Savings Available Through Reduced Use of Air Parcel Post Shipment by the Department of Defense

Abstract

In fiscal year 1970 the Post Office Department billed the military departments about $177 million for costs it had incurred to ship military mail by various modes of transportation. Prior work performed by the General Accounting Office (GAO) indicated that military supplies were being shipped by air parcel post although they could have been shipped by more economical methods. That practice is contrary to the stated policy of the military departments, which is to employ the method that will effect delivery of supplies by the required time at the lowest cost to the Government. This review was made to examine into the extent and effect of the practice at selected Army, Navy, and Air Force installations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 06, 1971
Accession Number
AD1150694

Entities

People

  • Elmer B. Staats

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Transportation
  • Aircrafts
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Logistics
  • Military Standards
  • Military Supplies
  • Naval Operations
  • New York
  • Postal Service
  • Shipping
  • Standards
  • Supply Depots
  • Surface Transportation
  • Terminals
  • Transportation
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis