GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE PERSONNEL STATISTICS GPO programs are supported by various GPO organizations. Human resources can be viewed from either an organizational structure perspective or from a program perspective. GPO's primary organizational areas are: Executive Offices, Administration, Procurement Services, Production Services, Customer Services, and Superintendent of Documents. GPO's primary programs are Printing and Binding Operations, Sales of Publications, Agency Distribution Services, and programs funded by the Salaries and Expenses (S&E) Appropriation. On-board statistics are relevant only to GPO's organizational structure. Full-time equivalent (FTE) data is prepared for each organization and is distributed by program according to various program distribution allocations in order to calculate FTE data by program. FTE levels are generally below on-board levels because of employees on leave without pay and employees on part-time or intermittent schedules. Human resources are the most important GPO assets. They represent the largest portion of controllable cost, and are the single most significant factor in generating revenue and providing GPO's products and services to customers. Total FTE levels declined by 1,743, or 35 percent, over the ten-year period from 1989 to 1999. A voluntary separation incentive program was implemented in the first quarter of FY 94, which resulted in 357 separations. An early-out retirement offer was made in the last quarter of FY 95, resulting in 91 retirements. Additional early-out retirement offers were made during FY 96, resulting in 25 retirements, and during FY 99, resulting in 26 retirements. |