Evening star., 1927-05-04
c. P. 0. FOR ALL D. c.
WORK APPROVED
Donovan and Hargrove In
dorse Efficiency Bureau
recommendations.

recommendations OF the Federal
Bureau of Efficiency that all the Dis
trict's printing and binding be done
at the Government Printing Office
and that a practical printer be en-
ployed to handle all matters pertain
ing to the printing requirements OF
the District government We're con-
CURED in today by Auditor Daniel }.
Donovan and Purchasing Officer NJ.
C.. Hargrove in report to the DIS
trict Commissioners.
These two officials, however. did not
approve the bureaus recommends
tions that existing running contracts
for printing be Cancelled immediately
and that a separate item to cover all
printing and binding be set up as a
special item in the 1929 District ap-
preparation bill.
Based On Expert Probe.
The Bureaus report was referred
to Auditor Donovan and Agent IIar-
grove by the Commissioners last week
for their consideration. 1t was based
on an investigation made by its ex-
perts into the District Governments
printing requirements and in addi
tion to the four recommendations, it
for printing for the District had
failed to comply with the specifica-
tions and it's orders for work.
Auditor Donovan and Purchasing
Agent Hargrove took up in their re-
port each of the four recommenda-
tions of the bureau separately. In re-
gard to recommendation that all
printing for the District he done at
the Government Printing Office they
merely stated that they concurred in
1t and recommend favorable action by
the Commissioners.
In regard to the second recon-
mendation, that practical printer
competent to prepare and edit all
copy be appointed, ,he report said:
THE auditor and the purchasing Of
ficer concur in this recommendation,
and the purchasing officer will include
in his salary estimates for the fiscal
year 1929 provision for the employ
ment of a practical printer to be as
signed to his office. The Bureau of Eff
ficiency states that if the printing and
binding for the District is sent to
the Government Printing Office, it is
believed that the Public Printer would
detail an expert employe to the District
to handle it's printing and binding re-
quirements until such time as the
priation for such an employe.
1T is recommended in this respect
that the Commissioners ask the Pub
tic Printer to detail such an expert
employe, beginning with June IS,
1927, assuming that the printing for
the District will be done at the Gov
ernment Printing Office beginning
with the fiscal year 1928.
Ransous A. U.-..I.:L
"The reason for the detail Is days in
advance of the commencement of the
fiscal year is due to the fact that the
1928 acquisitions for printing are re-
ceived by the purchasing officer in
large numbers about the middle of
June. The Public Printer should be
advised that if this employe is de-
tailed, as suggested by the Bureau Of
Efficiency, such detail should continue
during the fiscal year 1928, as the
Commissioners would not he in posi-
| t1on to obtain an appropriation for
such. an employe prior to the begin.
ming Of the fiscal year 1929, their
earliest opportunity for asking such
an appropriation being in the budget
for that fiscal year"
In respect to the third recommen-
| dation. that separate item to cover
all printing and binding for the Dis
trict be set up as a special item in
the 1929 appropriation bill, the report
said that it would be a better way to
have all branches of the government
of the District maintain copies of all
forms and cost of printing such forms
as well as records of cost of such bind
ing during the fiscal year 1928, so
that the information for all branches
| could be reflected in one appropria.
tion in the preparation of the District
budget for the fiscal year 1880 and the
amounts transferred to the one-sum
appropriation by the individual serv-
ices deducted from the estimates of
the appropriation from which in the
past the printing and binding charges
have been paid.
AS to the fourth recommendation,
that the existing annual running con.
tracts for printing be Immediately can
celed, the report said that 'the audi
tor and purchasing officer hesitate to
ask the Commissioners to approve
this recommendation.