Printing Office War on Waste Program, started four years 

ago, continues to show excellent results. In the control of paper waste 

management now has available to it a monthly report which shows the tot~ 

amount of paper waste broken down by operating division. Responsible 

officials take necessary action whenever inordinate waste is reported. 

So effective has the program been that for fiscal year 1978 waste paper 

from all sources is well below the printing industry average. 

A quality related recording system for customer complaints was developed 

and monthly reports are being supplied to management. 

The number of defective books produced was reduced due 

process controls established for the adhesive binder. 

study of the Departmental Service Office for printing 

esses was forwarded for approval and implementation. 

to the use of 

Additionally, a 

and binding procDesign of process controls, assistance in selection of process control 

equipment, and the training of necessary quality control personnel will 

continue to be stressed. The QATAP will be extended to the Regional 

Printing Procurement Offices and to work produced in-house early next 

year. 

Future 

Plans 

Support of industry groups will continue as 

evidenced by three papers that are being prepared 

which will be shared with graphic arts and technical groups. 

The dissemination of technical information to all levels of management 

will continue through the use of a Technical Bulletin and individual 

special studies. 

Two technical reports will be prepared entitled "Measurement of Color 

and Color Difference" and "Specialty Papers". 

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ASSISTANT PUBLIC PRINTER FOR MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 

It is the responsibility of the Assistant Public Printer for Management and Administration (M&A) to provide the support services essential 

to ensure effective functioning of all operating Departments of the 

Office. The Assistant Public Printer (M&A) supervises the Comptroller 

and the Directors of Data Systems, Engineering, General Services, 

Materials Management, Personnel, and Security; coordinates their operations; and advises the Public Printer on policy matters. Statistics 

applicable to these Services are shown in Table 17. 

The Services within the Management and Administration area are actively 

seeking improved methods to accomplish their mission and are implementing 

changes on an on-going basis. Indicative of the advances being made are 

systems for Federal Register Data Collection, which produces automatic 

monthly billings; Simplified Intragovernmental Billing and Collecting, 

which provides immediate collection from customer agencies; and Production Reporting for Operations, Budgeting, and Expenditures, which is now 

collecting over 84 percent of the Central Office 

labor hours and production statistics. ImprovePerspective ments have been realized in employee welfare by 

establishing two new EEO advisory committees and 

according full wage negotiation and appeal rights 

for Printing Plant Workers, Journeyman Bindery Workers, and the Monotype 

Occupational Group. 

Additionally, technical support is being supplied to implement systems 

in other areas, such as Documents' Special Accounts Reporting and Billing Control System and the Refund and Dishonored Check Control System. 

Management assistance is being provided through formal presentations 

which tie together financial, budgetary, productivity, and MRO data; 

analyses of word processing equipment, inventory controls, communications; and other analytical functions. 

To meet the needs of our changing Office-wide requirements, administrative assistance, such as changes in automation hardware, modifications to work areas, identification and correction of safety problems 

to ensure compliance with existing laws, updating of telecommunications 

service, improving storage areas, etc., is provided. 

In the area of cost reduction and avoidance, steps are being taken by 

changing methods of shipments to achieve lower rates, making alterations to conserve energy usage, and leasing a new warehouse to reduce 

storage costs. 

The future will produce additional advances including automation of 

analyses for forecasting of trends, automation of Standard Form 50 

processing, updating of necessary equipment, and streamlining of workflow in various operational areas. 

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DATA SYSTEMS SERVICE 

Data Systems Service provides a full range of data processing services. 

This includes feasibility studies; the design, development or procurement 

of computer systems and programs; and the implementation and processing 

of approved systems. The Service develops related policies, procedures 

and controls. 

Several major Documents Area systems were implemented such as the Special 

Accounts Reporting and Billing Control System (SARABCS); and the Refund 

and Dishonored Check Control System (RDCCS). Major systems developmental 

work continued on other Documents' applications such as the Mail List 

System and the Deposit Accounts System. 

In other areas, the Federal Register data collection system was implemented to collect daily data and automatically produce the monthly billSignificant 

Achievements 

ings.; the Simplified Intragovernmental Billing and 

Collection System (SIBAC), which allows immediate 

payments to GPO for charges to other agencies, was 

implemented to improve cash flow; expansion continued on the PROBE system with over 84 percent 

of the Central Office reporting labor hours and 

production statistics by this method. 

New systems during the year required hardware changes including two transmission control units, for adequate support. Printing capability was 

increased by replacing four printers with three more efficient printers. 

Memory capacity was expanded on the computer system with the addition 

of one megabyte of core storage. The old keypunch card technology was 

replaced with a system which provides flexible and efficient interface 

with the new teleprocessing systems being implemented. An internal DSS 

Security Study was prepared to comply with Federal Information Processing 

Standards applicable to computer security and privacy. 

Major automation projects for Documents Area will continue with implementation of the Subscription Fulfillment System, the Cataloging and 

Depository Distribution System, and the Consigned 

Order Processing and Inventory Control System. 

Future 

Plans Other plans for the upcoming year call for the 

implementation of a pilot project to track production and procurement called the Operations Management Information System (OMIS); the automation of the General Ledger and 

expanded budget reporting for Financial Management Service and the installation of a new computer system to replace the current system and increase 

storage and processing capability. 

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ENGINEERING SERVICE 

The Engineering Service provides professional engineering assistance for 

studies, system development, purchases and planning services plus the 

management and maintenance of all Government Printing Office facilities, 

machinery and equipment in consonance with an effective and safe working 

environment for employees in order to meet the operational and economic 

requirements of the Office. 

The Service provided necessary support material and coordinated with 

GSA in obtaining House approval for the proposed GPO building. 

Renovation of more than 26,000 square feet of space was provided for Personnel Service, Quality Control and Technical Department, Data Systems 

Service, Materials Management Service, the Production Manager and the 

Customer Service Manager. 

The Service completed building modifications providing bookstore entrance 

and restroom facilities for the handicapped. These, 

and other facilities for the handicapped, were recognized by the District of Columbia Association for 

Retarded Citizens by naming GPO "Employer of the 

Year." 

Significant 

Achievements 

The Service developed a course and furnished training in cardiopulmonary 

resuscitation as well as flammable liquid handling and emergency squad 

training. 

Energy conservation was promoted by scheduling replacement of all standard 

40-watt, 4-foot fluorescent tubes with energy-efficient tubes. 

The Engineering 

Future 

Plans 

Service will continue to work closely with production 

divisions to assist in completion of their plans 

for realignment, both in existing and future 

locations within GPO. 

Work will continue on such areas as elevator 

rebuilding, fire protection, restroom renovations, 

various office renovations, and to provide compliance with EPA laws and 

regulations. 

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE 

Financial Management Service provides financial management and productivity and work measurement services to meet Office-wide managerial and 

operating requirements. Some of these services include general accounting, 

cost accounting, ratemaking, collecting and disbursing, and zero-base 

budgeting. 

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The Production Reporting for Operations, Budgeting and Expenditures 

(PROBE) system was fully implemented in all metropolitan Production 

Department and Superintendent of Documents areas. This system provides 

more timely input and more accurate information in the cost records 

pertaining to labor hours and production statistics. 

Significant 

Achievements 

The Simplified Intragovernmental Billing and 

Collection (SIBAC) system was implemented for 

over half of our customer agencies improving 

greatly our cash position. 

Regular presentations integrating financial, productivity, budgeting, 

personnel, and MBO data were initiated during the year to provide a 

comprehensive management tool. 

The Detailed Functional Systems Requirement (DFSR) was developed for 

the automated maintenance accounting system, which continues to lower 

costs and increases the effectiveness of our accounting functions. 

Equipment will be procured to ensure the smooth implementation of the 

Automated Refund and Dishonored Check System and increased emphasis 

will be given to the full automation of existing 

accounting subsystems. 

Future 

Plans 

subsystems. 

of Financial 

Efforts will be continued toward the goal to bill 

all customer agencies under the SIBAC system and 

to fully automate the general ledger and related 

Efforts will continue to increase the overall productivity 

Management Service by four percent. 

GENERAL SERVICES 

General Services provides a comprehensive range of administrative 

services, management and systems analyses, and a responsive management 

information system in support of Office-wide managerial and operating 

requirements. 

Management assistance was provided to the Printing Procurement Department 

on word processing equipment and to the Project PROBE Committee in the 

area of communications. 

Significant 

Achievements 

Management analyses and reviews were made of the 

MBO Program and the Five-Year Plan; lease versus 

purchase of 63 items; and the Inventory and Control 

of Ink System. 

Administrative support in space management and telecommunications was 

provided for those organizational units which vacated space in the Central 

Office and relocated in the metropolitan area. 

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Preliminary plans were completed for the acquisition of two parcels of 

land to improve the GPO parking facilities. Controls over parking permits 

was improved by the implementation of a permit exchange issuance system. 

The Service developed and implemented procedures to use the GPO ATS system 

for maintaining records of training courses attended by GPO executives, 

managers, and supervisors. The file is periodically updated and printouts 

produced to meet the needs of management. 

Plans are being finalized to relocate and consolidate organizational 

Future 

Plans 

units into more adequate areas at the Central Office. 

Plans will be developed for improving the warehouse 

facilities in the metropolitan area. Surveys are 

planned in conjunction with C&P Telephone Co. to 

update all telecommunications services and equipment 

at current or reduced cost. Efforts will be 

increased to develop adequate record retention schedules. The Directives 

System and the GPO Forms program will be upgraded. 

MATERIALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE 

The Materials Management Service is responsible for the acquisition 

of materials, equipment, and supplies; commercial services; transportation services; receiving and shipping; maintaining current inventory 

records of paper, envelopes, materials and supplies; initiating and 

accounting for the shipment of Government postal cards; and providing 

authorized support of Government Printing Office operations and other 

Federal agencies. 

A substantial savings in transportation costs was accomplished this 

year when the method of shipment for rush orders was changed from 

all air freight to a combination of surface and air freight delivery. 

§ignificant 

Achievements 

This change was accomplished without sacrificing 

delivery time. 

Storage facilities were improved by the installation of metal shelving and storage conveyors. 

New industrial trucks were received to be used 

for delivery of bulk materials to production areas. 

An industry-wide survey was conducted to determine the availability of 

paper that would meet the requirements of the Census Bureau for the 1980 

Decennial Census. 

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Development of the Materials Management Procurement and Control System 

should provide more efficient records for inventory of materials. The 

inventory segment should be operational in early fiscal year 1979 and 

Future 

Plans 

the procurement segment in the Spring of 1979. 

Negotiations will be completed to lease a 250,000 

square foot warehouse. This facility will replace 

both the Franconia and Farrington Avenue warehouses 

in Virginia. Contract award is scheduled for December 1978 with occupancy by the Fall of 1979. 

The Service will analyze equipment requirements to replace obsolete 

items. These items include a new sheeting machine, vacuum type roll 

handling trucks, clamp trucks, steel warehouse trailers, etc. 

PERSONNEL SERVICE 

Personnel Service provides a full range of personnel programs in accordance with pertinent laws, Civil Service rules and regulations, and 

Office policies. 

Preparations were advanced to m1n1m1ze possible employee dislocations 

resulting from changes in printing technology. Several new retraining 

programs were started for threatened occupations to reassign or retrain 

employees. Substantial progress has been made toward establishing competitive levels and retention registers. 

Wage negotiations with union representatives of Printing Plant Workers, 

Journeyman Bindery Workers, and employees of the Monotype Occupational 

Significant 

Achievements 

Group resulted in a 5.5 percent wage increase. 

This was the first time that employees in these 

three groups were accorded full wage negotiations 

and appeal rights. 

Two new EEO Advisory Committees were established--

the Public Printer's Council on EEO Programs, and the Federal Woman's 

Program Advisory Committee. 

Classification surveys have been conducted in 24 of GPO's 38 field 

activities. Implementation of the new Factor Evaluation System of 

position classification has resulted in approximately 80 percent 

of all GG positions being rewritten. 

Implementation of the recent Civil Service Reform Act will require 

major efforts during this fiscal year. Categories that possibly 

Future 

Plans 

will be affected are: disciplinary actions, 

grievances, and the labor-management relations 

program. 

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Continuous steps are being taken to further automate Standard Form 50 

to reflect within-grade increases in addition to other items in the 

Data Automation Plan. 

A study is planned to determine the feasibility of abolishing the 

Printing Plant Worker and clerical promotion roster and establishing 

new announcement/certification procedures. 

SECURITY SERVICE 

The Security Service provides a program of security for Government 

Printing Office personnel and facilities, including law enforcement, 

conflict of interest reporting and monitoring, investigative internal 

control, and protective services in support of Office-wide managerial 

requirements and policies. 

Several investigations were conducted by the Service to determine 

possible fraud against the government. 

Significant 

Achievements 

The Service conducted classes on Standards of 

Conduct and Conflicts of Interest for the 

Printing Procurement Department employees to 

insure the integrity of the commercial printing 

procurement program. 

A computer Security Program was developed to provide centralized guidance 

and uniform policy on known aspects of automation security to prevent 

damage to national security and to protect funds and supplies. 

More emphasis and 

Future 

Plans 

effort will be placed on the prevention and detection 

of possible fraudulent activities within the commercial printing procurement programs to insure 

their integrity. 

Further, concerted investigative efforts will 

be made to reduce the increasing costs to the 

Government and the Government Printing Office resulting from claims of 

alleged work related injury claims. 

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ASSISTANT PUBLIC PRINTER (SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS) 

The major responsibilities of the Office of the Assistant Public 

Printer (Superintendent of Documents) are the sale of Government 

publications, the compilation of catalogs and indexes of Government publications, the distribution of Government publications to 

depository libraries, and the mailing of publications for members 

of Congress and for Government agencies. The Documents Area is 

comprised of three major services: Documents Sales Service, 

Library and Statutory Distribution Service, and Documents Support 

Service. 

A total concept of Program Management will be implemented in support 

of the mission. Increased attention and resources will be directed 

toward the Management by Objectives Program and toward improving the 

correlation between the MBO, the Budget, and the Five-Year Plan. Data 

automation will be directed toward streamlining and bringing together 

applications which are interrelated by their 

nature and new systems design for enhancement 

Perspective of service to meet our objectives. The question of computerized postage reporting will be 

thoroughly evaluated. This will permit more 

accurate monitoring of postage costs. 

Emphasis will continue to be placed upon improving services to our 

customers by increasing productivity and reducing processing costs. 

A feasibility study is underway concerning the use of credit cards 

and toll-free numbers in our Sales Program. The use of credit cards 

would decrease the number of problems encountered with our foreign 

customers and may increase our overall sales. 

Workloads in Documents' programs are expected to increase moderately 

and the distribution of consumer information publications should 

increase substantially due to marketing efforts on the part of the 

General Services Administration. 

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DOCUMENTS SALES SERVICE 

The Documents Sales Service is responsible for the sale of Government 

documents and the distribution of free Consumer Information Publications. It conducts these programs through five divisions engaged 

in the order fulfillment functions of supplying Government publications, including subscription services, to the public by mail order 

and direct sales through bookstores. 

During the past year automation programs that had commenced during the 

previous years were culminated, providing increased control over order 

processing and the sales operation. Major 

efforts were extended toward refinement of 

Significant 

Achievements 

inventory management and financial accounting 

applications to provide more accurate budgetary 

and planning information to the managers of the 

Sales Program. 

Sales Service future plans revolve principally around goals related 

to service, budget, and sales revenue/volume. Planning will be directed 

Future 

Plans 

toward continuing to automate and make procedural 

improvements to enhance the quality of service 

and meet the objective of processing retail mail 

orders in five workdays or less; recovering the 

entire cost of the General Sales Program; recovering the reimbursable costs associated with the freE 

Consumer Information Distribution Program; and taking steps to increase 

the quality, volume, and revenue value of sales orders. 

LIBRARY AND STATUTORY DISTRIBUTION SERVICE 

The Library and Statutory Distribution Service is responsible for compilation of the Monthly Catalog and Indexing of Government Documents, 

distribution of Government documents to Depository Libraries and 

mailing of documents for members of Congress and Government agencies. 

In this fiscal year, 4,800 Government documents were converted to a 

microfiche format and over 2.8 million microfiche were forwarded to 

depository libraries. During the year 261 depository libraries were 

inspected and the Depository Distribution Division processed and mailed 85 percent of all titles 

Significant within 48 hours of receipt. 

Achievements 

The Depository Distribution Division assumed two 

additional responsibilities this year that increased 

the workload of the Division by about five percent. The Division assumed 

responsibility for the International Exchange Service and the distribution 

of file copies. 

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Mechanization of the distribution functions of the different divisions 

will be a major concern during the coming year. A study is currently 

underway to develop ways to mechanize the Depository Division and the 

installation of a new bin and conveyor system 

is expected to be completed in the Statutory 

Future Distribution Division by March of the coming year. 

Plans 

The Service is actively seeking additional warehouse and office space to house the rapidly expanding activities of all three divisions. A temporary measure is being 

taken to acquire an additional 6,000 square feet of warehouse space in 

the immediate vicinity of the current warehouse site. 

DOCUMENTS SUPPORT SERVICE 

The Documents Support Service is comprised of three Divisions which are 

responsible for directing work-support and management services necessary 

to the operations of the Office of the Assistant Public Printer (Superintendent of Documents). 

The number of pieces of regular mail controlled by the Correspondence 

Branch increased by 611 percent during fiscal year 1978, whereas the 

amount of overall correspondence controlled by the Branch increased by 

183 percent. During the reporting period, word processing became a 

reality in Documents and approximately 130 Documents employees were 

trained in the use of the new central dictation system. Employees cannot 

only dictate over their normal office telephones, but can use any telephone 

Significant 

Achievements 

to record their ideas when and where they occur. 

During 1978 many of the automated systems started 

in previous years were completed and brought on-line. 

These systems brought on-line or completed this 

year were PROBE, which now covers 100 percent of 

Documents employees; SARABCS, which automated the billing and accounting 

functions of the Special Accounts Branch; and the Deposit Accounts Inquiry 

System which provides up-to-date information on Deposit Accounts. 

Other significant occurrences include the reorganization of the Receipts 

Branch to emphasize the front-ending of mail and the addition of a mail 

sorting machine in the Mail Room which increased production by 40 percent. 

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Increased attention and resources will be directed toward the Management by Objectives Program and improving the correlation between the 

Documents' Budget, Five-Year Plan, and the MBO Program. 

Future 

Plans 

The emphasis on systems development and enhancement to existing systems will continue to expand 

in conjunction with the coordination and development of Documents-wide data automation plans and 

maintenance of the documentation for existing 

automated systems within Documents. 

Existing INFONET applications (Daily and Weekly Status Reports and the 

Personnel Management Reporting Subsystem) will be converted to in-house 

systems. 

Other plans call for production standards to be developed for all appropriate Documents' operations and a program to be developed to periodically 

analyze and evaluate all Documents' operations and programs. 

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ASSISTANT PUBLIC PRINTER (PLANNING) 

The Office of the Assistant Public Printer (Planning) is responsible 

for assessing the environment in which the Government Printing Office 

conducts its operations and keeping the Public Printer informed as 

to activities and trends which impact the performance of his mission. 

Implicit in this responsibility is the continued reporting of the 

state of mission-related technology and the development of strategic 

options to ensure that the Public Printer's mission is accomplished 

in the most responsible and economical manner. Additionally, the 

Staff provides administrative support to, and schedules and coordinates 

the Government Printing Office Five-Year Plan. 

The Planning Staff scheduled, coordinated and structured the development 

of the ''Government Printing Office Five-Year Plan, Fiscal Years 1980 -

1984", which was approved by the Public Printer. 

The planning cycle and format are reasonably 

Perspective well established but on-going efforts will be 

utilized to further improve the content and 

handling of substantive input. 

The Staff provided technical support to several management projects, 

such as the composition conversion plan, production cost analyses, 

indexing of contractors' billings, and review of management information 

reports. 

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STATISTICAL APPENDIX 

31 
ASSETS 

Revolving 

Fund 

FUND BALANCES WITH U.S. TREASURY & 

CASH: 

Fund balances in U.S. Treasury $ 19,393 

Cash on hand and in transit (NOTE 9) 1,585 

20,978 

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND ADVANCES: 

Accounts receivable: 

Government agencies (NOTE 2) 144,399 

Other 342 

Advances to employees 

144 '774 

\...>.) INVENTORIES: (NOTE 3) 

N Publications for sale, net 23,435 

Printing work in process, at 

standard value 26,777 

Paper, envelopes, and other 

supplies at cost _13_,76(! 

63,972 

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT: 

Land and buildings, at cost ---

Equipment and building appurtenances 63,330 

Construction work in progress (NOTE 7) 1,387 

Less: Allowance for depreciation (31,004) 

33,713 

TOTAL ASSETS $263,437 

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

STATEMENT OF ASSETS, LIABILITIES AND INVESTMENTS 

AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1978 

(IN THOUSANDS) 

LIABILITIES AND INVESTMENTS 

(NOTE 1) Combined 

Other Funds Funds 

LIABILITIES: 

Accounts payable (NOTE 4) $51,321 $ 70,714 Accrued salaries and wages 

---

--- 1,585 Amounts withheld from employees 

for purchase of savings bonds 51,321 72,299 and payment of taxes 

Employees accrued annual leave 

Customers deposits, prepaid 

subscriptions and unearned revenue 555 144,954 

--- 342 

---

---

555 145,329 

INVESTMENT OF U.S. GOVERNMENT: 

--- 23,435 Capital 

Retained earnings reserved 

--- 26,777 Retained earnings unreserved 

Appropriations and other fund balances 

--- ___13_,1_6"() Income from sales of publication 

--- 63,972 payable to U.S. Treasury 

9,085 9,085 

3,462 66,792 

--- 1,387 

(8,523) (39,527) 

4,024 37,737 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND INVESTMENT OF 

$55!900 $319,337 U.S. GOVERNMENT 

Rev

F

$ 

__

1

1

$2
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

REVOLVING FUND 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENSE 

FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1978 

(IN THOUSANDS) 

REVENUE 

Printing and binding services performed for 

Government agencies and Congress (NOTE 5) 

Document sales to the public 

Services associated with Document sales: 

Reimbursements by appropriations to the 

Superintendent of Documents (NOTE 8) 

Services associated with depository libraries, 

cataloging and indexing, and distribution 

for other agencies 

Reimbursements by appropriations to the 

Superintendent of Documents 

Blank paper sales: 

Receipts from other Government agencies 

Other 

TOTAL REVENUE 

DIRECT COSTS 

Labor 

Material 

Purchases of printing 

Cost of publications sold 

Cost of publications destroyed 

TOTAL DIRECT COSTS 

GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 

TOTAL EXPENSES 

NET INCOME TO THE REVOLVING FUND 

Less amount payable to the U.S. Treasury 

NET INCOME RETAINED BY THE REVOLVING FUND 

CHANGE IN EARNINGS RETAINED BY THE 

REVOLVING FUND 

Balance - October 1, 1977 

Add: 

Net income retained by revolving fund 

Balance - September 30, 1978 

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TABLE 2 

$498,625 

44,446 

3,615 

24,317 

16,332 

3,209 

$590,544 

$108,081 

40,997 

302,965 

12,010 

1,973 

$466~026 

113,156 

$579,182 

$ 11 .. 362 

171 

$ 11,191 

$ 58,528 

11, 191 

$ 69,719 
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

OTHER FUNDS 

STATUS OF APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER FUND BALANCES 

AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1978 

(IN THOUSANDS) 

Appropriation 

Printing & Binding Superintendent 

Balances - October 1, 1977 

Source of funds: 

Appropriations 

Reimbursements 

Increase in investment of fixed assets 

Restoration of funds 

TOTAL 

Use of funds: 

Amounts paid to the revolving fund 

in payment for: 

Congressional printing and binding 

General sales distribution 

Special sales distribution 

Distribution for other agencies 

Depository library distribution 

Cataloging and indexing 

Depreciation on buildings, furniture 

and fixtures 

Increase ·in liability for employees' 

annual leave, Superintendent of Documents 

Unobligated funds returned to U.S. Treasury 

TOTAL DEDUCTIONS 

Balances - September 30, 1978 

Less: Funds to be returned to U.S. Treasury 

Obligations 

Unfunded Obligations 

For Congress of Documents 

$ 40,390 $12,350 

84,627 

$125,017 

$ 91,856 

$ 91,856 

$ 33.161 

4,239 

28,922 

302068 

$ 1,146 

34 

$ 

22,045 

4,440 

1,273 

2,342 

8,302 

14,397 

1,618 

$27,932 

$10,903 

2,091 

8,812 

..JW:l..1d 

(NOTE 6) 

Other 

$7,285 

1,062 

$ 

290 

31 

$.......ill. 

$8,026 

TABLE 3 

Total 

$ 60,025 

106,672 

4,440 

1,062 

$172,199 

$ 91,856 

1,273 

2,342 

8,302 

14.397 

1,618 

lQ 

31 

$l20, 109 

$ 522090 
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

OTHER FUNDS 

STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS 

FROM APPROPRIATIONS TO THE REVOLVING FUND 

FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1978 

(IN THOUSANDS) 

Payments from Congressional printing and binding 

appropriations to revolving fund 

Congressional Record 

Hearings 

Miscellaneous printing and binding 

Bills, resolutions and amendments 

Miscellaneous publications 

Federal Register 

Committee prints 

House and Senate calendars 

Documents 

Supplements to the Code of Federal Regulations 

Committee reports 

Franked envelopes 

Publications for International Exchange 

Document franks 

Automation of Federal Register 

Details to Congress 

Government Manual 

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents 

Public Papers of the President 

Congressional Record Daily 

Congressional Record Index 

TOTAL PAYMENTS 

Payments from Superintendent of Documents 

appropriations to the revolving fund 

General sales distribution 

Special sales distribution 

Distribution for other agencies 

Depository library distribution 

Cataloging and indexing 

TOTAL PAYMENTS 

35 

TABLE 4 

$ 1,952 

24,926 

7,021 

10,205 

7, 724 

1,795 

7,558 

2,487 

2,226 

2,588 

5,290 

813 

1,164 

96 

815 

4,804 

94 

439 

287 

8,959 

613 

$91,856 

$ 1. 273 

2,342 

8,302 

14,397 

1,618 

$27,932 
REVENUE 

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

REVOLVING FUND 

AMOUNTS DUE U.S. TREASURY 

FROM SALE OF PUBLICATIONS 

FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1978 

(IN THOUSANDS) 

Document sales to the public 

Reimbursements by appropriations to 

the Superintendent of Documents 

Other revenue 

TOTAL REVENUE 

EXPENSES 

Cost of publications sold 

Cost of publications destroyed 

OTHER EXPENSES 

General and administrative expenses 

Salaries and expenses 

Postage expense 

TOTAL EXPENSES 

AMOUNT PAYABLE TO THE U.S. TREASURY 

Status of payments due U.S. Treasury 

Balance payable-October 1, 1977 

Add: Amount payable to U.S. Treasury 

Less: Payments to U.S. Treasury 

Prior Period adjustment 

Balance payable-September 30, 1978 

36 

$44,446 

3,615 

660 

48,721 

12,010 

1,973 

21,717 

3,615 

9,235 

48,550 

$ 171 

$22,863 

171 

12,863 

397 

$ 9, 774 

TABLE 5 
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

REVOLVING AND OTHER FUNDS 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FINANCIAL POSITION 

FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1978 

(IN THOUSANDS) 

Funds provided: 

Printing and binding services performed 

Document sales to the public 

Sales of paper 

Appropriations: 

For Congressional printing and bindJng 

For Superintendent of Documents 

Total Appropriations 

Other revenue 

Miscellaneous: 

Disposal of fixed assets 

Reimbursements to S&E appropriation 

Total Miscellaneous Funds 

Total Funds Available 

Funds applied: 

Operating expenses, less depreciation and net change in 

accrued annual leave 

Payments for Congressional printing and binding 

Purchases of equipment 

Funds returned to Treasury 

ior period adjustment 

Total Funds Applied 

Decrease in working capital 

ANALYSIS OF WORKING CAPITAL 

Fund balances with U.S. Treasury 

Accounts receivable and advances 

Inventories 

Less: 

Liabilities excluding employees' 

accrued annual leave 

Total Working Capital 

37 

$ 72,299 

145,329 

63,972 

$281,600 

$204,704 

TABLE 6 

$ 84,627 

22!045 

56 

4!440 

9-30-77 

$ 94,905 

156,643 

63,343 

$314,891 

97,448 

$217,443 

$498,625 

44,446 

16,332 

106,672 

3,209 

4,496 

$673!780 

575,925 

91,856 

5,478 

12,863 

397 

$686.519 

$ 12.739 

Increase 

(Decrease) 

($ 22,606) 

( 11,314) 

629 

($ 33,291) 

( 20,552) 

($ 12,739) 
FOOTNOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

ll Other funds consist of account balances of the Congressional Printing 

and Binding Appropriation, the Printing and Binding Appropriation, 

Office of the Superintendent of Documents Salaries and Expenses 

Appropriation, Site Acquisition Appropriation, and the value of 

building structures and land which is specifically excluded from the 

Government Printing Office Revolving Fund by law (44 U.S.C. 309). 

Other funds do not include $300,000 appropriation for environmental 

impact study which was transferred to GSA. 

11 Accounts Receivable Government is net of $351,959 allowance for doubtful accounts. 

11 Publications for sale inventory is net of $1,233,442, allowance for 

unsalable publications, and is computed using average cost. Printing 

work-in-process represents in-plant work at standard value. Paper 

envelopes and other supplies are composed of $8,043,208 for paper and 

envelopes using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method of valuation and 

$5,716,569 for materials and supplies computed on a moving average cost 

basis. 

~I Accounts Payable does not include a contingent liability of $24,936,669 

for the net value of sick leave earned and accumulated by employees of 

the Government Printing Office. 

51 Printing and Binding services performed for Government Agencies and 

Congress include intra-office sales of $16,588,246 and related profit 

for Printing and Binding work performed for the Superintendent of 

Documents Sales Program. 

~I 

II 

~I 

Other funds represent $4.6 million for the acquisition of a new site 

for the Government Printing Office, the book value of $1,552,153 for 

the Government Printing Office buildings and land, the Superintendent 

of Documents' furniture, machinery and equipment with a book value of 

$2,472,067 less the Superintendent of Documents' accrued annual leave 

for employees of $597,946. 

Construction work in progress represents an accumulation of engineering 

charges for material, labor and overhead that will be capitalized and 

amortized upon completion. 

The General Sales Program is no longer included in the Superintendent 

of Documents' Salaries and Expenses Appropriation since the enactment 

of Public Law 95-94. The costs associated with the General Sales 

Program are required to be financed, beginning in fiscal year 1978, by 

the receipts from the sale of publications. 

91 The amount of cash on hand and in transit as of September 30, 1978 was 

determined by a proration of the total cash on hand and in transit between 

September 28, 1978 through October 3, 1978 counted as of October 3, 1978 

and deposited in the Treasury on October 4, 1978. 

38 
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 

Assets, liabilities, revenue, and expenses are recognized on the accrual 

basis of accounting. 

Land, buildings and equipment are stated at cost. Major remodeling 

costs, improvements and betterments to existing facilities and equipment 

are capitalized. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs which do not 

extend the life of the applicable assets are charged to expense as 

incurred. 

An accounting policy change raised the criteria for asset capitalization 

from $500.00 to $1,000.00. 

Depreciation of the plant equipment and machinery is provided on a basis 

estimated by the Government Printing Office to be sufficient to write 

off the cost of the assets over their useful lives, using the straight 

line method. 

When properties are retired or otherwise disposed of, the asset and 

accumulated depreciation accounts are adjusted accordingly. Any resulting 

profit or loss is charged or credited to current earnings. 

Revenue generated by the Printing and Binding Operations is recognized 

when entered into work-in-process. 

Revenue generated by the Sales of Publications Operations is recognized 

when publications have been shipped or when services have been performed. 

Reserved retained earnings represent funds for future acquisitions of 

machinery and equipment. 

Publications for sale inventory is computed using a stratified average 

cost that includes supplements; printing work-in-process is recorded at 

standard value: paper inventory is recorded at a standard cost using the 

first-in, first-out (FIFO) methvd of valuation; and the materials and 

supplies inventory is computed on a moving average cost basis. 

39 
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STATEMENT OF CLASSES AND BILLINGS FOR WORK 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, FIELD PRINTING OFFICES AND COMMERCIALLY PROCURED WOR

FISCAL YEAR 1978 

Type Reproduced 

Pages Pages 

Class of Work Copies Printed Printed 

Congressional Record ..•••.•.••.•••..••.••.•...•••••••.•• 

Federal Register .•••••••.••.••••••.•••••.••••.•.•.•••••• 

Supplement to the Code of Federal Regulations ..•.••••••• 

Official Gazette ••.•.••••.••.•••..••.•.......•.••••••••• 

Specifications of Patents, Trademarks and Designs •.••••• 

Miscellaneous Publications •.•.•••••..•.•.••....••••.•••. 

Postal Cards .•....••••••..•..•.•••.•.••..•....••..•••••. 

Catalog Cards •••.••••••••••..••••••.•••.•••.•.•••••••••. 

Letterheads and Envelopes ••...••••.••••.•••••.•••.•.•••. 

Forms •.•..•••••••.••••••••••••••••••••.••••..•••••.••••• 

Labels, Notices, Cards, and Posters ••••.•.•.•.•••••..••. 

Blank Books •••••••••.•.•.•..•..•••••••••••..•.••.••••.•• 

Multiforms •..••.•••••••••••.••••••••.•••..•.•...••••.••• 

Binding •..•••.•••.••.•••.••••.••••.•.•...••..••.•••••••. 

Binders .••...•••..••.....••..•.•••.•.•..•.•.•..•.•••••.. 

Miscellaneous .•••••..•••••••.••.••••.•...•.••••••••.•••• 

Microfiche ............................................. . 

Blank Paper •••••••••.•....•.•••.•••.•• , ••••.••••••.• , ••• 

Supplies and Services •••.••••.•.••.••••••••••..•••..•••• 

Automation of the Federal Register ••......••••••.••.••.• Automatic Billing .•••••..••••.••••••••••.••....•••.••••• 

Federal Register (Agency Billings) ••.••...•...•••.•.••.. 

Details to Congress •••.........••••...•..•....•.••....•• 

U.S. Government Manual •...•....•••••.••.•.•.•.•.•••••••• 

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents ..•••••••.•• 

Public Papers of the President •••••••••••.•...•••.•••••• 

Daily Congressional Record •••..••••••••••. , ••••.••.••••• 

Congressional Record Index •.••••.•••••••••••..•••••••••. 

TOTAL 

G. P. 0. Departmental Service Office ..••....••...••.••.•.• 

Field Printing Offices •••.••.••.•••••••.•••..••••.•••••• 

GRAND TOTAL 

Breakdown of the Amount Billed: 

1,613,536 1,788,335 

1,216,375 

511,699 

944,407 

2,808,634,969 

623,307,200 

5,744,136 

690,712,350 

5,472,430,471 

3,016,779,466 

3,558,240 

3,144,747,881 

168,282 

582,339 

93,320,545 

28,548,140 

1,447,435,728 

2,627,832 

77,600 

430,220 

13,480,507 

95,722 

465,097 

14,732 

4,183,592 

411,753 

17,363,831,154 

219,309,884 

162,691,459 

17,745,832,497 

Value of Work Produced and Performed by the G.P.O. Central Office 

4,234 

8,625 8,437 

25,460 

1,056,412 

38,313 

1,141,481 1,141,481 

239 

849 

56,965 

26,914 

14,308,216 

49,137 

--

890 

2,891 

3,771 

---

14,452,147 

including paper and materials .•........•...•......•••....•...••..••...•••••...•••.••...•••.....•••..••••••.•

Value of Outside Printing (Less Field Service Offices) ••••••.•••••.•••..••.....•...••••••.••.•••••..•••••.••••

Blank Paper ....•..•••..•.•...••.••..•••••.•.•...•.•••••••.....•.••.•.••.......•.•••..•..••••..•••••.••..•••••.

G. P.O. Departmental Service Office . .. .. . .. ..... • •• • . • • • . . • . . • . . • • • • •• • • • ••. • .. • . •• . . .. • • • . • • 5,676,675 

Field Service Offices •.••••..•••••••.• , ••••.•••••• , • • . • . • • . . . . • . . . • . • • • . • • . • . . • • • • . • • • • • • • • • 5, 451,783 

Total Field and Departmental Service Offices ••••••••..•••••••.•••••••.•.••.••••.••.••..•••••.••••••••.

TOTAL AMOUNT BILLED •.•.•••••• 
STATEMENT OF CLASSES AND BILLINGS FOR WORK 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE EXCLUSIVE OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE ON 

COMMERCIALLY PROCURED WORK 

Class of Work 

Congressional Record ..•.••••••••••..•...••.••••.•••••••• 

Federal Register ••.••.•..•.• , ..••••..•..•• , , •••..••••••• 

Supplement to the Code of Federal Regulations ••.•••.•••• 

Official Gazette •••..•••.•••••••.....•••.••...•.•.• , •••• 

Specifications of Patents, Trademarks and Designs •••.••• 

Miscellaneous Publications ••••••••••••.••••••••••••..••• 

Postal Cards •• , ••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••.•••••••• 

Catalog Cards •••••.••••••••••••••••.•.••••••••••••..•••• 

Letterheads and Envelopes •••••••.•.•....•.•••••.••...••• 

Forms •...•..•.••••.••..••••••••.•....•••••••••• , ••...••• ~ Labels, Notices, Cards, and Posters .••.•••.••.•......••. 

1-' Blank Books •••••••••••.•.•••• , ••••..••.••• , , , , , .• , •• , ••• 

Binding ..••••.••••••••...••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••• 

Miscellaneous ••••••••••••• , •••••••••••..••••••••••.•• , •• 

Blank Paper .••.•••••••..•.•••• , ..•.•..•.•••••••.•..•. , •• 

Supplies and Services •..••••••••••.•...••.•••••.••...• , , 

Automation of the Federal Register •..•.•••.••.•.•..••••• 

Automatic Billing ••..•••• , ••••••...•..••••••.•..••.•••• 

Details to Congress •••••••••••••..•••••••••••••..••••••• 

U.S. Government Manual •••••••••••.•••••.•••••••.••••.••• 

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents •.•.•••••••• 

Public Papers of the President ••••••...•••••.••.••..•••• 

Daily Congressional Record ••••••••.•..•..••••••.••.•.••• 

Congressional Record Index •.•••••••.••..••.••••.•...••.• 

Federal Register (Agency Billings) .••.•.•••••••.•..•.•.•• 

TOTAL ••.••••••••••••••• • • • • · • • • • • • • • • • · • • • • • • • • 

G.P.O. Departmental Service Office •...•••••••.•••••••••• 

Field Printing Offices .• , •••••••••.•.• , ••••••.•••..••.•• 

GRAND TOTAL ..••• , ••••••••.•..•.• , ••..•.•..••••• 

FISCAL YEAR 1978 

Copies 

1,613,536 

1,745,035 

1,215, 775 

511,699 

944,407 

289,095,061 

623,307,200 

5,744,136 

309,798,767 

390,025,097 

262,515,487 

3,252,886 

24,080 

17,824,158 

1,447,435,726 

2,627,832 

77,600 

95,722 

455,097 

14,732 

4,183,592 

411,753 

13,480,507 

3,375,399,885 

219,309,884 

162,686,459 

3,755,396,228 

Type 

Pages 

Printed 

4,234 

8,625 

8,437 

25,460 

1,056,412 

38,313 

1,141,481 

1,141,481 

Reproduced 

Pages 

Printed 

239 

849 

56,965 

26,914 

1,717,605 

890 

2,891 

3,771 

2,27 5 

49,137 

1,861,536 

1,861,536 

Pu
STATEMENT OF CLASSES AND BILLINGS FOR WORK 

COMMERCIALLY PROCURED INCLUDING PRINTING OFFICE WORK PERFORMED THEREON 

FISCAL YEAR 1978 

Type 

Pages 

Class of Work Copies Printed 

Supplement to the Code of Federal Regulations ••••••••••• 

Miscellaneous Publications •••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Letterheads and Envelopes ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Forms ................................................... . 

Multiforms ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••• 

Labels, Notices, and Posters ••.••••••••••••••••..•.••••• 

Blank Books ••••••••.••••.•••..•••.••••.•••.•.•..•••• , ••. 

Miscellaneous •••••••• , ••.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Binding ............................................•.... Binders •.................••...........................•. 

Micro£ iche .............................. · · ........ · · . • • · · 

""' Automatic BillinB •••••••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Automation of the Federal Register .••••.••••.••••••••••• 

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents •••••••••••• 

TOTAL ••••••••••••••••••••••• • • • ••• • · • • · · • • • .. • • • • • • • 

Field Service Offices ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

GRAND TOTAL ••••••••••••••••••.••.•.•••.•••••••••.•• 

43,900 

2,519,539,091 

381,913,583 

5,082,405,374 

3,144,747,881 

2,754,263,959 

305,354 

75,496,387 

144,202 

582,339 

28,548,140 

430,220 

10,000 

13,988,430,430 

5,000 

13,988,435,430 

Reproduced 

Pages 

Printed 

12,590,611 12,590,611 

12,590,611 

P
BILLINGS TO CONGRESS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES 

FISCAL YEAR 1978 

TABLE 10 

(Page 1 of 3) 

CONGRESS: 

Congressional Record •...••••..•••.•• 

Miscellaneous Publications •.••.....• 

Miscellaneous Printing and Binding •. 

Publications for International 

Exchange .••.•...•.....••.••.•...•• 

Franked Envelopes .•...•.•••.••...•.• 

Document Franks ..•...•..•..••••..••• 

House and Senate Calendars ••••..•..• 

Bills, Resolutions and Amendments ..• 

Committee Reports .................. . 

Documents ........•....•••.•.•....•.• 

Hearings .•.•..•••.......•...••...•.. 

Federal Register •.•..••••••••...•... 

Automation of the Federal Register •. 

Supplement to the Code of Federal 

Regulations ••..•....•••...•.•..... 

Committee Prints .......•.•...•..•.•• 

Details to Congress ...•..•.••.•..•.• 

Government Manual •...•••••••.•....•• 

Weekly Compilation of Presidential 

Documents ........................ . 

Public Papers of the President ...•.. 

Congressional Record Daily ..••....•. 

Congressional Record Index ..•.....•• 

Subtotals ................... . 

1110* 1120** 

$ 1,952,051 $ 

7,400,234 323,477 

7,017,245 

554,252 

812,676 

96,139 

2,487,277 

10,053,605 

5,176,334 

2,094,617 

24,926,231 

1,795,091 

815,066 

2,588,378 

7,558,547 

4,804,427 

93,605 

35,362 

286,877 

2' 311,013 

226,030 

$83,085,057 

609,787 

150,890 

113' 700 

131,105 

403' 512 

6,648,066 

387,447 

$8,767,984 

Total Congressional ......•.• , ...•.•.••••........•.• 

Action 

Administrative Conference of the United States ••••..••......•••. 

Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations •..•••••••••.• 

Air Foree Systems Command ....•......••••••..•...••••••....•..••• 

Appalachian Regional Commission ..........•.................•...• 

Board for International Broadcasting ..•...•........•.......••..• 

Central Intelligence Agency •...•...••.•...•...••••.•••....••.•.• 

Civil Aeronautics Board .•••..••.•....••..•••...•.••.••..••.••••. 

Commission on Civil Rights •••..•....•....•••.••.•.•..•.•..••.••• 

Commodity Futures Trading Commission .•..•.•......••.•••.•.•.••.• 

Community Services Administration ..••.••.......•.•••.•...••.••.• 

Congressional Budget Office .................................•••• 

Consumer Product Safety Commission ..•...••••..•.•••.•••.....••.• 

Cost Accounting Standards Board .•..••••.....•.•.•••.•.•...•••••• 

Defense Logistics Agency ..••..•.•.••••••..•...•..••.•••••••••••• 

Defense Mapping Agency ...•.•..........•.........•..•......•..... 

Department of Agriculture .•....•......•••.•...••.•.••••...•••.•• 

Department of Commerce ................•.•.•....•••••••••...•••.• 

Department of Defense .......................................... . 

43 

$ 91,853,041 

722,331 

10,293 

56,475 

2,974,863 

7,910 

9,875 

545,411 

453,069 

343,560 

89,636 

357,305 

469,073 

626,469 

28,360 

3,712,839 

1,903,084 

16,214,523 

10,607,719 

1,491,724 
TABLE 10 

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Department of Energy ........................................... .. 

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ..•..••••.••.••••••• 

Department of Housing and Urban Development •........•..•.....•.. 

Department of Just ice .......................................... . 

Department of Labor ............................................. . 

Department of State ............................................. . 

Department of Transportation .•••••••••••••..•..•••.•••••...••••• 

Department of the Air Force ..................................... . 

Department of the Army ......................................... . 

Department of the Interior ..................................... . 

Department of the Navy ......................................... . 

Department of the Treasury ••.•••...•..•••.•..••.•••••••.•••.•••• 

District of Columbia ........................................... . 

Energy Research and Development Administrator .••..••••.•.•••••.. 

Environmental Protection Agency ••..•..•...••..••••••••••...•.••. 

EOP- Council of Economic Advisers ••••••.••••••••••••••..•.•.••• 

EOP -

EOP 

EOP -

EOP -

EOP -

Council on Environmental Quality .••.•••••••.•••••••.••.••• 

Executive Residence ...................................... . 

Office of Administration •••.•.•••••.•••.••••••••••.•••.••. 

Office of Management and Budget ...•.......•..........•..•. 

Office of the Special Representative for Trade 

Negotiations ........................................... . 

EOP - The V.Thite House Office •••••...••••••••..•••••••.••.••.•••• 

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ••.•...•••••••.••.••••••. 

Export-Import Bank of the United States ••.••...•••.••..•.•••••.• 

Farm Credit Administration ...................................... . 

Federal Communications Commission ...•••...•••.•••••••..•.•..•... 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation .•..•.•..••.••••••••..•..•• 

Federal Election Commission .•.••...•••.••••..••••.••.•••.•••••.. 

Federal Energy Administration ••.••.•.••••••••.•••••••.••.••.•••. 

Federal Home Loan Bank Board .•.......•.•..•.....•.•.........•... 

Federal Judicial Center ........................................ . 

Federal Haritime Commission •.••••..••..•••••...••.••••...•••••.• 

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service ••.•.••.•.••.•.••••••• 

Federal Power Commission ......................................... . 

Federal Reserve System ........................................... . 

Federal Trade Commission ....................................... . 

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission •..•.••...•••.•••••...•...•. 

General Accounting Office ••••...•..••••.•.••...•••••••••..•.•••• 

General Services Administration ••..•••••••••..••••••••••.••••••. 

Indian Claims Coiillllission ....................................... . 

Internal Revenue Service ....................................... . 

International Communications Agency ••.•.•.........•....•........ 

Interstate Commerce Commission .••••••••••••••.••••••••.••.•••••• 

Library of Congress ............................................ . 

Library of Congress (GPO Library Branch) ••••••.•.•.••.••.•.••••• 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration ..••.•••••.•..••••• 

National Capital Housing Authority .•••...••••..••.•.•••..•.••••• 

National Capital Planning Commission ••...••.•.•••••.•••••••••••. 

National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life •••• 

44 

$ 10,6.56,3: 

33,915,967 

6,849,098 

5,991,033 

7,161,594 

5,867,665 

11,538,231 

25,270,923 

59,139,860 

11,545,534 

40,188,000 

5,564,964 

284,186 

764,436 

5,033,991 

117,030 

142,249 

7,113 

59,147 

1,739,362 

45,381 

252.771 

177,814 

46,694 

9,27 

1,111,58<-t 

53,763 

78,078 

595,335 

190,955 

81,404 

96,918 

32,078 

625,341 

95,411 

447,485 

4,598 

1,126,642 

17,282,750 

5,331 

27,957,637 

414,287 

1,732,928 

3,262,350 

1,119,864 

5,163,718 

10,303 

36,993 

43,600 
TABLE 10 

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National Commission on Libraries and Information Science 

National Credit Union Administration •..•.....••.•..•.••.....•••. 

National Endowment for the Arts ••..•••••••.•...•••••••.•..•••••• 

National Endowment for the Humanities ••••.••..•.•••••.••.•••.••• 

National Gallery of Art ........................................ . 

National Labor Relations Board ••••.•••.••••••••••••••..••••••.•• 

National Mediation Board ....................................... . 

National Science Foundation .......... * •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

National Security Agency/Central Security Services ••.•••..•••••• 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission •.•..•••••••.••...••.•••.•..••••..• 

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission •••••••••••••••• 

Office of Technology Assessment ••.•.••••••••.•••••••••••.••••••• 

Panama Canal Company .......•...........•..........••............ 

Patent and Trademark Office ••••••.••••••••••..•••••..•.•..•••.•• 

Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation ••.•••••••••••••.•••• 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation •••••••••.•••••.••....•••••• 

Postal Rate Conm1ission ......................................... . 

Privacy Protection Commission •.••••...••.••.•..•••••••••.••.••.• 

Private Orders ................................................. . 

Railroad Retirement Board ...................................... . 

Renegotiation Board ............................................ . 

Sales of Publications Operation •••..•••••••..•••••••.•••..•.•.•• 

Securities and Exchange Commission •••••••••••••••.••••••.••..••• 

Selective Service System ....................................... . 

Small Business Administration .....•....•.•••..•.•••••.••.•.•••.. 

Smithsonian Institution ........................................ . 

Stationery Room (House and Senate) ••.••••••••.••••••••••••.••••• 

Superintendent of Documents (Depository Libraries) •.••.••••••••• 

Superintendent of Documents (Other than D. L.) ••••••••••••••••••• 

Supreme Court of the United States ..•••.••••.••••••••.•••.••..•• 

Tennessee Valley Authority .••••..••••.•••.•....••••••••••••••••• 

United States Civil Service Commission ••••••.•.••••••••.•.•••••• 

United States Court of Claims .•.••.••.•••••••••••..••••..•.••.•• 

United States :courts ........................................... . 

United States District Courts .............••.•••••••.••.•.•••••• 

United States International Trade Commission .....•.•.......•.•.. 

United States Postal Service ................................... . 

United States Ra.ilway Association .............................. . 

United States Tax Court 

Veterans Administration ........................................ . 

Water Resources Council ........................................ . 

Other Agencies***· .............................................. . 

GRAND TOTAL ••••.•••••••••••••.•••••••.••••••••••••.•••••• 

*Congressional Printing and Binding 

**Printing and Binding 

***Billings less than $3,050 

45 

$ 25,166 

265,767 

108,428 

194,137 

153,061 

632,568 

60,619 

476,345 

2,863,477 

1,092,158 

5,544 

262 '013 

17' 029 

3,274,161 

7,951 

125,919 

25,790 

10,851 

24,142 

18,568 

22,642 

16,588,246 

687,065 

106,244 

1,524,625 

490,479 

135,407 

8, 757 '671 

5,175,207 

769,884 

26,402 

3,693,215 

131,466 

513,960 

5,407 

176,024 

19,074,036 

4,856 

108,895 

6,418,753 

48,348 

27,173 

$500,545,298 
TABLE 11 

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PUBLICATIONS FURNISHED CONGRESS, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, 

AND INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENTS - FISCAL YEAR 1978 

Act ion .....•...........................•.............. 

Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations •••• 

Air Force Systetns Command ..•.......................... 

Central Intelligence Agency ••••••••••.•••••••••••••••• 

Civil Aeronautics Board .....•.....•................... 

Commission on Civil Rights •••••••••••••••••••.•••.•••• 

Commodity Futures Trading Commission ••••••••••••.••••• 

Community Services Administration ••••••••••••••••••••• 

Congressional Budget Office ••••••••...••••••••••.••••• 

Congressional Printing and Binding .....••••••••••••••• 

Consumer Product Safety Commission •••••..••••••••.•••• 

Defense Logistics Agency ••••...•.••.•••.••.•••••.••••• 

Defense Mapping Agency •••..••••••••••..•••••••••.••••• 

Department of Agriculture .•••••••••.•••••••••••••.•••• 

De par trnent of Collliilerc e •••.••••••••••••••••••••••.••••• 

Department of Defense .•......••.••.•....••••.•...•...• 

Department of Energy .................................. . 

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare ••••.••••• 

Department of Housing and Urban Development ••••••••••• 

Department of Justice ..•.....•.............•......••.. 

De par tmen t of Labor .................................•. 

Department of State .................................. . 

Department of Transportation •••••.•••.•••••••••••.•••• 

Department of the Air Force •••••••••.•••••••••••..•••. 

Department of the Army •••...••.••.•••..••••••••••••••• 

Department of the Interior •••••••••••.••.••••••••.•••• 

Department of the Navy .•.•.•••••.••••..••.•••••••••••• 

Department of the Treasury ..•••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

District of Columbia ••.••.•••••••••••..•.•••.•.•.••••. 

Energy Research and Development Administrator ••••.•••• 

Environmental Protection Agency •••••••.••••••••••••••• 

EOP- Council of Economic Advisers ••..•••••••••••.•••• 

EOP- Council on Environmental Quality .••....••...•..• 

EOP - Domestic Council ................... ·· ........... . 

EOP- Office of Administration ••..••••.••••••.••...•.• 

EOP- Office of Management and Budget •••••••••••.••••• 

EOP- Office of Telecommunications Policy ••••••.•••.•• 

EOP - The White House Off ice •••••••.••.•••••••••.••••• 

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ...•...•••.••.. 

Export-Import Bank of the United States ..•••••••..•••• 

Farm Credit Administration .••••••••••.•••••••••••.••.• 

Federal Communications Commission •.•••..••••••••..•••• 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation .•••••••••••••••• 

Federal Election Commission •.••••.••....••••••.•.••.•• 

Federal Energy Administration ••••••••.••••••.••....••• 

Federal Executive Board .......................•....... 

Federal Home Loan Bank Board •••.•.•••.•••••.•••....••• 

Federal Judicial Center 

46 

8,141,468 

205,000 

4,175,775 

426,453 

684' 017 

653,469 

13,275 

909,648 

360,315 

64,009,793 

4,710,989 

11,388,529 

1,487,327 

101,377,538 

48,682,314 

2,162,373 

52,492,566 

483,236,202 

63,224,932 

15,192,921 

25,748,331 

7,876,991 

40,735,064 

163,920,518 

277 '207 '099 

50,131,062 

215,527,231 

35,301,354 

15,879 

1,203,504 

15,125,479 

17,260 

69,710 

10,000 

17,019 

697,589 

18,712 

155,306 

462,997 

19,240 

6,454 

1,320,859 

102,967 

297,557 

701,363 

5,000 

141,071 

128,000 
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service •••••.•...••• 

Federal Power Cotlliilission •••••••.•••••••••••••••••••.••• 

Federal Register ...................................... . 

Federal Trade Commission •••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••• 

General Accounting Office ••••••.•••••••••..••.••••••.•• 

General Service Administration ••••••••••••••••••.•••••• 

Internal Revenue Service ......•.•...•..•..•....•..•.... 

International Communication Agency •••••••••.••••.•••••• 

Interstate Commerce Commission ••.•••••••••••••••.•••••• 

Library of Congress ................................... . 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration ••••••.••• 

National Capital Housing Authority ••.•••••••••••••••••• 

National Center for Prod. and Quality of Working Life •• 

National Commission on Libraries and Information Science 

National Credit Union Administration ••••.•••••••••••••• 

National Endowment for the Arts ..•.•.••••••.••••.•.•••• 

National Endowment for the Humanities ••••••••••••••.••• 

National Gallery of Art ••.••.••••.•.••••••••••••••••••. 

National Labor Relations Board ••.•••••••••••••••••••••• 

National Mediation Board ••••••••..••.•••••••••••••••••• 

National Science Foundation •••••••••.••••••••••••••.••. 

National Security Agency/Central Security Service ..•••. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission .•...••••••••••••••••••••. 

Office of Technology Assessment ••.•••.••.••.••.•••••••• 

Panama Canal Company .................................. . 

Patent and Trademark Office •••••.••••.••••••••••••••••• 

Pensi0n Benefit. Guaranty Corporation •••••...••••••••.•• 

Postal Rate Cotnm.ission ................•.........•...... 

Printing and Binding .................................. . 

Privacy Protection Study Commission ••••••••..•••••••••• 

Railroad Retirement Board .•.••.•••••••••••.•••••••••••• 

Renegotiation Board ................................... . 

Sales of Publications Operations •••.•.••.••.••••.•.•... 

Securities and Exchange Commission •••••••.••••.•.•...•. 

Selective Service System ............................... . 

Small Business Administration .•.••••••••••...•••••••••. 

Smithsonian Institution ...............••.........•..... 

Superintendent of Documents (Depository Library) ••••••. 

Superintendent of Documents (Other than D. L.) ••....... 

Supreme Court of the United States •••••••...••••••••••. 

Tennessee Valley Authority ••••..••••••••••••••••••••.•• 

United States Civil Service Commission ••••..••••••••••• 

United States Courts .••••••.•.•..••••••••••••••.••••••• 

United 

United 

United 

United 

States Court of Claims •.••.••••••••.••••••••.••. 

States International Trade Commission •••.•.•.••. 

States Postal Service ••••••••••.••••.••••••••••. 

States Tax Court ................................ Veterans Administration •..••••.•.•••.••••••.••••••••••. 

Water Resources Council .•............•......•••........ 

*Other Agencies ....................................... . 

TOTAL ............................................. 

*Less than 5,000 Publications. 

47 

TABLE 11 

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83,038 

21,573 

13,224,968 

1,127' 383 

1,481,722 

105,27 5,819 

418,442,526 

235,042 

395,704 

11,444,623 

9,490,046 

36,012 

48,690 

57,800 

10,789,831 

256,556 

614,923 

2,218,353 

536,352 

22,401 

316,646 

8,204 

974,406 

134,214 

27,900 

135,122 

588,137 

17 '658 

3,935,455 

11,000 

9,577 

10,301 

37,469,893 

1,033,341 

258,686 

12,528,628 

3,057,724 

12,656,346 

9,819,480 

701,854 

82,420 

62,971,050 

965,081 

101,940 

112,026 

297,147,997 

19,223 

68 '736, 602 

32,670 

33,221 

2,790,198,684 
TABLE 12 

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SCHEDULE OF 

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 

AS OF 

SEPTEMBER 30, 1978 

(PRINTING AND BINDING OPERATIONS) 

Act ion .......•............•................................. 

Air Force Systems Command ..........•••........••••.......•.. 

Boards of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ••••.•••••• 

Central Intelligence Agency ••..••••••••.•••.•••••••••.•••••• 

Commission on Civil Rights ...................•.....•........ 

Commission on Security in Europe •••••••••••••••••.•••..••.•• 

Community Services Administration ••••••••.••••••.••••••••••. 

Congressional Budget Off ice •••.••••••.••••••••.•••.••••••••• 

Defense Logistics Agency .......••...•...•..•...........•.... 

Defense Mapping Agency ••.....•.•...••••••.•••.•.•••..••••.•• 

Department of Agriculture .••••••••••••••.•••••••••••...••••• 

Department of Commerce ..................................... . 

Department of Defense ...................................... . 

Department of Energy ..................................•..... 

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare •••••••••.•••••• 

Department of Housing and Urban Development •••••••••...••••• 

Department of Justice ...................................... . 

Department of Labor ...............................•......... 

Department of State .......................................... . 

Department of Transportation ••••••••••••••.••••••••••.•••••• 

Department of the Air Force •••.•••••.••••.••••••••••.••••••• 

Department of the Army ....................................... . 

Department of the Interior •.......••••••...••••••••••••••••• 

Department of the Navy ..................................... . 

Department of the Treasury •••.••.••.•••••••••••••••••••••••• 

District of Columbia ....................................... . 

Environmental Protection Agency ••••••••••••••.••.••••.•••••• 

EOP- Council on Environmental Quality •••.••.••••.•••••••••• 

EOP - Executive Residence .................................. . 

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission •••••••••••••.••••••• 

Federal Communications Commission ••••..•••••••••••••.••••••• 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ••••••.•••••••••••••••• 

Federal Energy Administration •.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Federal Home Loan Bank Board .•••••••••••••••••.•••••..•••••• 

Federal Judical Center 

General Accounting Office •••••••••••.••••••••.•••.•••.•••••• 

General Services Administration •••••••••••••••.•.•.••.•••••• 

Internal Revenue Service 

International Communications Agency ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Interstate Commerce Commission •.••.••••••.••••.••••••••••••• 

Library of Congress ........................................ . 

48 

$ 2,366 

346,267 

7,648 

95,790 

4,525 

1,895 

11,722 

75,752 

399,235 

621,329 

210,738 

258,722 

509,457 

1,021,094 

889,728 

70,761 

170,891 

116,515 

146,600 

102,043 

2,159,396 

11,593,128 

443,154 

11,984,631 

106,491 

3,338 

75,630 

9,120 

1,594 

14,609 

14,642 

6,988 

81,268 

1,666 

27,301 

52,413 

638,551 

421,275 

1,232 

1,355 

81,129 
TABLE 12 

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration .•.••...•..•.••. 

National Commission on Water Quality ••.••.••..••••••.•••••••• 

National Labor Relations Board ••.••••••••••••••.••••••••.•••• 

National Security Agency/Central Security Service ••••••.••••• 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission ••.••••••••..•..•••••••••••••••• 

Patent and Trademark Office .••••.••••••.•.••.••••••••••.••••• 

Privacy Protection Commission •.•......••••.•...••.•••••.•.•.. 

Securities and Exchange Commission ••••••••••.•••••••••••••••• 

Stationery Room (House and Senate) ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Tennessee Valley Authority •.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

United States Civil Service Commission •••••••••••••••.•.••••• 

United States Courts ........................................ . 

United States Postal Service •••••••••••••.•..•.••••••••..•.•• 

United States Supreme Court .•••••••••.••••••••••••.••••.••••• 

Veterans Administration ..................................... . 

* Other Agencies ............................................ . 

TOTAL 

* Agencies owing less than $1,000. 

49 

$ 96,490 

3,489 

34,758 

102,518 

7,317 

33,656 

5,953 

3,920 

21,368 

9,048 

197,522 

106,793 

254,831 

32,543 

32,843 

6,518 

$33,731,556 
TABLE 13 

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF BILLINGS FOR WORK DURING 

FISCAL YEARS 1969 TO 1978 

FISCAL YEAR 

1969 

1970 

1971 

1972 

1973 

............................................... 

.............................................. 

............................................... 

.............................................. 

.............................................. 

$ 210,067,931 

230,371,146 

223,009,079 

243,759,730 

296,248,509 

Total, 1969 to 1973, inclusive •••••••.•••••••••••••••• $1,203,456,395 

1974 

1975 

1976* 

1977 

1978 

.............................................. 

.............................................. 

................................. •, ........... . .............................................. 

.............................................. 

354,036,221 

456,140,286 

503,873,657 

437,129,777 

500,545,298 

Total, 1974 to 1978, inclusive* ••••••••••••••••••••••• $2,251,725,239 

Grand Total, 1969 to 1978, inclusive* ••••••••••••••••• $3,455,181,634 

Percentage of Increase 

Five-Year Period 1974 - 1978 over 1969 - 1973 87% 

*Does not include $95,353,251 billed in 19TQ. 

50 
PRINTING AND BINDING OPERATIONS 

SCHEDULE OF EQUIPMENT AND BUILDING APPURTENANCES 

SEPTEMBER 30 1978 

Acquisition Accumulated 

Value DeEreciation 

CLASS I 

Plant Mach. & Equipment $39,022,047 $21,832,471 

CLASS II 

Building Appurtenances 23,211,355 8,655,165 

CLASS III 

Office Mach. & Equipment 441,415 209,918 

CLASS IV 

Furniture & Fixtures 193,277 100,767 

CLASS V 

Motor Vehicles 461,381 205,346 

TOTAL $63,329,475 $31,003,667 

SEPTEMBER 30, 1977 

Acquisition Accumulated 

Value De12reciation 

CLASS I 

Plant Mach. & Equipment $35,508,451 $20,713,693 

CLASS II 

Building Appurtenances 21,592,889 7,981,266 

CLASS III 

Office Mach. & Equipment 626,626 327,090 

CLASS IV 

Furniture & Fixtures 358,191 208,231 

CLASS V 

Motor Vehicles 384,269 253,494 

TOTAL $58,470,426 $29!483,774 

51 

TABLE 14 

Net 

Book Value 

$17,189,576 

14,556,190 

231,497 

92,510 

256,035 

$32!325!808 

Net 

Book Value 

$14,794,758 

13,611,623 

299,536 

149,960 

130,775 

$28,986!652 
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

Executive Offices 

Public Printer 

General Counsel 

Audits 

EMPLOYEES ON THE ROLL* 

AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1978 

Special Projects Officer 

Special Assistant 

Total Executive Offices 

Planning Staff 

Operations 

Customer Service 

Printing Procurement 

Quality Control and Technical 

Production: 

Manager, Details, Delivery and 

Library of Congress 

Binding 

Composition 

Electronic Photocomposition 

Graphic Systems Development 

Letterpress 

Offset 

Total Operations 

Management and Administration 

Data Systems 

Engineering 

Financial Management 

General Services 

Materials Management 

Personnel 

Security 

Total Management and Administration 

Documents Area 

Superintendent of Documents 

Documents Sales 

Library and Statutory Distribution 

Documents Support 

W.A.E. Program 

Total Documents 

Total GPO Employees 

8 

12 

13 

1 

3 

37 

6 

135 

703 

50 

213 

1,007 

1,192 

271 

16 

324 

620 

4,531 

171 

496 

314 

27 

256 

132 

122 

1,518 

6 

1,038 

183 

192 

63 

1,482 

7,574 

*INCLUDES PERMANENT, TEMPORARY, AND W.A.E. EMPLOYEES 

52 

TABLE 15 
DEPUTY PUBLIC PRINTER (OPERATIONS) 

STATISTICS FOR 

FISCAL YEAR 1978 

CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT 

Planning Service Division 

Orders received 

Jackets issued 

Informal estimates made 

Spoilage reports processed 

Waivers issued 

Plant Planning Division 

Schedules established 

Production plans developed 

Estimates made 

Sales prices developed 

Jackets prepared 

Jackets scheduled 

Jackets, etc., photocopied 

Purchase requests prepared 

Transfers processed 

Requisitions received 

Typography and Design Division 

Jackets processed 

Orders for photoengravings 

Halftones and linecuts ordered 

Furnished art pieces 

Layout sketches 

Illustrations retouched (pieces) 

Dummy pages pasted 

Photographic requests 

Finished pieces (photo) 

53 

TARLE 16 

(Page 1 of 3) 

97,751 

44,841 

188 

898 

165 

26,910 

11,030 

13,174 

8,330 

28,347 

13,976 

211,400 

3,055 

1,707 

5,202 

5,280 

1,732 

10,505 

6,259 

1,824 

77 

2,852 

1,199 

14,907 
TABLE 16 

(Page 2 of 3) 

PRINTING PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT 

Cost of printing and binding 

procured commercially: 

Central Office 

Regional Offices 

Total cost 

Number of jobs processed: 

Central Office 

Regional Offices 

PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT 

$161,284,983 

141,694,048 

$302,979,031 

57,213 

168,360 

Electronic Photocomposition Division 

Photocomposition Input (folios): 

Video Display Terminals ••••••••••••••• 

Photocomposition Output (frames): 

Linotron ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Videocomp ............................ Composing Division 

Ems set (thousands) 

Congressional Record issues 

Congressional Record pages 

Letterpress Division 

Congressional Record issues 

Federal Register issues 

Press makereadies 

Press impressions 

Postal cards printed 

Platemaking - major production 

items (sq. in.): 

Electrotype flat plates 

Electrotype curved plates 

Stereo flat plates 

Stereo curved plates 

Magnesium - flat and curved 

Photopolymer wraparound plates 

Photopolymer curved plates 

Photopolymer flat plates 

Rubber plates 

Negatives 

1,133,119 

319,864 

1,777,398 

1,378,562 

202 

43,477 

202 

262 

75,229 

295,859,171 

751,930,000* 

1,461 

44 

2,049 

46,962 

16,605 

233 

64,125 

7,499 

26,000 

106,390 

*Does not include 47,000,000 cards produced by Offset Division 

and included in Offset's press impressions. 

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Offset Division 

Jackets processed 

Congressional work (pages): 

Bills 

Hearings, Comm. Prints, and Misc. 

Senate Calendars 

House Calendars 

Supreme Court Decisions 

Proofs processed 

Congressional Record 

Federal Register 

Presidential Docs. 

Official Gazette and Trade Marks (Pages) 

Negatives and positives 

Square inches of film 

Proofs 

Proofs (color key) 

Number of plates 

Square inches of plates 

Press machine hours 

Press makereadies 

Press impressions 

Sheets folded 

Books gathered 

Books inserted 

Passports made 

Sheets gathered 

Sheets drilled 

Sheets punched 

Sheets cut 

Binding Division 

(in thousands) 

Adhesive bound books 

Signatures sewed (machine) 

Books cased-in 

Cases made 

TABLE 16 

(Page 3 of 3) 

14,232 

97,199 

854,694 

2,108 

35,063 

2,204 

1,602,002 

2,556 

5,720 

2,888 

30,332 

1,636,808 

96,292,044 

1,886,657 

7,999 

84,079 

146,690,472 

134,699 

77,245 

273,069,533 

217,624 

24,439 

57,497 

4,009 

12,478 

466,077 

12,022 

182,004 

5,603 

40,753 

1,022 

1,055 

QUALITY CONTROL AND TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT 

Samples tested 

Manufactured printing inks (lbs.) 

Purchased printing inks (lbs.) 

Press rollers purchased 

Bindery glues manufactured (lbs.) 

Adhesive manufactured (lbs.) 

Type metal for remelting (lbs.) 

55 

11,428 

115,446 

191,252 

407 

118,441 

124,440 

8,377,575 
TABLE 17 

(Page 1 of 2) 

ASSISTANT PUBLIC PRINTER FOR MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 

STATISTICS FOR 

FISCAL YEAR 1978 

DATA SYSTEMS SERVICE 

Computer systems surveys: 

Completed 

In process 

New computer programs: 

Completed 

In process 

Revised computer programs: 

Completed 

In process 

Computer Jobs Processed 

Number of Procurement Actions 

ENGINEERING SERVICE 

Maintenance service calls 

Maintenance job orders 

Specifications for new machinery & equipment 

Machines installed 

Machines relocated 

Electrical power (kw-hr.) 

Gas (cu. ft.) 

Water (gals.) 

Steam (est. lbs.) 

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE 

Appropriations received 

Collections 

Disbursements 

Gross Payroll 

Savings Bonds issued 

Personnel actions processed 

Employee data base changes 

Vouchers processed 

Units processed for billing 

Type measured (thousand ems) 

56 

69 

30 

332 

116 

394 

142 

94,352 

160 

32,351 

189 

101 

19 

18 

53,132,000 

13,550,500 

40,222,537 

203,396,500 

$106,672,000 

$521,369,000 

$742,951,000 

$157,496,000 

80,232 

15,154 

25,914 

282,467 

513,662 

1,502,646 
GENERAL SERVICES 

Internal printing requisitions 

processed 

GPO Directives processed 

Parking permits issued 

C&P telephone charges 

FTS cost 

MATERIALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE 

Purchase orders 

Value of purchase orders 

Paper purchased (lbs.) 

Paper purchased (sheets) 

Envelopes purchased 

Containers purchased 

PERSONNEL SERVICE 

Employees trained 

Treatments in Health Division 

Employees counseled - (EEO) 

GPO Notices issued 

GPO Instructions issued 

Personnel actions 

Classification actions 

Labor agreements negotiated 

Special Achievement Awards 

Outstanding Performance Awards 

Corrective actions 

SECURITY SERVICE 

Full field investigations requested 

National agency checks requested 

Investigations and Inquiries 

EEO Investigations 

57 

TABLE 17 

(Page 2 of 2) 

1,055 

153 

2,238 

$202,585 

$351,132 

11,068 

$64,010,637 

107,464,206 

24,462,142 

142,069,700 

2,956,011 

1,539 

43,184 

602 

75 

5 

16;598 

4,633 

2 

97 

8 

248 

36 

546 

165 

33 
TABLE 18 

ASSISTANT PUBLIC PRINTER (SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS) 

STATISTICS FOR 

FISCAL YEAR 1978 

Appropriation 

Sales mail orders 

Letters of inquiry 

Publications distributed free for 

other Government agencies 

Publications distributed 

to Depository libraries 

Publications distributed 

Customers served by GPO bookstores 

Amount of bookstore sales 

Mailing lists maintained 

Addresses on mailing lists 

Total copies of available sales 

publications 

Documents cataloged 

Depository libraries 

Orders for free Consumer 

Information publications 

58 

$ 

$ 

22,045,136 

2,739,428 

748,054 

75,964,216 

14,473,656 

148,285,938 

531,200 

6,098,461 

906 

2,593,173 

45,864,061 

48,978 

1,231 

3,209,863