Annual Report 

or 

The Public Printer 

P'iscal Year 1969 
Annual Report 

or 

The Public Printer 

Fiscal Year 1969 
INDEX 

Preface •••••••••••••.••••••••..••••.••••••••••.••••••••••••• 

Production Divisions: 

Congressional Printing ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Binding Division ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Composing Division ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Electronic Photocomposition Unit ••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Letterpress Division ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Offset Division •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Platemaking Division ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Library of Congress Branch ••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••• 

Delivery Section ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Planning Divisions: 

Planning Service Division •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Plant Planning Division •.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Typography and Design Division ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Field Service Division ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Administrative Divisions: 

Personnel Division ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Finance and Accounts Division •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Purchasing Division •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Engineering Division ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Tests and Technical Control Division ••••••••••••••••••• 

Public Documents Division •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Disbursing Office •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Internal Audit •••••••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Equal Employment Opportunity Office •••••••••••••••••••• 

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Statistical Appendix ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Tables 1 thru 22 
PREFACE 

The Annual Report of the Public Printer is prepared and submitted to Congress 

each year. Information on all major activities of the Government Printing 

Office is contained in brief narrative form. Transactions which can be 

digested in an appropriate form are presented in the statistical appendix 

to this document. 

Printing demand was strong throughout the year. Business volume surged beyond 

that of the previous fiscal year, and exceeded the record-setting volume of 1967. 

Income reached a new high of over $20~ million. Commercial procurement of 

printing was up over six percent while inplant volume rose about two percent. 

The disparity between growth of procurement and growth of inplant production 

can be attributed to the long-standing polic.y of buying all printing which 

properly lends itself to purchase by contract. This policy was conceived 

originally to establish a practical balance of inplant and commercial production 

in order to control growth of the Government Printing Office. It has now 

become not an optional, or alternative, means for securing the Government's 

printing needs, but an integral part of a cooperative enterprise which 

possesses both the capacity and flexibility for meeting burgeoning Federal 

printing requirements promptly and adequately. 

Electronic photocomposition continues to develop as an important production 

adjunct. As foreseen by management, much of the information collected and 

stored in the Government's thousands of computer data banks cries out for 

publication. The acquisition of a backup Linotron system and extended 

capacity computer during the year provides the Government Printing Office 

with an unparalleled potential for economically converting electronic 

information to graphic reproducible form. The spectacular surge in Linotron 

production--a 200 percent increase--has only scratched the surface of this 

new field. As facility and experience grow, and tested job parameters 

accumulate, electronic photocomposition is expected to assume an even greater 

role in Government printing. 

The past year has seen an unprecedented increase in document sales--nearly 

350,000 additional sales orders and an increase in sales income of more than 

$3 million. Mail input averaged over 261 000 pieces daily, and frequently ran 

as high as 60,000 pieces received in a single day. For the second consecutive 

year, bookstore sales have exceeded the million dollar figure. The bookstore 

program, with a new installation in San Francisco, appears to have made no 

appreciable inroads into mail order sales volume. Conversion of the address 

roster for the List of Selected u.s. Government Publications from plates to 

magnetic tape, and the use of these tapes to drive the high-speed electrostatic label printer, significantly improved the ability of the Public Documents 

Division to serve the public. 

Space persists as the number one problem of the Government Printing Office. 

The diversity of demand and degree of criticality which attaches itself to 

the Government's requirements call for a high order of graphic arts efficiency 

from the Government Printing Office. Establishing and maintaining that 

efficiency heavily depends upon modern technology, workflow design, adequate 
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and properly configured production areas, and nearby convenient storage of 

materials and work-in-process. Over the period covered by this report, 

progress leading to relocation of the Government Printing Office, or to an 

acceptable alternative, has been negligible. 

PRODUCTION DIVISIONS 

B,r and large production presented a mixed picture during the year with the 

newer technologies showing strength, and those technologies associated with 

traditional processes losing ground. For example, offset and electronic 

photocomposition were major contributors to Office volume, while letterpress 

and platemaking declined. Conventional composition was slightlY down but e~average-per-hour gained and fewer overtime hours were logged. 

Binding operations slowed slightly. Overtime hours were up and analysis of 

this apparent paradox indicated that serious overcrowding during peak periods 

adversely influenced production effectiveness. 

Congressional Printing 

While the Congressional Record showed a decided decrease in the number of 

pages for the past fiscal year, this important publication continues to be 

our most difficult task, although a most interesting and rewarding one. 

One contributing factor to the decrease in the total number of pages was 

the fewer number of issues printed during the last half of the 1968 session. 

Congress was in recess during the two national conventions, and then adjourned 

on November 14, at least six weeks earlier than in the previous year. Only 

63 issues of the Record were printed during this first 6-month period of the 

fiscal year, but the average daily pages totaled 213. This would indicate 

that most of the daily issues were above normal size throughout this first half. 

During the second half of the fiscal year, or for the first session of the 9lst 

Congress, an unusual pattern seemed to develop. The House was seldom in 

session on a Friday (meeting on only 3 of the 26 weekends), while the Senate 

frequently did not meet on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. On only 58 days during 

this period were both Houses in session at the same time. About one-half of 

the 108 issues of the Record printed during this time therefore represented 

proceedings of only one House. This fact greatly reduced the size of these 

issues, and also the total average pages for the fiscal year. There was a 

total of l2,h80 pages printed on th• days that both the Senate and House were 

in session, however, and this average was 215 pages per issue. These facts 

indicate that while the overall average pages showed a considerable decrease, 

still there were numerous occasions when considerable effort was needed to 

produce oversize issues of the Congressional Record. 

Budget copy received for the fiscal year showed a slight increase, but total 

time and effort needed to produce the Budget jobs was greatly decreased 

through improved handling techniques. The Budget, as in the last fiscal 

year, consisted of 25 separate items as follows: 
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Budget, Budget Appendix, D.c. Budget, Budget in Brief, Combined 

Book (Budget, Special Analysis A-F, and the Appendix), Special 

Analysis (plus 13 separates, A-M), 6 Messages of the President 

(3 for Budget and 3 for D.c. Budget). 

Summaries showing comparison of Budget activities are listed below: 

1969 1968 1967 

Total folios processed •••••• · ••••••••• 10,813 10,263 10,619 

Number of pages (by item): 

The Appendix ••••••••••••••••••••••• 1,111 1,142 1,316 

The Budget •••••••••••••.••••••••••• 551 556 478 

Special AnalYsis ••••••••••••••••••• 278 194 188 

D.c. Budget •••••••••••••••••••••••• 60 58 76 

Budget in Brief ••••••••••• · ••••••••• 72 72 72 

This year showed a continuing overall growth in the production of the Codes. 

Although the Codes do not carr,y specific schedules, their sizes and the timeconsuming accuracy required necessitate a large number of personnel. 

1969 1968 1967 

u.s. Code: 

Galle7s ••••.•••..•••••• • • .• · • • • • • • • • 4,549 3,513 2,327 

Pages •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 4,426 3,365 2,566 

D.c. Codes 

Galle7s•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1,131 235 3,350 

Pages •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 596 243 2,916 

Code of Federal Regulations: 

Galle7s•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 32,486 29,434 50,801 

Pages •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 53,772 52,128 50,051 

Binding Division 

As noted, binding operations eased somewhat from the peak previous year with 

the most noticeable decrease in folding, gathering, and inserting. This is 

an indicator of the trend toward greater reliance upon on-press folding and 

assembly. 

Always pressed for space, the Binding Division experienced two major alterations 

in its space assignment. The office of the Superintendent was relocated to 

a more central position in Building 3, 3rd floor, and new storage was established on the 4th floor, Building 3, for maps and skids awaiting folding. 

Comparison of Activities 

Folding ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

G•thering, books •••••••••••••••• 

Inserting, books •••••••••••••••• 

Gathering (flat sheets) ••••••••• 

Ruling- L disc (sheets) •••••••• 

Wire-0 inserting •••••••••••••••• 

1969 380~,621 

21,676,032 

76,057,921 

8,525,377 

3,648,055 

257,004 

1968 

463,503,919 

22,215,377 

84,192,375 

12,211,242 

6,432,653 

212,286 

1967 

42o;I97 ,834 

21,025,747 

89,584,815 

12,670,427 

6,808,486 

231,757 
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Comparison of Activities (continued) 

Drilling {sheets, etc.) ••••••••• 

Punching (sheets, etc.) ••••••••• 

Cutting (sheets) •••••••••••••••• 

Wrapping (hand & machine) ••••••• 

Banding (hand & machine) •••••••• 

Cartons sealed •••••••••••••••••• 

Sigs sewed-machine •••••••••••••• 

Books cased-in •••••••••••••••••• 

Cases made ••••••••.•••••••.••••• 

Pamphlets covered ••••••••••••••• 

1969 1,~79,633 

59,536,509 

244,251,790 

2,455,809 

2,)12,965 

534,231 

103,542,213 

3,640,667 

3,397,771 

4,505,076 

1968 

1,482,5'27,069 

68,502,806 

256,197,922 

2,497,037 

2,603,878 

503,506 

104,059,985 

4,020,113 

3, 942,470 

4,879,931 

1967 1,3~5,514. 

80,796,437 

270,299,751 

2,702,866 

2,458,079 

486,671 

104,234,718 

4,548,725 

4,969,006 

5,111,063 

Binding Division began fiscal 1969 with 1,347 employees. There were 201 replacements during the year. At the end of the year, the total number of employees 

on the rolls was 1 1 341. 

The table below shows the amount of printed work purchased from commercial 

sources, bound in the Government Printing Office. 

Jobs received ••••••••••••••••••••• 

Skids of work received •••••••••••• 

Pasters to fold ••••••••••••••••••• 

1969 

191 

269 

7,976,312 

1968 

200 

335 

9,863,708 

1967 

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425 

10,607,196 

Composing Division 

While congressional deadlines daily become more acute and now, with Congress 

for the first time planning its legislative program to cover the entire year, 

it is reasonable to expect that the Composing Division will continue in a socalled emergenc,r status. It is refreshing to note that despite the growing 

pressures, overtime hours are down again this year--and for a substantial 

126,682 hours. 

Fiscal year 1969 showed a further decrease in measurable type. Ems decreased 

to 2,895,396,700, a drop of 25,365,700 ems. These figures are reconciled in 

the overall reduction of hours. The em average increased to 4,617 ems per hour. 

A comparison of the past )-year period follows: 

Year 

1969 

1968 

1967 

Hours 

627,092.7 

688,312.0 

699,992.1 

Ems 

2,895,396,700 

3,149,048,400 

3,371,922,700 

Per hour 

4,617 

4,575 

4,817 

The increase in em average is pointed to with pride. This is the result of 

supervisor,y vigilance. The factor that has contributed most toward this 

meaningful review of employee averages has been the new system devised by the 

Division of Finance and Accounts, whereby em averages are made available to 

foremen within 15 to 30 days. As a result of the new system, averages are 

received in sufficient time to be intelligently reviewed. Persons falling 

below the requirements are shown their performance, and where necessary, 

corrective actions are initiated. 
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Patent work showed an increase over the preceding year: 

Year 

1969 

1968 

1967 

Number of Patents 

61,957 

61,599 

70,028 

Average issue 

1,191 

1,184 

1,347 

This total (61,957) was an increase of 358 patents from last year's issue of 

61,599. The Patent Office had predicted an average of 1,280 patents per 

issue. Budgetary problems caused the drop-off, which resulted in an average 

of 1,191 patents per issue. The first 6-months' total was 29,502, and the 

second 6-months' total was 32,455. 

The Composing Division had on its rolls as of June 30, 1969, 1,720 employees, 

an increase of 81 over the previous year. Recruitment efforts are starting 

to fill vacancies. With improved retirement benefits pending, many persons 

are expected to take advantage of the new system when it becomes effective. 

Electronic Photocomposition Unit 

The Electronic Photocomposition Unit produces photocomposition on manuallyoperated photqmechanical and tape-operated electronic phototypesetting machines. 

Manuscript copy, paper tapes, and magnetic tapes are converted to camerareaq, COP.f or complete page negatives reaqy for printing. Computers are 

utilized to control automated phototypesetting systems. The unit develops 

information and provides services to the agencies to enable them to adapt 

suitable publications to this equipment. 

The second Linotron was delivered in August 1968, and was placed in limited 

production in October. Final acceptance tests were completed in March 1969, 

and the machine was accepted as of May 31, 1969. There were 779 hours of 

Linotron production in fiscal year 1969 compared with 242 hours the previous 

year, an increase of 221.9 percent. 

Linofilm keyboard, photo unit, and supporting operations showed a decrease in 

chargeable and non-chargeable hours in fiscal year 1969. Chargeable hours on 

the Linofilm keyboard decreased 25 percent, while the number of folios of 

manuscript set decreased 19 percent. This decrease in production was due 

partly to a two-month period without suitable copy, and a turnover in trained 

personnel necessitating a training period of low productivity. 

The Linofilm photographic units had 31 percent fewer chargeable hours. This 

was due to the conversion of the Defense Technical Abstract Bulletins, Commerce 

Research and Development Report, Army Material Command Index, and Health, 

Education, and Welfare Resources in Education from Linofilm to Linotron 

production. Most of the furnished magnetic tape which was received was the 

National Labor Relations Board Decisions and Orders. Proofreading, revising, 

and other non-chargeable supporting activities connected with the Linofilm 

operations decreased a corresponding 29 percent. 
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The following table compares the actual work accomplished in fiscal year 1968 

with like activities for the preceding two fiscal years: 

1969 1968 1967 

Linotron (pages) ••••••••••••••••••••• 123,788 39,870 

Linofilm keyboards (folios) •••••••••• 14,095 17,415 12,364 

Justowriter keyboards: 

Tape perforated for Linofilm ~ gal. 2,106 1,374 1,636 

Linofilm Photographic Units: 

Keyboarded tape~ gal •••••••••••••• 10,571 13,061 9,054 

Furnished paper tape~ gal ••••••••• 698 837 3,169 

Furnished magnetic tape~ gal •••••• 15,761 34,629 34,483 

Furnished magnetic tape pages •••••• 488 2,458 2,839 

Furnished EAM cards pages •••••••••• 256 263 639 

Total •••••.•••••••••••••••••••••• 27,774 51,248 5o,l84 

Input Converter: 

Paper to magnetic tape~ gal ••••••• 1,417 1,100 1,636 

Paper to magnetic tape pages ••••••• 332 163 454 

Output Converter: 

Linofilm (magnetic tape) ~gal ••••• 15,761 34,629 34,627 

Linofilm (magnetic tape) pages ••••• 744 2,-721 3,478 

Letterpress Division 

The early adjournment of the second session of the 90th Congress is reflected 

in the following comparison of forms imposed since the majority of type-on-press 

work is for Congress: 

Calendars •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Nomenations, messages, etc ••••••••••• 

Enrolled bills ••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Document & miscellaneous ••••••••••••• 

Found.ry' • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Bills ••••••.•••••.••••••••••••••••••• 

Total number of forms imposed ••• 

!2§2 

4,522 

502 

1,415 

16,485 

10,902 

13,205 

47,031 

1968 

5;08; 

632 

1,881 

25,434 

10,578 

12,565 

56,775 

1967 

6~ 

661 

1,989 

25,156 

9,914 

15,830 

59,905 

Comparative Congressional Record and Federal Register production figures 

follow: 

1969 1968 1967 

Congressional Record: 

Issues ••.•.....•..............••••• 171 218 183 

Pages •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 32,284 43,180 38,116 

Pages per issue •••••••••••••••••••• 188.8 198.1 208.3 

Federal Register: 

Issues ••••.•..........••..••..•..•• 250 253 253 

Pages •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 18,812 18,288 16,452 

Pages per issue •••••••••••••••••••• 75.2 72.3 65.0 

The marked drop in postal card production is due in part to the 1968 price 

increase which caused every post office to re~tock its inventor.y with the 
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5¢ new card. The balance of the loss is attributed to a drop in demand for 

the higher-priced postal card. 

1969 

Total postal cards ••••••••••••••••••• 777,~000 

Aerogrammes.......................... 26,441,000 

1968 1,437,~000 

45,079,000 

1967 

11 0151700';000 

49,246,000 

Aerogramme production loss stems chiefly from the Government Printing Office's 

inability to produce the newly configured self-mailer. A substantial order for 

these new aerogrammes was placed by the Post Office with a commercial firm. 

The following table is a comparison of total employees on our rolls for fiscal 

year 1969 as compared to 1968 and 1967: 

Fiscal year 1969 - 421 

Fiscal year 1968 - 438 

Fiscal year 1967 - 453 

The above reduction of employees has been accomplished through attrition to 

bring about a more effective balance between the total number of employees 

and the work load. 

Offset Division 

Production of the ~vision, while running close to record proportions, showed 

both strong and weak currents. Congressional work was up and makereadies 

increased. Simultaneously jackets and print orders declined along with machine 

hours and impressions. But both reductions and increases were of insufficient 

proportions to detect any general trend for the upcoming year. 

Comparison of Major Activities 

1969 1968 1.967 

Jackets processed: 

Plant ••••••••••••.•••••.•••••• 11,813 11,985 12,199 

Commercial ••••••••••••••.••••• 8,361 9,168 10,195 

Commercial (print order) •••••• 1,787 2,756 2,011 

Total ••••.•••••••••.••••• 21,961 23,909 24,4os 

Congressional work (pages): 

Bills•••••••••o••••••••••••••• 50,668 43,888 72,796 

Miscellaneous, hearings & 

committee prints •••••••••••• 244,815 252,860 170,698 

House calendar •••••••••••••••• 15,458 25,452 19,620 

Supreme Court decisions ••••••• 2,214 2,656 2,500 

Proofs processed •••••••••••••• 1301 649 821 044 

Total •••••••••••••••••••• 441,492 4o6,9oo 265,614 

Official Gazette: 

Pages ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 20,791 22,632 26,120 

Illustrations ••••••••••••••••• 55,349 55,030 60,828 

Number of negatives or 

positives••••o•••••••••••••• 855,404 787,852 841,248 

Square inches of film ••••••••• 59,573,079 51,489,300 56,991.,764 
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Comparison of Major Activities (continued) 

1969 

Official Gazette: 

Number of offset plates....... 64,184 

Square inches ••••••••••••••••• ll4,598,239 

Machine hours................. 148,021 

Makereadies................... 65,485 

Press impressions ••••••••••••• 409,578,636 

Press impressions per makereaqy 17 1 172 

1968 

58,431 

102,035,265 

156,692 

62,048 

414,982,235 

6,704* 

1967 

62,438 

108,539,871 

170,393 

65,198 

444,393,127 

6,816* 

*This average is a per cylinder figure rather than an average per 11 :runtt which 

appears in the 1969 listing. 

A summary and comparison of the personnel complement of the division is given 

below as of June 30, 1969: 

Office of the Superintendent •••••••••••••• 

Offset Copy Preparation Section ••••••••••• 

Offset Negative Section .•••••••••••••••••• 

Offset Plate Section •••••••••••••••••••••• 

Offset Press Section •••••••••••••••••••••• 

Totale•••••••••••••o••••••••••••••••• 

1969 

--ro 

106 

65 

100 

299 

~ 

1968 

-9 

107 

64 

96 

294 

570 

1967 

--,. 

78 

68 

98 

301 

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The following major items of equipment were installed and placed in production 

during the fiscal year: 

Two 24-inch film processors 

30-inch film processor 

Negative to positive Xerox 714 Copier 

Automatic plate processor (wipe-on type) 

One 2-color 60-inch press 

Two flying pasters for Group 86 presses 

Three single color 60-inch presses 

Two 65-inch sheet perfector presses 

One single unit 50-inch web perfeetor press (surplus from 

National Security Agency) 

The press equipment replaces five Group 85 and three Group 81 presses all fully amortized. The removal of Group 81 equipment initiates a phase-out of this 

intermediate size press. 

Platemaking Division 

The varied activities of this division continue to keep its reduced work force 

reasonably active. Some of the items on the following comparative chart show 

a decline and some show an increase. However, the overall decline was caused 

chieflY by the drop in plastic plate production of over 7001 000 sq. inch 

reduction in 1968, and 4 million sq. inch reduction in 1967. These thin 

plastic plates are made for only one agency, the USIA, and their orders have 

fallen to a fraction of those in previous years. 
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The overall square inch production for each of the three sections for the 

last three fiscal years is as follows: 

Electrotype Section ••••••••••••• 

Stereotype Section •••••••••••••• 

Photoengraving Section •••••••••• 

Total•••••••o•••••••••••••• 

1969 

1,547,045 

31,421,666 

3,615,627 

36,584,338 

1968 

2,311),034 

11,849,798 

3,313,533 

17,479,965 

1967 

6,201,';72 

11,837,663 

4,340,384 

22,379,619 

Note: The enormous increase in reported square inches for Stereotype was 

due to a single order by Civil Defense for 240,000 "syndicate mats," making 

22 million square inches. 

Plate Vault activities reflect the impact of the computerized Reproducible 

Inventor,y Control System and are reported as follows: 

Plate statement issued ••••••••••••••• 

Offset negative records received ••••• 

Stereo mat records r•~eived •••••••••• 

Wrap-around plates received •••••••••• 

Records entered into reproducible 

inventory control system ••••••••••• 

Division personnel declined slightly: 

Electrotype Section •••••••••••••••• 

Photoengraving Section ••••••••••••• 

Stereotype Section ••••••••••••••••• 

Office of Superintendent ••••••••••• 

Total ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

1969 

12,594 

20,198 

1,240 

325 

29,000 

36 

17 

24 

3 

Bo 

Libra~ of Congress Branch 

1968 

17,278 

23,050 

1,875 

420 

12,000 

38 

19 

24 

3 

m; 

1967 

lcr,rg9 

3.5,010 

1,641 

345 

43 

19 

26 

3 

mr 

Titles received for letterpress composition during 1969 remained at the same 

level as the preceding fiscal year. Balance of titles on hand for composition 

shows an increase over the preceding year, and is due to several factors: a 

considerable increase in machine composition hours for call numbers and subject 

headings, composition for wholesale titles which do not appear as titles 

received or set, and the increased volume of titles received for composition 

in foreign language alphabets--Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew, and Armenian. 

Regular catalog cards received for offset processing decreased as did the 

average press runs for this class of work. The workload of proof sheets and 

book and KL cards increased to a point that total forms and impressions 

remained fairly constant overall, though total copies of all classes of work 

delivered show a decrease. 

The following is a summary of the combined letterpress and offset production 

for the past three years~ 
Total catalog cards ••••••••••••• 

Total proof sheets •••••••••••••• 

Total forms printed ••••••••••••• 

Total press impressions ••••••••• 

Total copies printed •••••••••••• 

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1969 128,~612 

14,834,076 

122,603 

29,470,048 

157,646,322 

1968 

152,'17o;259 

13,027,900 

126,376 

30,218,339 

181,9J:2,560 

1967 

147;;-so, 356 

9,936,058 

124,809 

26,565,223 

172,215,327 

Personnel in the Librar.y Branch shows a decrease of 16 during the past fiscal 

year from 123 in 1968 to 107 in 1969. This compares with 116 in 1967. 

The Librar.y of Congress proper is currently studying the feasibility of 

automation in the Card Division. A part of this project would be to put 

cataloging information on magnetic tape from which catalog cards would be 

produced, on demand, through the use of automated platemakers and offset 

duplicators. If successful, there will be a gradual decline in the workload 

of catalog card copy received at the branch, spread over a period of years. 

Delive~ Section 

The count of individual shipments for the year amounted to 160,095 items. 

Any entry on our recording ledger is regarded as an item and may range from 

a kraft envelope to six or more skids of work. The current figure represents 

an increase of 11,080 above fiscal year 1968. 

Fleet mileage showed an increase of 64,927 miles. The approval of three 

additional grade 5 truck drivers to drive three standby vehicles on a fulltime basis mainly accounted for the increase in fleet mileage. 

Accident frequency figure was 12.45 as compared with 7.69 for fiscal year 1968. 

The current figure places us second in the top five of 49 fleets competing in 

our class. 

The following table presents a three-year comparison: 

Shipments!••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Mileage •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Pickups •••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Accident frequency ••••••••••••••••••• 

1969 

160,095 

351,097 

5,600 

12.45 

1968 

149;ol1 

286,170 

5,450 

7.69 

1967 

146;430 

291,620 

5,200 

13.7 

Present number of employees is 83. In the two years preceding this report, 

there were 75. The creation or three grade 5 truck driver positions and five 

grade 7 bus driver positions accounts for the increase in personnel. 

PLANNING DIVISIONS 

Planning Service Division 

In fiscal year 1969, the Planning Service Division received a combined total 

ot 151,991 requisitions and print orders (including print orders processed 

directly through regional procurement offices--about 12.4 and 13.5 percent 

more, respectively, than the 135,325 and 133,911 requisitions and print orders 

received in fiscal years 1968 and 1967. As a direct result of the increased 
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number of print orders received--78,972 or 27.7 percent more in 1969 as 

compared to 61,880 received in 1968--the number of open jackets issued was 

also increased by 8.8 percent to 7,488 in 1969 as compared to 6,899 in 1968. 

As a consequence of these increases, the volume of service and liaison work 

was proportionately increased; however, such additional work was accomplished 

with an employee complement of but two more than was had at the end of fiscal 

year 1968. 

1969 1968 1967 

Formal orders received: 

P & B requisitions ••••••••••••••••• 73,019 73,445 71,185 

Print orders on open jackets ••••••• 78,972* 61,880 62,726 

Blank paper orders ••••••••••••••••• 8,862 9,343 9,743 

Additional orders & jackets: 

Patent work•••••••••••••••••••••••• 86,452 86,615 94,341 

Congressional •••••••••••••••••••••• 27,733 22,862 30,587 

Other •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 89,184 81,648 34,526 

Total orders & jackets ••••••••••••••• 364,222 335,793 303,108 

Jackets issued ••••••••••••••••••••••• 5o, 704 51,365 55,111 

Open jackets issued •••••••••••••••••• 7,488 6,889 6,255 

Schedules estab~ished •••••••••••••••• 54,491 53,764 50,822 

Informal estimates ••••••••••••••••••• 220 225 230 

*Includes print orders processed directly through regional procurement offices. 

The automated reproducible inventory control station established in the division 

in the past fiscal year has now been operational for approximately two years, 

and has demonstrated value to the Office despite the many "bugs" which have 

showed up in the operation. Improvements in the form of more input time 

available and the addition of several more memory banks were made during the 

year. Two new light delivery trucks were added to the fleet completing the 

replacement of all obsolete and/or overage equipment. This division has also 

taken over the responsibility for the maintenance and service requirements of 

the fleet. 

The commercial contract for pick-up and delivery service of copy, proofs, and 

small amounts of printing material, servicing the National Institutes of 

Health and Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland; the Central Intelligence 

Agency, McLean, Virginia; and one emergency program for the Defense Supply 

Agency, Alexandria, Virginia; continues to prove its value in improved and 

expeditious service to our customers. Our daily trucking contract for 

transporting A~ printed matter to Bengies, Maryland, was supplemented to 

provide an additional truck for exclusive delivery of Air Force publications 

to their warehouse at Bengies, Maryland. 

The review of dated periodicals produced in-house (89 publications) conducted 

in cooperation with Plant Planning and Production personnel for updating of 

specifications and rescheduling to reflect current needs and procedures, was 

continued during the fiscal year. 
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Plant Planning Division 

In fiscal year 1969, the Division of Plant Planning prepared 34,073 regular 

and print order jackets--the principal measurable activity of the division. 

This is an increase of about 0.7 percent over the 33,825 jackets prepared in 

fiscal year 1968, but a decrease of about 5o9 percent from the 36,215 jackets 

prepared in fiscal year 1967. However, such comparatively small increases 

or decreases in the jacket preparation and related activities are normal and 

expected from year to year; as the principal yardstick used for acceptance 

of orders (requisitions and print orders) for in-plant production is the 

volume of work they represent in relation to the production capabilities of 

the plant, rather than the number of orders involved. 

1969 1968 1967 

Printing and binding production 

plans developed •••••••••••••••••••• 23,027 23,222 24,905 

Estimates made: 

Formal (firm) ••••.••••.••••.••••••• 19,862 20,515 21,864 

Informal •••••••••••••• o.,•~····•••• 2,2.59 2,387 3,673 

Sales prices developed•••••••••••o••• 10,2o6 9,828 10,16.5 

Jackets prepared: 

Regular & print order •••••••••••••• 34,073 33,82.5 36,21.5 

Open • ••••••••• o o •• o •••• o o • o • ·O o ••••• 1,260 1,253 1,215 

Blank paper & suppliesg 

Requisitions received •••••••••••••• 8,862 9,343 9,743 

It is noteworthy that the Paper and Materials Control Section, although processing 

fewer requisitions during fiscal 1969, still was responsible for an activity 

valued at more than $1~ million for the year. 

Plant Planning personnel rose from 52 in 1967 to 54 in 1968, and 56 in 1969. 

In early July of the fiscal year, the recommendations of the Committee to 

Review Pricing of Sales Publications were officially approved, and Plant 

Planning was instructed to take such actions as were necessary to accordingly 

revise the pricing structure for use effective September 1, 1968. This 

involved the making of some 1,800 printing and binding estimates which 

required about 200 man hours. One of the committee recommendations approved, 

that of reducing the number of paper categories from five to three, was made 

by the Plant Planning representative. This eliminated the making of an 

additional 1,200 estimates requiring 200 man hours that would otherwise be 

needed, and substantially lessened the danger of error and time involved in 

applying the pricing scales. 

Typography and Design Division 

Effective March 1, 1969, the position of TypograpQy and Design Manager was 

abolished, and the responsibility for the activities of that division was 

transferred to the Planning Manager. During the fiscal year, the Division of 

Typography and Design processed a more-or-less increased volume of work in 

their principal measurable activities than was processed in 1968 and 1967. 
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In 1969, the number of jackets processed totaled 11,008, about 6 and 13 

percent more, respectively, than the 10,447 and 9,719 jackets processed 

in 1968 and 1967. 

As in past years, Typography and Design conducted the regularly scheduled 

Civil Service Interagency Training Programs "Editorial Planning for Printing 

Production." A total of 261 persons were enrolled in the two extended 

sessions held, of which 234 were presented certificates of completion. A 

separate three-day program was held at the request of the Department of 

Health, Education, and Welfare for a total of 24 persons, including one 

from the Interior and six from the Navy Department. 

Comparison of Activities 

Conferences .••. o••••••••••••••••••••• 

Number of persons •••..••••...•••••••• 

Agencies represented ••••••••••••••••• 

Hours spent in conference •••••••••••• 

Jackets received from scheduling to be 

1969 

054 

1,107 

132 

625 

processed for reference to color, etc. 8,861 

Total number of jackets processed.... 11,008 

Orders & estimates for photoengravings 2,475 

Halftones & linecuts ordered......... 14,396 

Finished art pieces.................. 7,407 

Layout sketches...................... 21 101 

Illustrations retouched, pieces...... 2,287 

~pages pasted •••••••••• o•••••••• 4,837 

Photographic requests................ 3,333 

Finished pieces...................... 32,179 

1968 

-m 

1,314 

120 

740 

8,542 

10,447 

2,481 

14,761 

8,019 

3,034 

4,224 

4,381 

3,075 

37,088 

1967 

IJ44 

1,285 

139 

844 

8,145 

9, 719 

2,672 

18,145 

7,559 

2,917 

4,859 

2,507 

3,495 

36,540 

As part of its regular work, the division was concerned with the printing of 

a number of important or unusual books or programs which should have special 

_mention. 

Public Papers of the Presidents, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1967--This was the fourth 

volume of this series. As was the case in previous years, the amount of copy 

was so great that it was necessary to divide the material into two books. 

The first book contained 812 pages, and the second book 692 pages. They were 

printed on 50 percent rag antique paper, and bound in green cloth with stamping 

in dark green and gold. 

1968 Yearbook of Agriculture--The title of the book is "Science for Better 

Living." The format and all the necessary artwork were developed by this 

division. The book contains numerous illustrations, and for this reason was 

printed by web offset on 100 lb. offset paper. There were 432 pages plus 

printed endleaves. This included a 32-page four-color process signature of 

illustrations. The cloth for the case binding was printed by offset in red, 

blue, and gold and then varnished. 
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Psychopharmacology, H.E.W.--f.ypo and Design developed the format for this 

book, sized and cropped all photographs, and prepared camera COP,Y for the 

cover and title page. Trim size was 7 7/8" by 10 1/4" and the book contained 

1,322 pages and 360 illustrations. Binding was in blue cloth with stamping 

in red and gold. 

Historic Medals, Treasury---The complete format for this 280-page 8\'• by lP' 

book was developed by this division starting with sample pages and working 

through preparation of copy, sizing of illustrations, and checking quality of 

press sheets. The book contained 270 illustrations of medals, all of which 

had to be reproduced in actual size. 

Field Strvic~ Division 

The Field Service Division operates plants in Chicago, Denver, New York, 

San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., to fulfill the printing, 

binding, and related requirements, including the commercial procurement of 

printing in the field, of Government departments and agencies in their areas. 

The Department of the Interior was the division's largest customer, and 

increased its requirement from over $9001 000 in fiscal year 1968 to over 

$1,000,000 in fiscal year 1969. Most of this increase was felt in our Denver 

office, but a sizable amount was also produced by the Seattle and Washington, 

D.c., offices. The Post Office Department, second largest customer last year, 

continued this year. It also increased its requirement by approximately 

10 percent, predominantly in New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. 

Both of the foregoing increases represented a general rise in the departments' 

requirements, and were not attributable to special programs. The Department 

of the Navy, which was in fourth place last year, rose to third in fiscal 

year 1969 because of program work procured commercially, the bulk of which 

was procured by the San Francisco office. Health, Education, and Welfare, 

the next ranked customer, increased from $448,000 to $690,000, chiefly due 

to ~ grants given through the Office of Education to educational 

laboratories throughout the states. The New York office alone accounted 

for $175,000 of this increase. 

A comparison of total billings by each office followsg 

Chicago••••••••••••••••••••o••••••o•• 

DenTer •••••••••••••• 0 0 e 0 0 • 0 •• 0 0 •••••• 

Departmental Service ••••••••••••••••• 

New York•••••o••••••••••••••q•••••••• 

San FranciSCOe••••••••••ooooooo•••••• 

Seattle••••••••••••••oooooooooo•••••• 

Total ••••••••••••••••••.•••••••• 

1969 

$1,4'44,099 

1,416,417 

3,560,149 

190,455 

582,676 

817,530 

$8,611,326 

1968 

$1,496;578 

1,281,882 

3,523,776 

470,772 

298,626 

353,604 

$7,425,238 

1967 

$1,627;o43 

1,115,598 

3,347,759 

554,393 

284,563 

366,018 

$7,295,974 

The following is a comparison of the number of employees on our rolls at 

the close of fiscal years 1969, 1968, and 1967g 
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1969 1968 1967 

Office of Superintendent ••••••••••••• ----; ---c; ~ Chicago •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 92 97 99 

Denver ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 97 92 80 

Departmental Service Office •••••••••• 285 274 262 

New York •.••.•••••••••••••••••••••••• 22 24 23 

San Francisco •••••••••••••••••••••••• 18 17 18 

Seattle •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 29 25 23 

Total ~ m 510 

A committee was organized early in May 1968 by the Joint Committee on Printing 

to survey agency field printing plants in order to ascertain the feasibility 

of establishing printing procurement offices in certain areas of the country. 

The Superintendent, Field Service Division, and the Assistant Chief, Printing 

Procurement Section, Purchasing Division, accompanied members of the Joint 

Committee on Printing staff and agency representatives to four separate regions. 

This report reflects increased printing procurement activity in $Very office 

except Chicago where it remained at the same level as last year. Printing 

procurement programs established for A~, Navy, and Office of Education 

with the assistance of the Central Office are being administered by the 

Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle Field Service Offices. 

After considerable negotiation with the Post Office Department, the New York 

office obtained an additional 21 204 square feet of space for storage. 

Because of the change in the Joint Committee on Printing Regulations, which 

formerly separated field from departmental printing, all is now grouped 

together, and is known as federal printing. This means a greater decentralization of printing is in the offing with departments delegating to the field 

that which was formerly regarded as departmental printing. It is expected 

that this will result in a greater workload for field offices, as well as 

Government Printing Office printing procurement offices when they are 

established. 

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS 

Personnel Division 

The Personnel Division is responsible for advising the Public Printer and 

his staff on personnel policies and personnel programs which will enable the 

Office to carry out its mission in the most effective manner. It is also 

responsible for administering personnel programs in accordance with pertinent 

laws, CrJ,.vil Service rules and regulations, and the policies of the Public 

Printer. 
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Comparison of Activities 

1969 1968 1967 

Training projects •••••••••••••••••••• 24b 1.'84 ""130 

Treatments in Medical Section •••••••• 47,693 44,434 40,943 

Administrative Orders •••••••••••••••• 11 26 38 

Personnel Bulletins •••••••••••••••••• 13 14 26 

Employee Letters ••••••••••••••••••••• 54 18 29 

Positions classified ••••••••••••••••• 939 987 847 

Labor-Management agreements signed ••• 8 5 5 

Corrective Actions ••••••••••••••••••• 192 329 468 

Individual classification actions 

(including appeals completed) •••••• 160 360 342 

Retirements processed ••••••••••••••••• 204 243 210 

Appointments •.••••••.•.•••••••.•••••• 1,944 1,794 1,505 

Separations •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1,657 1,558 1,371 

Retirement counseling interviews ••••• 600 750 730 

Intervtews held, Room Cl04 ••••••••••• 10,181 18,996 5,000 

Promotions processed ••••••••••••••••• 916 865 872 

Total personnel actions (appointments, 

separations, changes) •••••••••••••• 16,746 17,055 12,987 

Formal grievances (which arose out of 

labor agreements & reached con- cil~ation stage) ••••••••••••••••••• 3 

The number of corrective actions in the fiscal year of 1969 was significantly 

reduced. This resulted primarily from two factors: first, under the new 

corrective action procedure, supervisors are required to counsel an employee 

twice in most cases concerning a repeated violation of an Office regulation 

prior to submission of a formal report; and secondly, the suspension penalty 

has been eliminated from the corrective action procedures. 

There was a noticeable decrease in individual classification actions and 

appeal cases. This can be attributed to the reduction in the number of 

positions that had not been surveyed, and a better understanding of the 

classification program by our employees. 

The decrease in the number of interviews held in Room Cl04 reflects the 

difference in methods of counting for the fiscal years of 1968 and 1969. The 

figure for 1968 (18, 966) was obtained by random sampling which was taken 

periodically during a six-month period and projected for the remaining six 

months. The figure for 1969 (10,181) represents the actual count of interviews held during the entire 12-month period. 

Personnel Division strength is shown below: 

1969 1968 1967 

Office of the Director ••••••••••••••• ~ -9 ----'9 

Classification ••••••••••••••••••••••• 10 8 8 

Special Services ••••••••••••••••••••• 13 

Employment Management Relations •••••• 4 18 107 

Plant Security ••••••••••••••••••••••• 113 115 

Medical ••••••••••••••...••••••••••••• 18 16 16 

Training••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 211 209 168 

Employment•••••••••••••o••••••·•••••• 35 31 30 

Total••••••••••••o•••••••••••••• 409 '40b 338 
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The Employee Relations Section and the Administrative Services Section were 

abolished and a new section called the Special Services Section was created. 

Part of the functions of the Employee Relations Section, adverse action and 

indebtedness functions, were transferred to the Employment Section. The 

remaining functions of the section were assigned to the Special Services 

Section. In addition, a new section called the Employee Management Section 

was created. 

The Government Printing Office apprenticeship was reduced from five years to 

four years to bring it in line with the prevailing practice of private industry. 

As a result, all Apprentice Master Training Charts have been revised to 

accommodate the new schedule. 

The fiscal year of 1969 is the first year the Government Printing Office 

parking lots have been in full operation. As of June 18, 1969, the Office 

had leased 14 different lots with a total of 465 parking spaces. We also 

have use of one Senate lot, three House lots, the Gales School lot, and the 

HDB lot, and there are 672 spaces available on these lots, making a total of 

11137 parking spaces available for our employees. Since we are able to 

assign more than one shift to the lots, we have a total of 1,443 employees 

assigned to these spaces. 

During the year, Labor-Management Agreements were entered into with eight 

units: American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 2618; AFGE 

Local 1292; AFGE Local 1248; AFGE Local 2738; Local 42 of the International 

Brotherhood of Bookbinders; Journeyman Bookbinders Union No. 4; Washington 

Federal Printing Workers Union No. 713; and the Washington Government Offset 

Union No. 538. 

A Civil Service Commission Inspection Team conducted an "on-site" inspection 

regarding the Equal Employment Opportunity Program at this agency. Informal 

meetings of the team and officials were held, both during the inspection and 

after its conclusion. Many recommendations regarding employment procedures 

have been instituted. 

Finance and Accounts Division 

The Finance and Accounts Division is responsible for (a) financial management, (b) management information systems, (c) traffic management, and (d) 

legal services. 

Comparison of Activities 

1969 1968 1967 

Vouchers audited (approx.) •••••• 15'4,000 150,000 138,ooo 

Commercial printing procurement 

jackets & print orders processed 101,610 76,900 71,475 

Government bills of lading accounted 

for & paid •••••••••••••••••••• 29,883 33,706 31,997 

Paper & material requisitions 

processed••••o•••••o•••••••••• 274,517 273,000 281,000 

Jackets processed for billing ••• 120,863 123,002 124,938 
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Comparison of Activities (continued) 

1969 1968 1967 

Billings issued ••••••••••••••••• ~55 30,989 30,109 

Newly set type (ems) measured 

2,773,764 3,030,474 3,242,041 (in thousands) •••••••••••••••• 

Computer programs completed ••••• 325 245 124 

Computer programs in process •••• 68 73 43 

Tabulating cards processed 

(in millions) ••••••••••••••••• 24.5 23.1 22.7 

Value of payrolls processed (in 

millions of dollars) •••••••••• $71.6 $67.0 $63.4 

Govemment bills of lading 

accountability records maintained 45,376 46,029 48,450 

Government bills of lading prepared 34,581 34,137 34,046 

The Scale of Prices was completely revised and placed into effect on November 11 

1968. Special congressional and supplemental scales were also revised during 

the year. 

In conjunction with the Internal Audit Staff and the Purchasing Division, a 

physical inventory procedure for blank paper was developed. In addition, 

a physical inventory of blank paper in the Central Office and our warehouse 

at Franconia, Virginia, was taken. This was the first complete p~sical 

inventory of blank paper in 14 years. 

Plans were developed and implemented to accelerate billings for printing 

purchased commercially. The plan, which resulted in all program jackets being 

closed out 30 days after they were written instead of waiting for all print 

orders issued to the jacket to be paid, enabled the division to bill customer 

agencies on a more timely basis and decreased the work in process inventory 

by more than $5,ooo,ooo. 

The preparation of jacket billings by computer became operational on Februar,r 1, 

1969. Effective July 1, 1969, and through a revision to the computer programs, 

the rider rates will be printed on all jacket cost summaries. The revision 

will enable employees of the Computing Section to pick up rider rates from 

the summaries, thus eliminating the time-consuming task of hand computations. 

Data was developed and used as a basis for revising the prices of all publications sold by the Superintendent of Documents. New subscription and 

individual copy rates for the Federal Register and the Weekly Compilation 

of Presidential Documents were also developed. 

Finance and Accounts Division personnel assignments are shown below: 
Office of the Comptroller*•••••••·••• 

Appropriation Accounting & Auditing •• 

Billing & Collecting ••••••••••••••••• 

Composition Measuring •••••••••••••••• 

Computing •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Cost Accounts •••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Data Processing •••••••••••••••••••••• 

Payroll & Time Records ••••••••••••••• 

Traffic •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Total ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

*Includes summer help 

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1969 

~ 

61 

7 

21 

34 

31 

126 

lll 

13 

430 

Purchasing Division 

1968 

~ 

6o 

8 

21 

34 

37 

91 

106 

13 

398 

1967 

j! 

53 

8 

20 

35 

)6 

88 

101 

12 

384 

The Purchasing Division is responsible for the procurement and contracting 

activities of the Government Printing Office, These include the acquisition 

of operating materials, supplies, equipment, and miscellaneous services; 

the leasing of warehouse space, the engagement of transportation services; 

the disposal of surplus property; and the procurement of printing and binding 

from commercial sources, 

The division is also responsible for the operation of our telephone and 

communication facilities, our St, Louis, Boston, and Philadelphia Procurement 

Offices, and our storage and warehousing operations. 

The value of our procurement activities during fiscal year 1969 amounted to 

$141,067,593.54. This represents an increase of $8,9281 237.90 when compared 

to the previous fiscal year, and was predominantly caused by an increase of 

$9,136,153.34 in commercial printing, including Field Service and Regional 

Procurement Offices. 

Comparative Breakdown of Procurement Data: 

1969 

Materials & supplies •••••••••••• $ 3,727,474 

Blank paper & envelopes ••••••••• 271 511,617 

Commercial printing & binding: 

Central office (est,) ••••••••• 94,891,333** 

Regional Proc, Offices (est.), 8,867,585** 

Field Service (est.).......... 1,511,652** 

All inclusive •••••••••••• $10S,270,S70* 

Services, transportation, 

communications, travel........ 4,006,689 

Machinery & equipment........... 551,244 

Totals, ••••••••••••••••••• $14l,o67,594 

1968 

$ 3,903,"401 

26,299,890 

96,134,41~ 

4,033,214 

1.708,4~~ ft"32,139,3 

1967 

$ 4,111,009 

34,602,148 

95,823,565* 

3,270,663 

1,985,452 

$139,792,837 

*The value of commercial printing was computed by taking the sum of all payments 

made on items ordered and delivered in this fiscal year and adding thereto the 

sum of the items on undelivered orders, plus the sum of items delivered but 

still unpaid during the period, then deducting the sum of items remaining 
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undelivered in the previous fiscal year and paid in the present year. These 

figures, as furnished by Finance and Accounts, do not include applicable 

surcharges or the value of paper furnished to commercial contractors. 

**These figures are developed by using Printing Procurement Section's fiscal 

year records as a basis for estimating. 

Comparative Breakdown of Paper Products Purchased: 

1969 

Paper purchased by pounds ••••••• 181~,652 

Paper purchased by sheets....... 21,261,200 

Envelopes ••••••••••••••••••••••• 219,961,786 

Containers...................... 4,068,011 

1968 

189,140,5'30 

18,643,069 

234,853,532 

3,936,843 

1967 

195,594,187 

21,347,838 

223,784,955 

3,736,376 

Paper prices showed a sharp increase in the first quarter and a moderate 

decrease in the second quarter. They increased slightly in the third quarter 

and showed a substantial increase in the last quarter, resulting in a 

cumulative price increase of 10.30 percent for the entire fiscal year. 

The bi-weekly average inventory of paper during fiscal year 1969 amounted to 

60,117,096 pounds. This figure included an average of 3,263,668 pounds in 

the plants of commercial printing contractors, 3,714,041 pounds on hand 

awaiting release, and an emergency reserve storage of approximately 19,757,230 

pounds. 

The high point in our paper inventory of 64,258,686 pounds occurred during 

the bi-weekly period of July 1, 1968, through July 12, 1968; and the low 

point of S5,989,861 pounds occurred during the bi-weekly period of June 2, 

1969, through June 13, 1969. 

The previously established program for the instruction of journeymen craft 

employees in the activities and functions of the Printing Procurement and 

Specifications Sections was continued and expanded. This program provides 

versatile Planners, plus a reservoir of partially trained technicians for 

filling vacancies, and for adding to the work force in these sections if 

increased workloads become that demanding. 

Specifications were written for the FOSDIC Program for the 1970 Decennial 

Census, and 25,210,000 copies were procured commercially. These complex 

specifications required printing tolerances suitable for reduction on microfilm; prior production testing of paper samples on each delivery of paper; 

and a rigid quality control program. 

The Stores Section handled 101,761 tons of paper. This was made up of 2,504 

freight cars and 1,348 truckloads. Sales through salvage operations consisted of 18,947,900 pounds of waste paper, 654,110 pounds of scrap iron, 

563,045 pounds of scrap type metal and dross, and 19,490 pounds of scrap 

photographic film. 

Outgoing local telephone calls amounted to 425,726 message units. No record 

was kept of long distance message units, as practically all long distance 

calls were placed over the Federal Telecommunications System. 
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Engineering Division 

The primary function of the Engineering Division is to maintain all buildings, 

machiner,r, and equipment of the Government Printing Office in the best 

possible condition to provide a safe environment for all employees in order 

that public printing can be produced most efficiently. 

Comparison of Activities 

Maintenance service calls •••••••••••• 

Maintenance job orders ••••••••••••••• 

Yearly job orders •••••••••••••••••••• 

Printing & binding jackets ••••••••••• 

Specifications for new machinery 

& equipment •••••••••••••.•••• o••••• 

Machines installed ••••••••••••••••••• 

Machines relocated ••••••••••••••••••• 

1969 

32,305 

260 

427 

700 

92 

38 

24 

1968 

32,040 

258 

302 

665 

56 

63 

163 

1967 

34,139 418 

260 

525 

71 

62 

111 

Yearly job orders show an increase of 125. The latter number consists of 

repetitive routine jobs which will considerably reduce paper work and 

associated costs. 

A recapitulation of utility usage follows: 

Electric power (kw-hr.) ••••••••• 

Gas (cu.ft.) •••••••••••••••••••• 

Water (gals.) ••••••••••••••••••• 

Steam (estimated lbs.) •••••••••• 

1969 

43, 2'84,'" 000 

13,795,300 

199,138,985 

45,040,000 

1968 

40,315,ooo 

13,204,000 

188,243,325 

44,465,000 

Plant Safety Analysis 

1967 

40,179,000 

13,435,000 

2o6,228,770 

44,800,000 

1969 1968 1967 

Chargeable injuries............. --123 --ro2 --115 

Fire protection costs ••••••••••• $ 23,398.60 $ 23,052.78 $ 22,283.79 

Direct accident costs--Bureau of Employment Compensation charges: 

Medical treatment............. 36,775.00 

Compensation payments ••••••••• 119,609.00 

Buildings damaged............. 2,111.00 

Machinery damaged............. 22,516.00 

Equipment damaged............. 22,971.00 

Motor vehicles damaged •••••••• 

Total direct costs ••••••••• %$~20~3~,~9~82~.~00= 

86,193.00 

2,486.00 

1,219.29 

18,224.95 

329.79 

$108,453.74 

73,392.00 

4,318.31 

5,018.74 

22,708.53 

43.13 

$105,480.71 

The direct accident costs at the Government Printing Office have increased 

from $105,480 in 1967 to $203,982 in 1969, and considering that indirect 

accident costs are accepted at a minim~ of four times the direct accident 

costs, we note that accidents have cost the Government Printing Office 

$815,928 in 1969. 
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The National Accident Frequency Rate in the printing and publishing industry 

during 1968 was 9.5 accidents for each million man hours worked. Six out of 

16 divisions within the Government Printing Office incurred disabling injuries 

above the national average. 

During the past fiscal year, the Engineering Division has installed in the 

Offset Division: three single-color presses, one 2-color press, and two 

perfector presses. 

It has also constructed rooms for and installed A.B. Dick Videograph operation 

for automated documents mailing, air-conditioned first floor and part of sixth 

floor in Building No. 1, and completed installation of the new baling system. 

The second Linotron System and two high-speed letterpresses were also received 

and installed. 

Tests and Technical Control Division 

The Tests and Technical Control Division tests all materials entering into 

printing and binding processes, and is engaged in such standardization work 

and technical research as might be desirable to improve the quality of the 

products and materials used by the Office. It writes specifications for the 

procurement of materials which are best suited to the requirements of the 

processes, and aids in the solution of technical problems incident to plant 

operations. 

The various materials tested during the past three fiscal years are as follows: 

Paper & envelopes ••••••••••••••••••••• 

Metals••••••••••o••••o•••••·•••••••••• 

Printing inks •••••••••••••.••••••••••• 

Ink-making materials •••••••••••••••••• 

Bookbinding materials ••••••••••••••••• 

Bookbinding leathers •••••••••••••••••• 

Adhesives & adhesive-making materials. 

Oils & greases••••••••••ooeooov••••••• 

Chemicals ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Offset supplies ••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Miscellaneous••••••o••••••o••••••••••• 

1969 

12,953 

1,021 

1,329 

267 

647 

17 

125 

193 

100 

124 

668 

1968 

12-;?li8 

1,112 

1,824 

327 

760 

21 

103 

156 

105 

116 

605 

1967 

13,100 

1,118 

906 

)88 

709 

20 

173 

153 

141 

61 

720 

There were 334 rejections for noncompliance with specifications. The great 

majority of this number--262--concerned paper. 

As part of its manufacturing responsibilities, the division produced the 

following materials~ 

1969 

Ink, pounds..................... 226,201 

Bindery glue, pounds............ 153,995 

Adhesives, pounds............... 209,441 

rypemetal corrected, pounds ••••• l5,061,736 

1968 

235,774 

156,980 

244,972 

15,786,597 

1967 

242';640 

150,855 

153,649 

16,o60,232 
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The Tests and Technical Control Division rendered assistance to the Securities 

and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice in a legal case in the 

identification of watermarks appearing in u.s. Government 25 percent rag bond 

paper. 

In the year 1928, the Joint Committee on Printing adopted a recommendation 

"that all rag content bond and ledger papers purchased by the u.s. Government be watermarked with a symbol indicating the grade of paper beginning 

March 1, 1929." Since that time all rag content bond and ledger papers have 

carried the Seal of the United States with either one, two, three, or four 

stars to indicate the rag content of the paper, as specified. Beginning 

August 1, 1969, the great seal watermark will be further modified by the 

addition of n~rals indicating the year of manufacture to be positioned 

slightly below the tail feathers of the eagle. The presence of such a 

watermark will date the paper, and thereby be of assistance in establishing 

validity of Government documents in case of dispute. 

Division representatives have participated in the development of eight substantive technical improvements and one new specification for the Government 

Paper Specification Standards of the Joint Committee on Printing. The new 

standard will be a 40-pound basis weight high wet-strength lithographic map 

paper, being used by the National Security Agency and the Coast and Geodetic 

Survey. 

The division has continued the developmental work on tagged postal indicia 

for the Post Office Department, and satisfactor,y blue and black inks for use 

in the production of penalty and franked envelopes have been successfully 

formulated. 

A clear luminescent ink has also been developed for use in tagging air mail 

postal cards. This clear ink was printed at one side of the stamp and was 

applied by letterpress after the cards had been printed by offset. This 

series of operations was necessary because the border of the air mail cards 

is printed with alternating red and blue parallelograms at the same time 

the stamp is being printed in red ink. The presence of signal generating 

material in the parallelograms would adversely affect the operation of the 

sensing device on the facer cancelling machine. 

At the request of the Post Office Department~ the Office has developed a 

satisfactory Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) ink for printing 

readable codes on commercial envelopes. These envelopes were to be processed 

by the Columbus, Ohio, Post Office in an experimental trial, and consisted 

of approximately 2,000,000 units supplied by 20 cooperating firms. The 

ink was developed for use on our Halm Jet Envelope Presses, and we were 

able to deliver the uncoded envelopes within an extremely short period of time. 

This trial was far more successful than could be anticipated, and the Post 

Office was able to sort MICR tagged mail with the same speed and reliability 

as banks sort MICR encoded checks. 
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Public Documents Division 

The Division of Public Documents has general supervision of the public 

distribution of u.s. Government publications. It places publications on 

public sale, administers the depository library distribution program, 

compiles catalogs, indexes and price lists of Government publications, and 

provides mailing services for certain publications distributed by Members 

of Congress and other Government agencies. 

With the sizable increase in inquiries and sales, Documents Division personnel 

also increased during the past year~ 

Full-time (including temporary) •••••• 

W.A.E•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

1969 

~ 

504 

1968 

~ 

502 

1967 

~ 

~5 

Additional temporar,y help that was available only during the summer season 

was again responsible for peak employment as of June 30. 

The installation of a new automatic call distributor telephone system at the 

Order Desk in the Inquiries Section has proved to be a significant improvement over the former PBX switchboard. After an understandable period of 

initial "debugging," an increasing number of customers and the managers of 

our branch bookstores report much better service received than was possible 

before. 

The A.B. Dick Videograph label addresser was put into operation during the 

year following intensive testing. Addressing of the entire mailing list 

for the List of Selected u.s. Government Publications, as well as 32 other 

mailing lists, can now be accomplished by use of this new equipment. While 

the single eight-hour shift during which it is now utilized is adequate to 

meet the present addressing needs o£ our O££ice and other Government agencies, 

it is available for use also on other shifts. 

The depository library system continued to grow. There are now 995 depository 

libraries. Representatives of the division participated during the year in 

six library conferences designed to assist and advise librarians handling 

u.s. Government publications. 

The contract for conversion of the approximately 870,000 names for the List 

of Selected u.s. Government Publications to magnetic tape was completed 

during fiscal year 1969. All programs and tapes have been turned over to 

the Data Processing Branch of the Division of Finance and Accounts. Conversion 

now makes it possible for this, our largest single mailing list, to be 

addressed by means of the Videograph equipment. 

For the second consecutive year, bookstore sales exceeded the million dollar 

figure. Total bookstore sales of $1,374,512 in fiscal year 1969 exceeded 

the previous year by 37 percent. Customer patronage increased by 22 percent. 
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The third branch bookstore outside the Washington, D.C., area was opened in 

San Francisco, California, on January 22, 1969. It is apparent that sales 

by this newest branch will be second only to those of the main bookstore in 

the Government Printing Office. Through cooperation of the General Services 

Administration, the San Francisco store is the most attractive of the branches 

established to date. 

The newly-authorized intermediate work shift (4g00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.) has 

eased critical backlogs of mailings for other Government agencies and has 

curtailed overtime which this workload formerly required. 

An additional storage warehouse was acquired during the year in Alexandria, 

Virginia. It is providing temporary relief for overcrowded conditions in 

the primary documents warehouse at 1111 N. Capitol Street. 

A revision of the schedule used in establishing the prices of Government 

publications sold by the office of the Superintendent of Documents was put 

into effect in fiscal year 1969. It reflects the increases in the cost of 

paper, labor, and all of the other cost factors on which publication sales 

prices must be based, and which have undergone drastic increases since the 

pricing schedule was last revised more than 15 years ago. 

Comparison of Activities 

1969 1968 1967 

Amount of appropriation ••••••••• $ 8,178,000 $ 7,4'59,000 $ 6,42'4,700 

Number of sales orders •••••••••• 4,448,878 4,101,123 3,915,241 

Amount of sales ••••••••••••••••• $19,907,291 $16,874,539 $16,194,396 

Miscellaneous receipts •••••••••• $10,629,363 $6,627,702 $7,079,062 

No. of letters of inquiry ••••••• 2,424,968 1,731,668 1,428,361 

Publications received for departmental free distribution •••••• 97,682,271 83,916,278 84,107,401 

Publications distributed free for 

other Government agencies ••••• 96,361,242 80,881,583 81,091,638 

No. of publications sold •••••••• 71,455,290 69,435,734 72,439,458 

No. of publications distributed 

to depository libraries ••••••• 10,819,764 9,878,941 11,475,959 

Total publications received ••••• 233,679,845 223,044,209 241,087,950 

Total publications distributed •• 236,011,983 221,193,371 226,560,162 

Customers served by GPO 

bookstores •••••••••••••••••••• 273,755 224,127 172,908 

Amount of bookstore sales ••••••• $1,374,512 $1,006,865 $841,856 

No. of mailing lists maintained. 1,224 1,224 1,268 

No. of addresses on mailing lists 2,926,077 2,842,300 2,752,633 

Total copies of available sales 

publications •••••••••••••••••• 69,007,292 72,660,459 73,844,316 

No. of documents cataloged •••••• 48,419 53,455 59,615 

No. of depository libraries ••••• 995 960 921 
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Disbursing Office 

The Office of the Disbursing Officer is responsible and accountable for the 

collection and disbursement of all cash items, issuance of u.s. Savings Bondsj 

and ~ other cash transactions necessary to the conduct of Government 

Printing Office business. 

Comparison of Activities 

1969 

Statements of accountability: 

Collections ••••••••••••••••••• $233,939,957 

Disbursements ••••••••••••••••• 252,440,644 

Total number of checks issued... 369,338 

u.s. Savings Bonds: 

No. of bond accounts.......... 4,717 

No. of bonds issued........... 78,898 

Payroll deductions & cash ••••• $2,199,771 

Collection, Deposit & Refund Branch: 

Pieces of mail handled........ 5,726,175 

No. of coupons disbursed •••••• 14,166,719 

No. of check refunds.......... 119,115 

1968 

$212,461,675 

236,284,884 

363,610 

4,790 

80,783 

$2,249,850 

5,089,963 

12,995,179 

113,215 

1967 

$208,127,613 

235~998,593 

352,783 

4,938 

72,486 

$2,o68,38l 

4, 913,911 

12,801,043 

115~837 

We have had small increases in each of the above areas with the exception of the Savings Bonds. While the bond analysis shows a decrease, the wide 

fluctuation of these accounts is chiefly responsible for the reduction. 

Full-time employees •••••••••••••••••• 

W.A.E. employees ••••••••••••••••••••• 

1969 

43 

59 

Internal Audit Staff 

1968 

)(r 

48 

1967 

42 

55 

The Internal Audit Staff is responsible for conducting independent, objective, and constructive reviews of the Government Printing Office's operating, administrative, and financial programs, and for reporting its findings and 

recommendations to the Public Printer. 

During the year the staff performed audits on GPO paper inventory, alleged 

irregular procurement and personnel practices of certain units, GPO shipping 

and related activities, certain salary adjustments, and financial accounts 

and related transactions. Accordingly, six reports were issued to the Public 

Printer on findings, recommendations, and corrective action taken. Audits in 

progress as of the end of the year included Production security and related 

activities, GPO paper handling and related activities~ and Financial Accounts 

and related transactions. 

Audit reports issued ••••••••••••••••• 

1969 

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1968 

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The Division ha3 cooperated in a program to investigate the feasibility o! the 

economic recovery of the dissolved silver from our spent photograph~c tixia& 

solutions. The preliminary study of two proposed recovery procedures indicate4 

that the electrolytic method afforded the Office an opportunity to recover 

significant quantities of silver, and at the eame time reali~e considerable 

monetary return on the operation. to date, utilizing a combinatioa ot the 

electrolytic and metallic replacement methods, a total of 414.5 troy ouacee 

et silver scrap and sludge have been recovered. This material yielde4 176 

ounces ot pure silver tor a net value or $322.65. In addition, a tetal ot 

2J646 ounces have been recovered by the metallic replacement process, and it 

is now ready for return to the u.s. Mint for processing. It is estiMated that 

this material will contain approximately 50 percent silver and should return 

approximately $2,600. 

PUBLIC DOCUMENTS DIVISION 

The Division of Public Documents has general supervision of the public distribution 

of u.s. Government publications. It places publications on public sale, 

administers the depository library distribution program, compiles catalogs, indexes and price lists of Government publications, and provides mailing services for eertain publications distributed by members of Congreee aad otheT 

Government agencies. 

Amount of appropriation•••••••••••••• $ 7,4691 000 

Amount of sales orders............... 4,1011 123 

Amount of sales•••••••••••••••••••••• $ 16,874,539 Miscellaneous receipts ••••••••••••••• $ 6,627,702 

Number of letters of inquir,r......... 1,731,668 

Publications received for Departmental free distribution........... 83,9161 278 

Publications distributed free for 

other Government agencies •••••••••• 

Number of publications sold •••••••••• 

Number ot publications distributed 

to depositor.y libraries •••••••••••• 

Total publications received•••••••••• 

Total publications distributed ••••••• 

Customers served by GPO Bookstores ••• 

Amount of Bookstore sales •••••••••••• 

Number of mailing lists maintained ••• 

Number of addresses on mailing lists. 

Total copies of available sales 

publications ••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Number of documents cataloged •••••••• 

Number of depository libraries ••••••• 

80,881,593 

69,435,734 

9,878,941 

223,ohh,2o9 

221,193,371 

224,127 

$1,006,865 

1,224 

2,842,300 

72,660,459 

53,455 961 

1967 

$ 6,424,700 

3,915,241 $ 16,194,396 

$ 7,079,062 

1,428,361 

84,107,401 

81,091,638 

72,439,458 

11,475,959 

241,087,950 

226,560,162 

172,908 

$841,856 

1,268 

2,752,633 

73,844,316 

59,615 

921 

1966 

- $ 5,829,000 

3,993,875 $ 14,794,515 

$ 7,641,734 

1,596,082 

83,796,195 

90,132,989 

66,703,843 

7,867,187 

222,950,946 

230,402,378 

138,643 

$687,833 

1,261 

2,695,213 

52,332,291 

61,947 

865 
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The EEO Office at the year end had drafted for the Public Printer's approval 

an administrative order which revises, effective July 1, 1969, the EEO Program, 

in accordance with Civil Service Commission requirements. Also, the EEO 

Office prepared specific plans for implementing the revised EEO Program, and 

had drafted an EEO Plan of Action for the Public Printer's approval. 
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The intensified ef~ort being made to acquaint a wider segment or the public 

with u.s. Governaent publications continued in 1968. Through arrangements 

which constituted a significant accomplishment, it was possible for our 

services to be featured on the nationally televised "Today Show." We also 

received similar opportunities on several other local television and radio 

programs. Personal contacts made with commercial retail outlets in the local 

metropolitan area have resulted in the displa7 and sale of certain Governaent 

publications for the first time b7 thos~ outlets. 

Publications displa7s and exhibits related to Government publications and 

services of the Documents Division continued in demand at conventions, 

conferences, etc. Eight were presented in 1968 with gratif,ying results. 

The exhibit at the Conference of International Chiefs of Police vas an outstanding example, where the reports of the President's Crime Commission were 

a timely contribution and the interest created there was an important factor 

in t~e heavy sale of those reports. The publications exhibits at the Pentagon 

for National Librar,y Week are always well attended, but in 1968 the·sales at 

that exhibit were almost double those of any previous year. 

Our cooperation with other Government departments and agencies in publicizing 

their publications continues to gain wider recognition throughout the Governlftent. Two special announcements that w·,re particularly successful involved 

a new Department of the Interior publication, "Room to Roa.a1 " and the Department 

of Labor's "Occupational Outlook Handbo>k." 

The nUII.ber of deposit.or.y libraries incr·~ased from. 921 to 961. The InvestigaUon 

Questionnaire provided for by law was s~nt to the depositories during 1968. 

The resulting reports renect, in gener u, an increasing use of u.s. Government 

publications in the depositor,y collectigns throughout the countr,y. 

The non-Government Printing Office publ:".cations of the Department of State 

are the latest added to the depositor.y ~rogram as part of the implementation 

of' the .1962 Depository Library Act. 

A new telephone system, utilizing an au.;omatic Call Distributor siJdlar to that 

ill use at the u.s. Civil Service Com.mis 1ion, is now being installed,, and>vill 

be coapleted early in fiscal 1969. The new, automated equipment will enable 

calls to be handled in sequence 1 and vi 1.1 provide for recorded messages to 

custo11ers where the7 can provide an add,;d service. · 

The new intermediate work shift, author:.zed by the 1969 Legislative Branch 

Appropriation Act, will be inaugurated ~arl7 in fiscal 1969. This should 

make it possible to handle on a more cusTent basis the rapid increase in the 

mailings requested b7 other Government ''~·gencies, which have exceeded our 

resources in the past. 
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The first revision since 1953 in the schedule used in establishing the prices of Government publications sold by the Office of the Superintendent of Documents 

has been completed and will go into effect early in fiscal 1969. The 

increased revenue that this is expected to produce will, hopefully, offset 

to some extent the costs of the further modernization that is imperative if 

we are to provide a 16 million dollar or more publications sales service in 

the manner that those who avail themselves of it have the right to expect. New 8,1Stems and advances in procedures perfected for large commercial 

merchandising operations seem the only hope of our overcoming the problems created largely by the excessive time and cost now required for us to handle 

orders under the existing system, in quarters which are inadequate, and which 

were not designed for such an operation in the volume that it has alreaqy reached, and with ever,y expectation that this volume will continue to increase 

in the years ahead. 

Preliminar,y plans are underway for the establishment of the additional branch 

Bookstore outside Washington that was authorized by the 1969 Legislative Branch 

Appropriation Act. With the recognized desirability that the new store be 

located on the West Coast, investigation of a possible site in San Francisco, Calif., is being made in cooperation with appropriate officials of the General 

Services Administration. 

FIELD SERVICE DIVISION 

The Superintendent, Field Service Division, under the general direction of the 

Deputy Public Printer, is responsible for the administration and technical 

activities of the six Field Service Division offices located in Chicago, Denver, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.c. These offices 

provide printing, binding, and related services, including the commercial 

procurement of printing in the field, to over 200 departmental and regional installations of the u.s. Government throughout the United States. The office 

of Superintendent is charged with the responsibility of administering all rules, regulations, and policies of the Government Printing Office, as applicable to 

the Field Service Division, and for the coordination of administrative and 

operational activities between the Central Office and the Field Service Division 

offices. 

The Department of the Interior became our largest customer during fiscal year 1968, requiring in excess of $9001 000 of ser~ices from the various offices of the 

division. Most of their demands were placed on our Denver office, where the 

value of their local orders, mainly specifications for the Bureau of Reclamation, increased fro• $557,000 in fiscal year 1967 to $625 1 000 in fiscal year 1968. 

The Post Office. Department, which was our largest customer last year, fell to 

second place because of an approximate 14 percent reduction in their require- ments from our Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.c., offices. The Departments of the Treasur.y and the A~, which were in third and fourth places last year, dropped to fifth and sixth places this year due to reduced utilization of our 

services. Most of Treasur,y's decrease was felt by our New York office because 
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or Coast Guard's transfer to the new Department of Transportation, and lessened 

requirements by the Internal Revenue Service for tax fol'll reprints. Arli,1 1S 

decrease was mainly caused by work now procured by the Central Office on 

established printing programs. Agriculture, with sales value approximating the same as last year, became our third largest customer, followed by Navy 

as the fourth. Navy showed a sizable increase, from $150,000 to $519,000, 

which resulted from the merger of the Navy printing plant with our Departmental Service Office in Washington, D.c. While slight decreases in total sales were 

shown in Chicago, lew York, and Seattle, our overall sales volume increased 

by 1.8 percent. 

The following figures show comparative value of services performed {income) by the several Field Service Division offices for the past three years: 

Office 1968 1967 1966 

- Chicago •••.••••.••••••••••••••••••••• $1,457,0.39 $1,675,755 $1,600,.307 

Denver ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• .1,258,99.3 1,158,796 991,147 Departmental Service ••••••••••••••••• .3,781,525 .3,.3.30,128 .3,2.38,673 

New York••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 580,752 565,724 528,533 

San Francisco•••••••••••••••••••••••• .300,074 282,169 294,941 

Seattle•••••••••••••••o•••••••••o•••• 410,~.396 .38.3,~945 .362,~413 

Total••••••••••••••••••••••••••• t7, 788,779 $7,.396,517 $7,016,014 

The following is a comparison of the m~mber or employees on our rolls at the 

close of fiscal years 1968, 1967, and 1966: 

Office of Superintendent ••••••••••••• 

Chicago•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Denver •••.••••.•..••••••••••.•••••••• 

Departmental Service Office •••••••••• 

New York•••••••••••·••••••••••••••••• 

San Francisco•••••••••e••o•••o••••••• 

Seattle••••••••••••••••••a•••••••o••• 

.-Total ••.•••••••••••.••••.••••••• 

1968 

6 

97 

92 

274 

24 

17 

25 

5.35 

1967 

5 

99 

80 

262 

2.3 

18 

2.3 

510 

1966 

6 

103 

81 

248 

25 

18 

2.3 

504 

The Director of Personnel and his Staff Advisor, accompanied by the Assistant 

Superintendent of the Field Service Di,-ision and the Manager of the respective 

office, concluded successful labor-man~.gement agreements with American Federation 

of Government Employees Lodges 2618, 2l87, and 1292 in New York, Washington, D.c., 

and Chicago during the year. Agreement had also been reached in June 1967 with 

AFGE Lodge 1248 in Denver which was ratified and approved by the Public Printer 

i.n July 1967. 

The space problem in the Seattle Field Service Office was partially alleviated 

when early in the year renovations wert· completed on some 21 688 square feet of 

space by General Services Administraticm. 
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The Superintendent of the l"ield Service Division in January 1968 l'llade an 

inspection tour of all Field Service offices. Specific attention was given to 

the administrative functions of the offices in an effort to improve eperations and reduce costs in this area. 

'rhe Joint Col111'11ittee on Printing early in May 1968 organized a committee to study the feasibility of establishing in strategically located areas of the country printing procurement offices to be operated by the Government Printing Office, 

The Superintendent, Field Service Division, and the Assistant Chief, Printing Procurement, were assigned to ~his committee and accompanied a meMber of the 

eta£! and several agency representatives to Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona to 

inspect agency plants and present findings to the Joint Commit~ee on Printing aad the printing industry. Similar surveys of agency plants were also conducted 

iR the Boston and Philadelphia areas. In all instances. it was feund that 

sufficient agency work produced in~house or procured commercially by the 

individual agencies was available to warrant establishment of printing procuremeat 

ef!ices. 

During fiscal year 1968, the Field Service Division was engaged in inereased 

activity in printing procureMent functions. Demands by HEW's Office ot Education 

caused establishment of printing procurement programs in the New York area, 

as well as additional in-house work by our other plants. 

A greater emphasis is being placed on the use of commercial contractors to 

supplement the in-house capabilities of our plants so that unusual demands of 

the agencies can be met. The assignment of term contracts for specific programs for several of our plants is providing a training base on which we can build to 

expand our experience in this area. 

DISBURSING OFFICE 

The Office of the Disbursing Officer is responsible and accountable for the 

collection and disbursement of all cash items, issuance of u.s. Savings Bonds, and any other cash transactions necessar,y to the conduct of Government Printing Office business. 

1968 1967 1966 

Stateaents of accountability: 

Collections •••••••••••••••••••••••• $212,461,675 $208,127,613 $186,017,167 Disburseaents •••••••••••••••••••••• $236,284,884 $235,998,593 $206,633,266 !etal nuaber of cheeks issued, ••••••• 363,610 352,783 335,20) United States Savings Bonds: 

Nuaber of bond accounts •••••••••••• 4,790 4,938 4,359 Nu.Ber of bonds issued••••••••••••• 80,783 72,486 57,432 Payroll deductions & cash •••••••••• $2,249,850 $2,068,381 $1,655,317 Colleetioa, Deposit & Refund Branch: 

Pieces or mail handled••••••••••••• 5,089,963 4,913,911 4,944,183 NuMber or coupons disbursed, ••••••• 12,995,179 12,801,043 12,028,980 NuMber of cheek refunds •••••••••••• 113,215 115,837 107,25l 
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The analysis for 1968 shows a slight increase in each phase or production with 

the exception of Savings Bond accounts and check refunds. The number of bond 

accounts indicated as 4,938 for June 301 1967, decreased 467 by cancellation 

and separation to 4,471 as of May 4, 1968, but increased by 319 new accounts 

to 4,790 due to the Bond Drive. Although there was a decrease in the number 

of accounts, over 81 000 more bonds were issued and approximately $200,000 

additional was deducted. 

The following is a personnel comparisons 

Full-time e.ployees •••••••••••••••••• 

W.A.E. employees ••••••••••••••••••••• 

1968 

-

.38 

48 

GO~T PRINTING OFFICE RELOCATION 

1966 

-

.39 

58 

The relocation of the Government Printing Office has virtually languished throughout the past fiscal year, still stymied by lack of an approved site. 

No action has been forthcoming on the suggested Prince Georges County location. 

A meeting with General Services Administration representatives and District of 

Columbia Mayor Walter Washington produced no significant progress on alternate 

in-city locations recommended by the National Capitol Planning Commission. 

Resistance to a suburban site appears to have hardened in accordance with the 

fear that Federal employment center mobility toward metropolitan satellite 

locations is contrar.r to the hoped-for policy of containment in the inner city. 

No compromise seems possible which would reconcile the Government Printing Office's need for a one or two level fe.cili ty engineered specifically for a 

printing plant with the tacit desire of many to keep the Office close to Capitol Hill and the inner city. With each passing day, administrative decisions become 

more difficult because of the unanswer~d questions pertaining to relocation as 

opposed to remaining in the present location. Major renovation and replacement of building amenities are at issu~, and the possibility or substantial 

funds being spent to carr,y out this work, only to relocate in the near .future, seriously hampers sound decision-makinr. 

IHTERNAL J lJDIT STAFF 

The Internal Audit Staff is responsibl~ for conducting independent, objective, and constructive reviews of the Government Printing Office's operating, admil'listrative, and financial progr8lll8 and for reporting its findings and 

recommendations to the Public Printer. 

1968 1966 - - No. of e.ployees ••••••••••••••••••••• 6 * 

*The Internal Audit Staff vas established in Mav 1967. 
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Plans call for the recruitment of an additional auditor and the detailing of 

various Government Printing Office specialists to the staff to assist in the 

audit or technical and production division activitios. 

During the year, an audj.t of the GPO Guard F'orce activities waH completed, and a report issued to the Public Printer. Three other audita were started bu~ uncompleted at year end. They pertain to the GPO financial statements and 

accounts, production security and control, and paper handling activities; 

A .fivc .. year comprehensive audit plan was approved whex·eby all major .funetionu, 

activities, and organizational units of GPO will be audited at least once ever,y 

five years. 

A detailed audit manual was drafted setting forth audit policies and procedures, and outlining the objectives of internal audit work in GPO, the general scope of work to be performed, and standards of performance. 

F.QUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY PROGHAM 

The Equal Employment Opportunity Office is responsible .for reporting to and 

advising the Public Printer on matters involving charges of alleged diseriNiftatitn 

against any employee, or any qualified applicant for employment in the Goverft• 

ment Printing Office. It also serves as a liaison with the Civil Service 

Commission and other pertinent agencies, groups, or individuals in the field 

of equal employment opportunity for the development of positive programs and 

procedures in compliance with Government fair employment policies. 

This Office was the recipient of six formal discrimination complaints during the fiscal year 1968. It was successful in resolving eight such complaints for the same period, five of which were carr,yovers from fiscal year 1967. 

In addition to investigating complaints of discrimination, this Office was 

involved with at least 47 separate employees or groups in counseling sessions. 

These sessions were usually conducted on an informal basis and covered a wide 

variety of employee problems. It is felt that this practice has been most 

fruitful in contributing to better employee understanding and in lessening the communications gap between employees and management. 

The year was highlighted by a series of talks at which the Publtc Printer 

restated his equal employment opportunity policy, and reaffirmed his determination 

to insure fair and impartial treatment of all Government Printing Office 

enployees and qualified applicants for employment on a continuing basis. 

Follow.up talks were conducted at the staff level in ever,y division, including Field Service Offices, in an effort to further emphasize the need for increased 

supervisor involvement in the overall equal employment opportunity program. 
The Equal Employment Opportunity Officer cooperated with the Director of 

Personnel in talks on the subject "Dealing with Minority Group EJiployeea 1 

11 

given to supervisors or all divisions. 

Other activities tor the year included implementation or a revised minority 

group statistical survey, tiling ot a revised equal employaent opportunity Plan of Action, and participation in a series or supervisor.y development training lectures. 
STATISTICAL APPENDIX 
ASSETS: 

Fund balances with U.S. 

Treasury and cash 

Accounts receivable and 

advances 

Inventories, including work 

in process 

Deferred charges 

Property, plant, and equipment, net 

Total assets 

LIABILITIES: 

Accounts payable 

Accrued salaries and wages 

Amounts withheld from employees 

for purchase of savings bonds 

and payment of taxes 

Employees' accrued annual leave 

Customers' deposits and prepaid 

subscriptions 

Total liabilities 

Investment of U.S. Government 

Consisting of: 

Revolving fund: 

Capital 

Retained earnings 

Income from sales of 

publications payable 

to U.S. Treasury 

other funds 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

COMBINED COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

FISCAL YEARS 1965 THROUGH 1969 

Increase or 

Fiscal Year decrease(-) 

1969 1969 to 1968 

$ 22,490,986 $ 5,509,192 

52,584,737 

33,492,228 

72,193 

13,994,589 

122,634,733 

11,636,882 

3,337,604 

587,735 

3,863,360 

5,792,294 

25,217,875 

-1,821,221 

3,313,043 

-16,033 763,581 

7,748,562 

276,618 

492,030 

-2,356,484 

246,938 

2,816,563 

1,475,665 

$ 97,416,858 $ 6,272,897 $ 59,815,383 

27,748,229 

6,834,956 

3,018,290 

$ 

2,256,522 

4,207,254 

-190,879 

$ 97,416,858 $ 6,272,897 

Fiscal Year 

1968 

Increase or 

decrease(-) Fiscal Year 

1968 to 1967 1967 

Increase or 

decrease(-) Fisc

1967 to 1966 

$ 16,981,794 $ 1,896,768 $ 15,085,026 $ 6,446,429 $ 8,

54,405,958 

30,179,185 

88,226 

13,23l,oo8 

114,886,171 

ll,360,264 

2,845,574 2,944,219 

3,616,422 

2,975,731 

23,742,210 

19,016,070 

-13,146,688 

-u, 559 

893,231 

8,647,822 

3,008,629 

286,592 

2,886,459 

218,934 

309,536 

6,710,150 

35,389,888 

43,325,873 

99,785 

12,337,777 

106,238,349 

8,351,635 

2,558,982 

57,760 

3,397,488 

2,666,195 

l7,032,o6o 

11,273,598 

-2,878,092 

A,421 

-732,789 

14,117,567 

-967,574 

553,517 

-2,182,454 

134,763 

229,138 

-2,232,610 

24,

46,

13,

92,

9,

2,2,

3,

2,

19,

$ 91,143,961 $ 1,937,672 $ 89,206,289 $16,350,177 $72,

$ 59,815,383 

25,491,707 

2,627,702 

3,209,169 

$ 

757,325 

1,048,640 

131,707 

$ 59,815,383 

24,734,382 

1,579,062 

3,077,462 

$15,000,000 

4,406,238 

-1,062,672 -1,993,389 

$44,

20,

2,

5,

$ 91,143,961 $ 1,937,672 $ 89,206,289 $16,350,177 $72,

Note: This statement includes the Government Printing Office revolving fund; Office of the Superintendent of Documents Salarie

Selection of Site and General Plans and Designs of Buildings appropriation for fiscal years 1965 and 1966; and the value 

land which is specifically excluded from the Government Printing Office revolving fund by law (44 U.S.C. 309). Does not 

$13,659,215 of the appropriation for printing and binding for the Congress. See Table 7 for status of the appropriation
ASSEJ'S 

Revolving other funds a fund 

FUND BAlANCES WITH U.S. TREASURY 

AND CASH: 

Fund balances in U.S. Treasury $ 18,914,811 $ 937,433 

Cash on hand and in transit 216371417 11325 

21,552,228 938,758 

~CCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND ADVANCES: 

Accounts receivable: 

Government agencies 52,281,849 52,455 

other 246,528 255 

Advances to emplqyees 3 650 ---

521 5321027 521710 

INVENTORIES: 

Publications for sale, at costb 6,396,270 ---

Printing work in process, at 

standsrd cost 16,176,760 ---

Paper, envelopes, and other 

supplies, at cost 101tl9 1198 --- 331 221228 ---

DEFERRED CHARGES 721193 ---

PROPERTY, PlANT, AND EQUIPMENT: 

Land and buildings, at cost --- 9,085,173 

Equipment and building 

appurtenances 32,169,422 877,875 

Construction in progress 2461369 --- 32,415,791 9,963,048 

Less allowance for depreciation 2114201140 619641110 

1019951651 219981938 

Total Assets $118,644,327 $3,990,!1_06 

GOVERNHENT PRINTING OFFICE 

STATE1·1ENT OF ASSEJ'S AND LIABILITIES 

AS OF JUNE 30, 1969 

Canbined 

funds 

$ 19,852,244 

21638, 7lf2 

22,490,986 

52,334,304 

246,783 

~~650 

521 58-1737 

6,396,270 

16,176, 76o 

1019191128 

33,492,228 

72,193 

9,085,173 

33,047,297 

2461369 

42,378,839 

2813841 250 

131994,589 

$1,20 634,733 

LIABILITIES: c 

Accounts payable 

Accrued salaries and wages 

Amounts withheld from emplqyees 

for purchase of savings bonds 

and payment of taxes 

Emplqyees' accrued annual leave 

Customers' deposits and prepaid 

subscriptions 

INVEST1·1ENT OF U.S. GOVERNMENT: 

Capital 

Retained earningse 

Income from sales of publications 

payable to U.S. Treasury 

Total investment of U.S. 

Government (Table 5) 

Total liabilities and investment 

of U.S. Government 

LIA

Revo

fun

$ 11,14

3,10

5

3,62

51 7

2h1 24

59,8

27,7

618

94,3

$118,6

aother funds consist of account balances of the Office of the Superintendent of Documents Salaries and Expenses appropriation and the valu

is specifically excluded from the Government Printing Office revolving fund by law (44 U.S.C. 309). Does not include unexpended balance 

printing and binding for the Congress. See Table 7 for status of the appropriation. 

brublications for sale, at cost after deduction of allowance for unsalable publications of $938,902. 

cDoes not include a contingent liability estimated at $97,6o6 for the value of compensatory time-off in lieu of overtime pay earned and ac

iment Printing Office; and does not include $ll,66o,ooo for the net value of sick leave earned and accumulated by emplqyees of the Governm

'Accounts payable other funds consist of amounts owed to the Government Printing Office revolving fund by the Office of the Superintenden

appropriations. 

eRetained earnings of $3,263,689 have been reserved for the purchase of machinery and equipment. 
GOVERNMEN.r PRnlTING OFFICE 

REVOLVING FUND 

COMPARATIVE Sl'ATEMENI' OF INCOME AND EXPENSE 

PRIN.riNG AND BINDIID OPERATIONS 

Table 3 

FISCAL YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 1969 and JUNE 30, 1968 

Income: 

Printing and binding services 

performed 

Blank paper sold to customers 

other income 

Total incane 

E:xpenses: 

Direct costs: 

Direct labor 

Direct materials 

Printing purchased from 

commercial sources 

Total direct costs 

other e:xpenses : Salaries and wages 

Travel 

Freight 

Communications 

Heat, light, and power 

Rental of buildings and 

equipment 

Materials and supplies 

Employer' s share of group 

life insurance 

Employer' s share of group 

health insurance 

Employer's share of Civil 

Service retirement 

Depreciation a Miscellaneous expenses 

Total other expenses 

Total direct costs and 

other expenses 

Net income from printing 

and binding operations 

Fiscal year 

1969 

$190,774,344 

12,697,484 

1791 776 

$2031651 1604 

57,976,902 

30,468,037 

94,825!681 

183 1 2701620 

7,737,764 

80,862 

1,663,278 

233,289 

483,807 

782,990 

241,378 

275,418 

535,465 

3,640,512 

1,975,174 

474 1 525 

18,124,462 

2011395 1082 

$ 212561 522 

Fiscal year 

1968 

$181,997,495 

12,700,368 

1161004 

$194,813!867 

54,705,951 

32,853,287 

891 5821484 

17711411 722 

7,238,353 

53,454 

1,639,585 

207,355 

438,743 

725,666 

216,138 

210,522 

536,223 

3,362,668 

1,824,349 

4611 764 

16,914,820 

1941056,542 

$ 7571 225 

Increase or 

decrease (-) 

$ 8,776,849 

-2,884 

6;:l,772 

$ 8,8371 737 

3,270,951 

-2,385,250 

51243 1197 

6,128,898 

499,411 

27,408 

23,693 

25,934 

45,064 

57,324 

25,240 

64,896 

-758 

277,844 

150,825 

121761 

1,209,642 

71338,540 

$ 114991197 

aDoes not include depreciation on building structures which is 

Printing Office revolving fund by law (44 U.S.C. 309). 

specifically excluded from the Government 
GO'VERI'l:·1El'lT PRU.lTIIJG OFFICE 

REVOLVING FUIID 

COI1PARf',TIVE STATET1ENT OF INCOI;JE AND EXPENSE 

SALES OF PUBLICATIONS OPERATIONS 

FISCAL YF..JI..RS EliDED JUNE 30, 1969 AND JUNE 30, 1968 

REVOLVING FUND: 

Sales 

Cost of publications solda 

Gross profit 

other expenses: 

Administrative "J 

Hailing costs 

Total other expenses 

other incooe: 

Gratuitous revenues 

11iscellaneous 

Total other income 

Income from sales of publications payable to U.S. 

Treasury 

annm FUNDS: 

Fiscal year 

1969 

$18,082,405 

6z637z366 

ll,445z039 

1,373, 779 

1 2347z600 

2z72lz379 

1,824,886 

802817 

lz205,703 

10,629,363 

Salaries and expenses financed 

from appropriated funds 428212856 

Net income from sales of 

publicationsa $ 5z807,507 

Fiscal year 

1968 

$15,308,687 

8zl50z412 

7zl58,275 

1,136,812 

lz038z900 

2,175 z'"rl2 

1, 565,851 

79z288 

lz645,132 

6,627,702 

4,176,700 

$ 2,451, 002 

Table 4 

Increase or 

decrease (-) 

82,773,718 

- 1, 513z046 

4,286,764 

236,967 

308z700 

545,667 

259,035 

lz529 

260z564 

4,001,661 

645,156 

$3,356,505 

acost of Publications Sold includes provisions for unsalable publications 

in the amount of $458,496 for fiscal year 1969 and $1,682,133 for fiscal 

year 1968. 

bnoes not include depreciation of building structures which is specifically 

excluded from the Government Printing Office revolving fund by law 

(44 u.s.c. 309). 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN INVESTMENT 

OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 

FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1969 

BALANCE, JULY 1, 1968: 

Capital 

Retained earnings 

Income from sales of publications 

payable to U.S. Treasury 

ADDITIONS: 

Net income from printing and binding 

operations (Table 3) 

Income from sales of publications 

payable to U.S. Treasury (Table 4) 

Appropriation for the Office of the Superintendent of Documents, Salaries and Expenses 

of $8,178,000 plus reimbursements of $421,841 

and recoveries of prior years obligations of 

$12,667 (Table 8) 

Net increase in equipment purchased from appropriation for the Office of the Superintendent of 

Documents, Salaries and Expenses, including 

current year depreciation 

Total addi tiona 

REOOCTIONS: 

Payments to U.S. Treasury of income from 

sales of publications 

Depreciation on building structures and 

facilities 

Unobligated balance of the Office of the Superintendent of Documents, Salaries and Expenses, 

appropriations withdrawn by U.S. Treasury 

Expenditures from the Office of the Superintendent of Documents, Salaries and Expenses 

fiscal year 1969 appropriation of $8,446,480 

and fiscal year 1968 appropriation of $260,622 

Net increase in liabilit.y for emplqyees' annual 

leave, Office of the Superintendent of Documents, 

Salaries and Expenses appropriation 

Total reductions 

BALANCE, JUNE 30, 1969: 

Capital 

Retained earnings 

Income from sales of publications payable 

to u.s. Treasury 

Total investment of U.S. Government 

Revolving 

fund 

$59,815,383 

25,491,707 

2,627,702 

87,934,792 

2,256,522 

10,629,363 

12,885,885 

6,422,109 

6,422,109 

59,815,383 

27,748,229 

6,834,956 

$94,398,568 

Other fundsa 

$3,209,169 

3,209,169 

8,612,508 

61,138 

8,673,646 

121,867 

12,667 

8,707,102 

22,889 

8,864,525 

3,018,290 

$3,018,290 

Table 5 

Combined 

funds 

$63,024,552 

25,491,707 

2,627,702 

91,143,961 

2,256,522 

10,629,363 

8,612,508 

61,138 

21,559' 531 

6,422,109 

121,867 

12,667 

8,707,102 

22,889 

15,286,634 

62,833,673 

27,748,229 

6,834,956 

$97' 416' 858 

aother funds consist of the Office of the Superintendent of Documents, Salaries and Expenses appropriations 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). The appropriation for printing and binding for 

the Congress is not included under other Funds. This appropriation is used to reimburse the revolving 

fund for printing and binding for the Congress which is recorded as income from printing and binding 

operations as the work is performed. See Table 7 for status of the appropriation. 
a 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

SUMMARY OF FUNDS PROVIDED BY OPERATIONS 

AND APPROPRIATIONS AND THEIR APPLICATION 

FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1969 

FUNDS PROVIDED: 

Printing and binding operations:a 

Printing and binding services performed 

Blank paper sold to customers 

other income before $19,278 loss on sale 

of equipment 

Net proceeds from sale of equipment 

Sales of publications: 

Sales 

other income 

Decrease in accounts receivables and advances 

Decrease in deferred charges 

Increase in accounts payable 

Increase in accrued salaries and wages 

Increase in miscellaneous liabilities 

Appropriation for the Office of the Superintendent of Documents, Salaries and Expenses 

of $8,178,000 plus reimbursements of $421,841 

and recoveries of prior years obligations of 

$12,667 (Table 8) 

Total funds provided 

FUNDS APPLIED: 

Printing and binding expensesa 

Less allowances for depreciation not 

requiring funds 

Cost of publications sold 

Publications destrqyed 

Expenses of sales of publications financed 

from the revolving fund 

Payments to u.s. Treasury of income from 

sales of publications 

Increase in cash 

Increase in inventories 

Purchase of equipment 

Expenditures from the Office of the Superintendent of Documents, Salaries and Expenses, 

fiscal year 1969 appropriation $8,446,480 and 

fiscal year 1968 appropriation of $260,622 

Unobligated balance of the Office of the Superintendent of Documents, Salaries and Expenses, 

appropriations withdrawn by the U.S. Treasury 

Total funds applied 

$190,774,344 

12,697,484 

199,054 

2 054 

18,082,405 

1,905,703 

1,821,221 

16,033 

276,618 

492,030 

684,127 

$201,395,082 

1,975,174 

6,178,870 

458,496 

2,721,379 

6,422,109 

5,509,192 

3,313,043 

2,820,815 

Table 6 

$203,672,936 

19,988,108 

3,290,029 

8,612,508 

$235,563,581 

$199,419,908 

15,780,854 

8,707,102 

12,667 

The appropriation for printing and binding for the Congress is used to reimburse the 

revolving fund for printing and binding for the Congress and is recorded as income from 

printing and binding operations as the work is performed. See Table 7 for status of 

the appropriation. 
Unexpended balance July 1, 1968 

Appropriation, 1969 

Total funds available 

Expenditures: 

Current year obligations 

Prior year obligations 

Total expenditures 

Unexpended balance June 30, 1969 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

PRINTING AND BINDING FOR CONGRESS 

m'ATUS OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Fiscal Year 

1969 1968 

$ $4,824,372 

311000,000 

21 1 0001000 4!824,372 

14,538,786 

218661962 418241372 

1714051748 41824 1372 

$13! 594! 252 $ ---

Table 7 

Prior 

Years Total 

$64,963 $ 4,889,335 

31,000!000 

64!963 35!889,335 

14,538,786 

71691 1334 

221 2301120 

$64,963 $131652!215 
Table 8 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DQCU]\lENTS 

STATUS OF APPROPRIATIONS 

1969 1968 1967 

Unexpended balances, July l, 1968 $ $923,692 "' ,, 672 

Appropriation: 

Salaries and expenses, 1969 8,178,000 

Reimbursements 421,841 45,234 

Total funds available 8,599,841 968,926 672 

Unobligated balances withdra>m ~ _jE_ 

Total obligated funds 8,599,841 956,932 

Expenditures 7,772,545 792,841 

Undelivered orders 153,279 lo8,899 

Accounts payable and accrued 

liabilities 674,017 55,192 

Unpaid obligations, June 30, 1969 827,296 164,091 

Less reimbursements receivable 52,455 174 --- --- Unexpended balances, June 30, 1969 $ 774,841 $163,917 $ 

= 
Total 

Personnel compensation $5,064,042 

Personnel benefits 292,420 

Travel and transportation 

of persons 8,531 

Transportation of things 11,520 

Rent, communications, and 

utilities 347,029 

Printing and reproduction 2,061,041 

other services 343,421 

Supplies and materials 446,277 

Equipment 132,903 

Total expenditures8 8,707,184 

Net decrease in unliquidated 

obligations -107,343 

Total obligations $8,599,841 

GOVERNJ.1ENT PRINTING OFFICE 

OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 

STATEMENr OF EXPENDITURES AND OBLIGATIONS 

FISCAL YEAR 1969 - APPROPRIATED FUNDS 

AS OF JUNE 30, 1969 

Sales 

Distribution 

$3,535,882 

220,717 

7,404 

11,520 

118,988 

366,150 

263,226 

197,966 

99,943 

4,821,856 

-109,171 

$4,712,685 

Program by Activities 

Distribution Depos

for other Libra

agencies Distrib

$1,036,415 

40,939 

22,943 

56,224 

220,292 

19,271 

1,396,084 

-2,716 

$1,393,368 

$ 220

13

1

196

1,584

11

24

6

2,058

$2,059

~xclus±ve of expenses of $2,721,379 financed from revenues from sales of publications (Table 4). 
Table 10 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

REVOLVING FUND 

STATEMENT OF NET CHANGE IN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

FROM INCEPTION OF REVOLVING FUND THROUGH .JUNE 30, 1969 

Increase or 

June 30z 1969 July lz 1953a decrease (-) 

Cash $ 21,552,228 $ 15,993,702 b ..p 5,558,526 

Noncash current assets 86z096z448 28z5llz814 27z584,_634 

Current assets 107,648,676 !~4' 505' 516 63,143,160 

Less current liabilities 24z245z759 13z846,687 10z399z072 

Working capital 83z402z217 30z658,829 52z744z088 

Fixed assets 32,415,791 13,617,677 18,798,114 

Less allowance for depreciation 21 z 420, l!~o 8,351,561 13z068z579 

Net fixed assets 10,995z651 5z266zll6 5,729,535 

Investment of U.S. Government $ 24,398z568 $ 35z924,945 $ 58z473z623 

acapitalization as of July 1, 1953, less subsequent adjustments for revaluation of assets and funds returned to U.S. Treasury. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 

SALA.RIES AND EXPENSES APPROPRIATION - 0490201 

FINANCIAL CmiDITION - JUNE 30, 1969 

ASSETS 

Current assets 

Cash 

Accounts receivable 

Fixed assets: 

Equipment 

Less: Allowance for Depreciation 

TOTAL ASSETS 

LIABILITIES AND INVESTt<1ENT 

OF U.S. GOVERNMENT 

Current liabilities: 

Accounts payable 

other liabilities: 

Employees' annual leave 

Investment of U.S. Government: 

Invested capital 

Unexpended appropriation 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND INVEST~NT 

OF U.S. GOVERNMENT 

$774,841 

52,537 

877,875 

558,360 

$674,017 

242,907 

76,690 

153,279 

Table 11 

$ 

$ 827,378 

319,515 

$ 1,146,893 

916,924 

229,969 

$ 1,146,893 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF OOCUMENTS 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES APPROPRIATION - 0480201 

FINANCIAL CONDITION - JUNE 30, 1969 

ASSETS 

Current assets: 

Cash 

Accounts receivable 

TarAL ASSETS 

LIABILITIES AND INVESTMENT 

OF U.S. GOVERNHENT 

Current liabilities: 

Accounts payable 

Investment of U.S. Government: 

Unexpended appropriation 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND INVESTNENT 

OF U.S. GOVERNMENT 

:tn63,917 

174 

$ 55,192 

108,899 

Table 12 

$164,091 

$164,091 
Table 13 

STATEMENT OF CLASSES AND BILLINGS FOR WORK 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, FIELD SERVICE OFFICES, AND COMMERCIALLY PROCURED WORK 

FISCAL YEAR 1969 

Reproduced Type 

Pages Pages 

Class of Work Copies Printed Printed 

Congressional Record 8,273,858 -------- 65,413 

Federal Register 5,473,681 82 22,780 

Supplement to the Code of 

Federal Regulations 483,418 10,947 43,415 

Official Gazette 492,311 40,207 

Specifications of Patents, 

Trademarks & Designs 10,219,743 20,518 213,403 

Miscellaneous Publications 1,448,748,081 6,783,935 592,803 

Postal Cards 725,141,400 -------- Aerogrammes 27' 2 94' 000 -------- Catalog Cards 77,781,652 -------- Tabulating Cards 6,519, 928,764 -------- Letterheads & Envelopes 338,849,244 -------- Forms, Notices & Cards 11,159,954,690 -------- Multiforms 2,886,385,704 -------- Blank Books 21,456,255 -------- Miscellaneous Binding 21,998 -------- Binders 1,250,832 -------- Miscellaneous -------- -------- Blank Paper -------- -------- Supplies and Services -------- -------- ---

Total 23,231,755,631 6,855,689 937,814 

G.P.O. Ilepartmental Service 

Office 265,509,112 -------- Field Service Offices 504,602,709 --------

GRAND TOTAL 24!001,8671452 618~51689 93z 1814 

Breakdown of the Amount Billed: 

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

including paper and materials 

Value of Outside Printing 

Value of Paper Furnished Contractors 

Total Value of Outside Printing 

Blank Paper 

G.P.O. Departmental Service Office 

Field Service Offices . . . . . . 

Total Field and Departmental Service Office 

Total Amount Billed 

$103,205,414.46 

3,304,445.23 

3,560,149.69 

5,051,178.88 

Publications 

Bound 

5,278 

2,002 

2,125,966 

2,133,246 

211331246 

Amount 

Billed 

$ 4, 949,623.81 

1,712,557.01 

849,368.65 

667 '721.57 

5,324,326.42 

110,247,234.87 

966,173.73 

120,530.01 

1,045,204.37 

5,632,603.98 

2,161,673.99 

20,454,037.63 

24,329,624.08 

3,007,597.69 

494,922.30 

380,959.35 

6' 166' 84 9. 86 

12 '791 ,283 .57 

l!i~.Jl0.02 

$201,456,602.91 

3,560,149.69 

5,051,178.88 

$21010671931.48 

$ 82,155,459.65 

106,509' 859.69 

12,791,283.57 

8,611,328.57 

$21010671931.48 
Table 14 

STATEMENT OF CLASSES AND BILLINGS FOR WORK 

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

COMMERCIALLY PROCURED WORK 

FISCAL YEAR 1969 

Reproduced Type 

Pages Pages Publications Amount 

Class of Work CoQies Printed Printed Bound Billed 

Congressional Record 8,273,858 65,413 -------- $ 4,949,623.81 

Federal Register 5,473,681 82 22,780 5,278 1,712,557.01 

Supplement to the Code of 

Federal Regulations 483,418 10,94 7 43,415 2,002 849,368.65 

Official Gazette 492,3ll 40,207 -------- 667 '721.57 

Specifications of Patents, 

Trademarks & Designs 10,219,743 20,518 213,403 -------- 5,324,326.42 

Miscellaneous Publications 545,428,003 802 '863 545,237 1,465,900 46,631,998.68 

Postal Cards 725,001,400 -------- 965,690.73 

Aerogrammes 27,294,000 -------- 120,530.01 

Catalog Cards 77,781,652 -------- 1,045,204.37 

Letterheads & Envelopes 261,904,094 -------- 1,473,909.02 

Forms, Notices & Cards 2 '913' 974,050 -------- 7,009,806.63 

Blank Books 18' 724' 625 -------- 2,232,950.16 

Miscellaneous Binding 21,998 -------- 494' 922.30 

Binders 232' 111 -------- 56,566.91 

Miscellaneous -------- 3,523,492.52 

Blank Paper -------- 12,789,923.89 

Supplies & Services -------- 154,139.44 

Total 4,595,304 '944 874,617 890,248 1,473,180 $90,002,732.12 

G.P.O. Departmental 

Service Office 265,509,ll2 -------- 3,560,149.69 

Field Service Offices 504' 602 '709 --- --- -------- 5,051,178.88 

GRAND TOTAL 5,365,4161765 8741617 8901248 114731180 $ 9816141060.69 
Table 15 

STATEMENT OF CLASSES AND BILLINGS FOR WORK 

COMMERCIALLY PROCURED WORK INCLUDING GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WORK PERFORMED THEREON 

FISCAL YEAR 1969 

Reproduced Type 

Pages Pages 

Class of Work Coi!ies Printed Printed 

Miscellaneous Publications 903,320,078 5 '981 '072 47,566 

Tabulating Cards 6,519,928,764 

Letterheads & Envelopes 76 '945' 150 

Forms, Notices & Cards 8, 245' 980,640 

Multiforms 2,886,385,704 

Blank Books 2,731,630 

Binders 1,018, 721 

Miscellaneous --------

Total 18,636,310!687 5 '981 ,072 47,566 

Breakdown of the Amount Billed: 

Value of Outside Printing (Based on finished work value) 

Value of Paper furnished Contractors (Based on amounts billed and the 

value of paper issued) • . • • . • . . • . . . 

Value of Work Performed by the Government Printing Office including 

Paper used in the Government Printing Office 

TOTAL 

Publications 

Bound 

660,066 

660,066 

Amount 

Billed 

$ 63,615,236.19 

5,632,603.98 

687 '784. 95 

13,444,211.01 

24,329,624.08 

774,647.53 

324,392.44 

2,643,357.34 

$lll,451,857 .52 

$103,205,414.46 

3,304,445.23 

4,941,997.83 

$lll,451,857 .52 
Table 16 

BILLINGS TO CONGRESS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES 

FISCAL YEAR 1969 

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 • 

Supplement to The Code of Federal 

Regulations 

Committee Prints . . . 

Total . • . . 

$ 4,848,765.31 

1,668,473.13 

2,795,731.11 

249,250.66 

528,981.57 

26 '541.56 

869,582.21 

2 , OS 9, 242 . 43 

619,842.55 

740,846.81 

4,250,413.42 

1,595,570.37 

668,633.40 

1,307,719.39 

Administrative Conference of the United States 

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts •.•.. 

Agriculture • . • . . . 

Air Force • . • . . • • . • • . 

Air Force Systems Command . • . . 

American Battle Monuments Commission 

Appalachian Regional Commission 

Arnty • • • . • . . • • • • . • . • . 

Atomic Energy Commission . . • . . . 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 

Bureau of the Budget . . . • • 

Central Intelligence Agency 

Civil Aeronautics Board 

Civil Service Commission 

Commerce . 

Commission of Fine Arts 

Council of Economic Advisers 

Court of Claims . . • . • • . 

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals . • . • 

Defense Supply Agency . . • . 

Department of Defense 

Department of Transportation 

District of Columbia . . . • 

Export-Import Bank of Washington 

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 

Farm Credit Administration . . . . . • . . 

Federal Aviation Agency . . . . . . • • 

Federal Coal Mine Safety Board of Review 

Federal Communications Commission 

. . . . 

$ 22,229,593.92 

5.98 

180,732.09 

5,687,227.74 

20,679,442.88 

2 '072 '774. 95 

340.64 

5,146.06 

35,327,793.64 

546,879.83 

2,206.79 

372,460.67 

4 75,481.16 

113,309.55 

1,247,480.63 

6,459,082.44 

7,150.03 

55,644.27 

132,075.53 

42,364.04 

4,070,809.06 

5,943.79 

2,073,751.94 

364,535.63 

25 '971.12 

18,775.65 

18,111.73 

187,609.58 

42.89 

282,730.21 
Table 16 (Con.) 

(Continued) -2-

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

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

Federal Maritime Commission ...•....•.••.••.•.•••..•.•.••. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Government Printing Office-Superintendent of Public 

Documents Sales Program (Revolving Fund) •.•.•••••.••.•• 

Government Printing Office-Superintendent of Public 

Documents Salaries and Expenses Appropriation ..•••..•.• 

Health, Education, and Welfare ••••.•••••..•.•.••...•....• 

House and Senate-Stationery Roam •.••.•....•••...•••••••.• 

Housing and Urban Development •••.•....••....•.•.•.••.•... 

Indian Claims Commission •.••...•.••....•.•..•...•..••.•.• 

Interior . ............................................... . 

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

Inters tate Commerce Commission .••.•••••.••••.••••.••.•••• 

Joint Publications Research Service ...••••.••.••.•.•.•.•. 

Justice ................................................. . 

Lab or ................................................... . 

Library of Congress (Except Government Printing 

Office Branch) ........................................ . 

Library of Congress (Government Printing Office 

Branch) ............................................... . 

National Academy of Sciences •...•.••••.••••.••••.••.••••. 

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

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

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

National Capital Transportation Agency ••.••••.••••.•..••• 

National Council on Marine Resources and 

Engineering Development . .............................. . 

National Forest Reservation Commission •..••••...•••...•.• 

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

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

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

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

National Security Agency ................................ . 

National Security Council ............................... . 

Navy . ................................................... . 

Office of 

Office of 

Office of 

Office of 

Office of 

Aerospace Research . ........................... . 

EconOlllic Opportunity . ......................•... 

Emergency Preparedness ••••..••..••.••••••....•• 

Science and Technology .....•.....•••.•••••••••• 

Special Representative for 

Trade Negotiations . ........................•......•.... 

$ 16,637.80 

59,254.41 

20,775.20 

18,334.88 

177,471.42 

113,286.55 

20' 201.33 

230,777.59 

9,651,129.82 

9,149,504. 74 

2 '912 '713 .17 

12,328,985.46 

42,049.32 

1,198,086.01 

1,542.40 

4,256,409.51 

8,088,350.55 

145,451.29 

29,998.82 

1,637,721.90 

1,845,401.60 

785,428.45 

1, 787,514.77 

1,198.19 

2,202,286.36 

9,196.83 

26,413.24 

21.96 

58,257.64 

17,417.26 

281,454.49 

6,782.79 

195,337.59 

1,870,757.41 

861.42 

24,440,276.45 

67,787.09 

1,409,311.82 

19,366.01 

42,433.11 

123.85 
Table 16 (Con.) 

(Continued) -3-

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

Pan .American Union . ....................•.......•........ 

Patent Office .......................................... . 

Peace Corps •••••.•••••••.•.••.•.••.••••.••••..•••.••••.. 

Post Office Department ..•.••••..•.•..•.•.••..•••••••.... 

President's Council on Youth Opportunity ••.•....•••..•.• 

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

Public Land Law Review Commission •..•..•.••...•..•..•••. 

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

Renegotiation Board ...•....•........••..•.••.•...••••... , 

St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation .•.•....•.... 

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

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

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

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

State . ................................................. . 

Subversive Activities Control Board ...•....••••..•••.•.. 

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

Tariff Commission ••...............•...........•.••....•. 

Tax Court of the United States •••......•....•....•.••... 

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

Treasury . .............................................. . 

U. S. Information Agency .•....•.•......••.....•.......•• 

Veterans Administration ...•.....••••..•.....••....•..... 

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

~ite House ............................................ . 

4,888.79 

3,753.54 

5,948,011.62 

22,640.96 

8,352,851.39 

8,413.32 

172,286.19 

46,230.41 

14,104.97 

10,558.42 

498.46 

133,466.97 

386' 519.73 

314,535.41 

572,247.08 

2' 198 '086. 72 

709.04 

194,487.37 

40,406.96 

30,521.11 

10,946.18 

1,516,438.64 

194,923.79 

1,945,547.79 

93.071.68 

GRAND TOTAL ••••••..••••• $210,067' 931.48 
Table 17 

PUBLICATIONS FURNISHED CONGRESS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES 

FISCAL YEAR 1969 

Congress . ............................... • ................ . 

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

Administrative Office of the U.s. Courts •.....•......•.. 

Agriculture . ............................................ . 

Air Force . .............................................. . 

Air Force Sys terns Connnand .......•.•....•.••....•.•.....•• 

American Battle Monuments Connnission .....•.•.......•....• 

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

Arm.y •••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••••.••• • •••••.••••• • •• 

Atomic fuergy CoiiiD.ission ................................ . 

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

Bureau of the Budget . ................................... . 

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

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

Civil Service Connnission . ........................•....... 

C OJlJIIl.e r c e • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 

COIIliD.ission of Fine Arts ........•.........•........•...... 

Council of Economic Advisers ..•.••••..•••.••.••••.•..•••• 

Court of Claims . ........................................ . 

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals •....••.••.•.••••.•••. 

Defense Supply Agency .. ................................. . 

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

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

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

Export-Import Bank of Washington .•.•..•••••..••••.•..•.•. 

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

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

Federal Aviation Agency •.....•.•..•.•.•••.••.••.•...••.•• 

Federal Coal Mine Safety Board of Review •..••..•..•..•••• 

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

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

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

Federal Maritime Commission .............•.............•.• 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Government Printing Office-Superintendent of Public 

Documents Sales Program (Revolving Fund) ••••.••••••..•• 

Government Printing Office-Superintendent of Public 

Documents Salaries and Expenses Appropriation .•••••••.• 

Health, Education and Welfare •.•..••.••••••.••••••.•••••• 

House and Senate-Stationery Room •••••.••••.•....•.•...... 

Housing and Urban Development •••.••.•.••••..•.•.••...•.•. 

4~,396,335 

120 

270,199 

53,569,201 

79,942,783 

3,502, 729 

847 

791 

202,575,018 

629,251 

30,835 

506,322 

105,068 

25,257 

28,382' 979 

18,479,634 

1,324 

12,500 

135,314 

1,598 

7,336,282 

18,809,849 

47,254 

22,107 

797,137 

150,991 

51,665 

222 

794,300 

67,139 

94,252 

20,670 

19,474 

175,497 

269,072 

8,246 

519,281 

46,733,654 

53,724,577 

52,405,349 

159,265,203 

9,134,275 
Table 17 (Con.) 

-2-

Indian Claims Connnission •.•.•.••.•.••..•.•.•••....••••.• 

Interior . .............................................. . 

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

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

Joint Publications Research Service .••••••.••.•••.....•• 

Justice ................................................ . 

Lab or .................•.......•......•.......•.......... 

Library of Congress (Except Government Printing 

Office Branch) ....................................... . 

Library of Congress (Government Printing Office 

Branch) .............................................. . 

National Academy of Science •..•.•.•....•.••...••••.••••• 

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

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

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

National Capital Transportation Agency .......•...••..... 

National Council on Marine Resources and 

Engineering Development •.•.•..•..•.•..•••.•..••.•.•.•• 

National Forest Reservation Commission ...•••..•.••.•.•.• 

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

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

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

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

National Security Agency •...•..•.••.•.••.•••....••••.••• 

National Security Council •..••.••....•••...••.•.••.•.••. 

Na.vy • •.•.••••.••.••••••.••••.••••••••••••••••.•••••.•••• 

Office of Aerospace Research .•..•••...•••••.•.•••••.•.•• 

Office of Economic Opportunity •...•.••••.••.•••••..•.••• 

Office of Emergency Preparedness .•..•.••••.•.••••....••. 

Office of Science and Technology •.•....•••.••.•.•••••••. 

Office of Special Representative for 

Trade Negotiations ................................... . 

Panama Canal .COinpany • ...••.•..•.••.•..•••.••.••••••.•.•• 

Pa.n American Union ....................•................. 

Patent Office . ......................................... . 

Peace Corps ............................................ . 

Post Office Department ....•.••...••••.•..••••••..•.••••• 

President's Council on Youth Opportunity ••.•..•.••••.••• 

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

Public Land Law Review Commission .•..••.•.•.••.•..•.•••• 

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

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

St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation ....••••.•.•• 

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

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

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

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

State .................................................. . 

2,064 

34,416,669 

2 99' 6 72 '254 

83,277 

5,518,666 

22,824,515 

1' 15 7' 989 

12,000 

1,825 

4,109,472 

6,843 

1,502 

206 

16,985 

637,191 

984,209 

5,150 

2,140,975 

41 '110 

423 

117,224,789 

20,126 

20,632,104 

72,184 

14,391 

125 

25' 132 

05 

10,506,226 

4 7 '036 

45,762,234 

5,000 

17,128,496 

4,050 

36,251 

9,953 

185,201 

6,474,967 

6,312,399 

1,677,749 

15 '717 ,293 
Table 17 (Con.) 

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Subversive Activities Control Board ••.•.••••..••..••.••• 

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

Tariff COilliilis s ion . ..................................... . 

Tax Court of the United States ....•••.•..•••.•..•..•.••• 

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

Treasury ............................................... . 

U. S. Information Agency •.......•..............•..•.••.. 

Veterans Administration ....•.•.•..••••••....•.••.•.•.... 

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

'Wlli te House . ..........•...............•....•......•..... 

TOTAL • ••••.••....•••.••••. 

2, 716 

323,981 

15,692 

14,665 

67,495 

38,879,894 

318,032 

39,486,774 

297.856 

1,473,910,742 
Table 18 

SCHEDULE OF 

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 

AS OF 

JUNE 30, 1969 

(PRINTING AND BINDING OPERATIONS) 

DEPARTMENT 

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

Administrative Office of the United States Courts •.••••.•.• 

Agriculture . .............................................. . 

Air Force ................................................. . 

Air Force Sys terns Conunand •....•.••••..•••.•••••••...•..•..• 

American Battle Monuments Commission •....•.••....•.•.•....• 

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

Ant1y •.•...••.••••..•••••..•.••••.•.••••..••••.•.••.•••.•••• 

At 0111ic Eilergy Connnis s ion . ................................. . 

Bureau of the Budget . ..................................... . 

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

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

Civil Service Commission •..•......•.•..•.•..•.••.•...•••.•• 

C OIIlillerc e ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Connnission of Fine Arts ................................... . 

Council of Economic Advisers ...••.•.••••.•••••..••....•.••• 

Court of Claims ........................................... . 

Defense Supply Agency ..•.. ................................. 

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

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

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

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

Export-Import Bank of Washington ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Fann Credit Administration ..................•.....•.....•.. 

Federal Aviation Agency ................................... . 

Federal Coal Mine Safety Board of Review •.•••••••••.•••••.• 

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

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

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

Federal Marit~e Commission ........•..........•............ 

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

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

Federal Trade Connniss ion .. .....................•........... 

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

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

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

Health, Education and Welfare •.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

House and Senate Stationery Room ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Housing and Urban Development .••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••• 

Interior .. ................................................ . 

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

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

Joint Publications Reserve Service ..•..•••.••••••.••••...•. 

Justice .•............•..•.•......•.....•.•....•.....•...... 

Lab or ..•....•...........••...••....•......•....•.....•.•... 

AMOUNT 

4.48 

3,083.41 

616,278.40 

415,305.88 

67,945.05 

128.00 

1,232.26 

6,612,980.52 

24,910.71 

4.50 

9,372.52 

3' 884.71 

99,267.42 

452,306.29 

1.50 

4.50 

1,887.05 

105,317.04 

463.75 

325,962.86 

119,287.72 

2,033.03 

1,339.81 

1.50 

9,035.21 

7.10 

6,143.80 

2,637.91 

3' 939.13 

2,917.98 

56.00 

4,236.26 

13,515.47 

64.73 

14,094.75 

1,223,897.54 

1,204,736.87 

2' 926.75 

53,280.62 

304,283.15 

146,279.89 

852.16 

2,235.84 

182,854.98 

229,971.48 
Table 18 (Con.) 

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DEPARTMENT 

Library of Congress (except Government Printing 

Office Branch) ••....................••.•••...•••.••... 

Library of Congress (Government Printing Office Branch). 

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

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

National Capital Planning Corranission ........•.••...••.• 

National Council Marine Resources ..•.•.••••.•••••••.•.. 

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

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

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

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

National Security Agency •••..•.•.•••..••••.•....••••••. 

Na.vy ..•.•..•.•..•..•.•.•....•....•.••......•.....•.•••• 

Office of Aerospace Research ••.•.•.••.•.•••••••.••••.•• 

Office of Economic Opportunity .•.•....•.••...••.•...••• 

Office of Emergency Preparedness •••.••...••....••••.•.• 

Office of Science and Technology .••....••...•.••••..••. 

Pa.natna Canal Company .•..•...•..••••...••••..•...•...... 

Pan American Union .•.............••....••....•••......• 

Patent Off ice .............................•............ 

Peace Corps .........•...................•.............. 

Post Office Department .............•..•....•.•......... 

Printing and Binding for the Congress •.•......••••..••• 

Pub 1 ic Land La.w Reviews .....•.•..•.•....••.•.••.•...... 

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

Renegotiation Board ......................•......•...... 

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

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

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

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

State ........................... ••••••••••••••••o•••••• 

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

Tariff Corranission .•....•.•.•....•...•..••..•.••.•.•.•.. 

Tax Court of the United States .....••.••.•.•.••.•••.••• 

Treasury .............................. • .........•...... 

United States Information Agency ••.....••.•.•.••••.•.•. 

Veterans Administration ......•.•..••.•.•••••••.••••••.• 

VJ'llite House .•...•••••••.••.••••••••••••.••••••.••••••.• 

TOTAL •.••••••.•••••• 

AMOUNT 

33,449.99 

144,574.82 

564,794.19 

95.00 

109.43 

814.45 

2 '95 7.03 

13,129.49 

910.02 

6,691.19 

6,916.98 

5,875,180.57 

4,332. 72 

51,495.16 

2,191.94 

207.91 

8.18 

1,204.20 

43,870.42 

2 '914 .03 

286,560.05 

241.72 

8.80 

264.71 

4,587.32 

12,587.98 

8' 133.99 

22,676.81 

48,801.88 

132,707.47 

20,941.38 

2,859.48 

4,096.28 

159,236.43 

21,183.67 

45,824.31 

14' 746.40 

$19,812.276.93 
Table 19 

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF BILLINGS FOR WORK DURING 

FISCAL YEARS 1960 TO 1969 INCLUSIVE 

Fiscal Year 

1960 • 

1961 • 

1962 • 

1963 

1964 

Total, 1960 to 1964, inclusive •. 

1965 •• 

1966 . 

1967 . 

1968 

1969 • 

Total, 1965 to 1969, inclusive • 

Grand Total, 1960 to 1969, inclusive • 

Percentage of Increase (+) or Decrease (-) 

5-year period 1965-1969 over 1960-1964 • 

$ 95,644,677.72 

96,058,298.76 

120,262 '670 .56 

127,102,711.78 

132,227,944.14 

$ 571,296,302.96 

131,561,835.30 

16 7 ' 177 ' 834 . 1 7 

196,652,071.49 

187,699,629.36 

210,0671931.48 

$ 893,159,301.80 

$1,464,455,604.76 

+56 .3% 
Table 20 

SCHEDULE OF EQUIPMENT AND BUILDING APPURTENANCES 

FISCAL YEAR 1969 

CLASS I 

June 30, 1969 

Acquisition 

Value 

Accumulated 

Depreciation 

Net 

Book Value 

Plant Mach. & Equipment. $22,823,981.23 $15,121,067.03 $ 7,702,914.20 

CLASS II 

Building Appurtenances . 7,576,895.44 5,182,830.67 2,394,064.77 

CLASS III 

Office Mach. & Equipment 575,561.94 339,282.64 236,279.30 

CLASS IV 

Furniture & Fixtures • 985,305.21 705,916.03 279,389.18 

CLASS V 

Motor Vehicles . 207,678.22 71,043.97 136,634.25 

Total • • • • • $32,169,422.04 $21,420,140.34 $10,749,281.70 

July 1, 1968 

CLASS I 

Plant Mach. & Equipment. $20,964,167.76 $14,112,336.01 $ 6,851,831.75 

CLASS II 

Building Appurtenances . 7,543,806.31 4,929,228.38 2,614,577.93 

CLASS III 

Office Mach. & Equipment 538,669.58 331,564.29 207,105.29 

CLASS IV 

Furniture & Fixtures 960,194.33 687,925.65 272,268.68 

CLASS V 

Motor Vehicles • 178,785.34 81.165.32 97,620.02 

Total . • • . $30,185,623.32 $20,142.219.65 $10,043,403.67 
PRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL ITEMS 

FISCAL YEARS 1969, 1968 and 1967 

CENTRAL OFFICE 

Composing Division: 

Table 21 

1967 

Total ems set •••• 2,895,396,700 3,149,048,400 3,371,922,700 

Platemaking Division: 

Electrotype plates-sq. 

in. 

Electrotype molds onlysquare inches • • • • • 

Stereotype plates-square 

inches ••••••••• 

Stereotype mats only-sq. 

in. 

Rubber plates-sq. in. 

Rubber stamps-sq. in. 

Plastic plates-sq. in •• 

Plastic mats only-sq. in. 

Magnesium wraparound 

plates-sq. in. • • • • 

Magnesium plates-othersq. in. • ••••.• 

Dycril curved plates-sq. 

in. 

Dycril wraparound platessq. in. • •••••• 

Photoengravings-sq. in. 

Offset negatives and 

·positives-sq. in. 

Plates repaired-number of 

plates ••••••• 

Letterpress Division: 

Postal cards produced •• 

Letterpress forms ••.• 

Letterpress impressions. 

Offset Division: 

Offset negatives and 

positives-sq. in. 

Offset plates-sq. in. 

Offset forms • • • • 

Offset impressions • • • 

966,246 

10,986 

6,601,661 

24,820,005 

206' 727 

95,066 

257,485 

3,060 

148,675 

498,375 

139,184 

17,100 

67,860 

2,535,033 

23,465 

777,020,000 

117' 546 

467,477,376 

59,573,079 

114,598,239 

67,079 

409,578,636 

1,022,286 

27,465 

7,341,630 

4,508,168 

216,831 

67,106 

955' 214•k 

23,558 

176,700 

485,351 

133,748 

15,200 

55,292 

2,204,842 

25,591 

1,437,128,000 

126,431 

514,553,042 

51,489,300 

102,035,265 

62,048 

414,982,235 

1,330,613 

107,328 

6,912,993 

4,924,670 

228' 920 

73,636 

4,376,483 

80,126 

135,850 

484,371 

60,576 

3,487,987 

37,168 

1,015,700,000 

137,636 

545,990,316 

56,991,764 

108,539,871 

65,198 

444,393,137 
Table 21 (Continued) 

1969 1968 1967 

Binding Division: 

Sheets folded-machine. . 380,952,621 463,503,919 426,197,834 

Books gathered-machine . 27,017,011 27,428,258 26,289,780 

Signatures inset . . . . 1,205,133 1,443,611 1,505,934 

Tipping signatures, maps, 

etc. . . . . . . . 66,679,418 64,047,905 66,733,341 

Copies wire-stitched 

machine . . . . . . 97,867,639 106,556,901 110,527,459 

Copies covered . . . 11,165,490 l1,242,369 10,918,555 

Impressions stamped-all. 4,476,700 4,553,875 3,807,564 

Books, signatures, etc., 

stripped. . . . . . 2,705,364 3,237,004 3,212,952 

Signatures sewed . 104,400,466 104,738,136 105,492,493 

Sheets drilled or 

punched . . . . . . 1,646,60l,l15 1,614,852,403 1,560,609,970 

Sheets perforated. 5,303,155 6,299,473 5,114,190 

Bielomatik-units produced . . . . . . . 3,992,152 5,369,283 5,394,483 

Books bound: 

Machine . . . . . . 3,397,771 3,942,470 4,969,006 

Hand . . . . . 110741884 110021852 7861856 

Total books bound . 4,472,655 4,945,322 5,755,862 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BRANCH 

Catalog cards printed. . 128,599,612 152,770,259, 147,580,356 

FIELD SERVICE OPERATIONS 

Chicago: 

Linotype slugs set . . . 250,306 545,591 754,268 

Offset negatives-sq. in. 3,554,258 2, 708' 772 3,010,856 

Offset plates-sq. in. 8,445,629 8,952,985 9,125,446 

Offset forms . . . . 15' 317 15,674 16,781 

Offset impressions . . . 44,672,934 42,248,688 44,696,327 

Letterpress forms. . . . 4,389 5,193 7,848 

Letterpress impressions. 3,311,991 3,654,604 6,002,329 

DeEartmental Service, 

Washington 1 D.C.: 

Offset negatives-sq. in. 21,921,856 22,459,590 16,686,176 

Offset plates-sq. in. 44,178,472 35,681,535 28,704,652 

Offset forms . . . . 250,233 382,986 394,324 

Offset impressions . . . 184,837,596 180,840,227 165,603,153 
Table 21 (Continued) 

1969 1968 1967 

Denver 1 New York, 

San Francisco 1 and Seattle: 

Linotype slugs set . . . 1,275 3,303 3,126 

Offset negatives-sq. in. 16,240,535 13,650,963 12,310,166 

Offset plates-sq. in. 24,478,550 23,789,927 23,111,674 

Offset forms . . . 149,857 172,418 163,941 

Offset impressions . . . 104,300,572 98,216,880 95,924,092 

Letterpress forms. . . . 1,613 2,326 2,314 

Letterpress impressions. 1,999,814 2,427,305 2,334,445 

*Decrease due to discontinuance of U.S.I.A. program. 
SAVINGS IN TRANSPORTATION COSTS 

FISCAL YEAR 1969 

ACTUAL 

SOURCE WEIGHT COST 

Truckload and carload 

shipments . 81,026,751 $ 722 '935 

Less than truckload 

shipments . . . . 10,969,082 246' 119 

REA Express shipments . 1,706,611 68,122 

Total . . . . . . 93a702a444 $la037al76 

Consolidating less than truckload shipments from 

Departmental Service Office and outside printers 

with GPO truckload shipments • • • • • • • . • 

Arranging for expedited freight shipping 

in lieu of costlier premium methods 

of shipping . • • • • • • . • • • • . 

Table 22 

TARIFF 

COST 

$1,163,431 

299,127 

99,081 

$la561 1639 

Grand total (savings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

SAVINGS 

$440,496 

53,008 

30,959 

$5241463 

72,475 

26,287 

$623a255 

GPO 88 2 • 516