Defense Management: Printing Operations at the Department of Defense

Abstract

In November 1990, the Deputy Secretary of Defense approved Defense Management Report Decision 998 that called for the consolidation of all DOD printing and duplicating services under a single manager. By consolidating these services, DOD expected to save about $13.7 million in 1993 and about $30 million annually beginning in 1994.Although the consolidation was originally expected to take effect in October 1991, it did not occur until April 1992 when the Defense Printing Service (DPS) was established as the single manager. Savings attributable to the consolidation have been difficult to identify. However, in the general downsizing of DOD, work loads are coming down, and resources (personnel, equipment, and facilities) are being reduced. In terms of the overall fiscal year 1993 DPS work load, DPS officials told us they expect to send about $150 million to GPO and retain about $213 million for in-house production.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 15, 1993
Accession Number
AD1156282

Entities

People

  • Donna M. Heivilin

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Corporate Information Management
  • Department Of Defense
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Logistics Support
  • Personnel Management
  • Printing
  • Printing Equipment
  • Procurement
  • Reproduction (Copying)

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Educational Psychology
  • Manufacturing Engineering.