IMPACT OF POSTAL BUILDING PROGRAM (92-13) HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS AND OVERSIGHT. 1.S. Congress. HousOF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS JOHN A. BLATNIK, Minnesota, Chairman ROBERT E. JONES, Alabama KENNETH J. GRAY, Illinois ED EDMONDSON, Oklahoma JAMES KEE, West Virginia JAMES J. HOWARD, New Jersey MIKE MCCORMACK, Washington WILLIAM H. HARSHA, Ohio EA 23 dec 71 CONTENTS WITNESSES General Services Administration: Rod Kreger, Acting Administrator, General Services Administration; accompanied by Herman Barth, Deputy General Counsel, General Arthur F. Sampson, Deputy Administrator for Special Projects and Commissioner of Public Buildings Service, General Services_Ad- ministration; accompanied by Wilbur H. Sanders, Deputy Com- missioner for Public Buildings Service, GSA; and Herman W. Barth, General Accounting Office: The Honorable Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General of the United Henry Lehne, Assistant Postmaster General-Facilities, U.S. Postal Service; accompanied by Frederick Batrus, Assistant Postmaster General-Engineering and Logistics, U.S. Postal Service; Robert E. Isaacs, Technical Advisor for Construction Programing, U.S. Postal Service; and James H. French, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Real Property and Procurement Division, U.S. Postal Office of Management and Budget: Richard P. Nathan, Assistant Director of the Office of Management and Budget; accompanied by Mr. Charles E. Benton, Assistant Chief of the General Government Programs Division of the Office 113 Brig. Gen. George A. Rebh, Chief of the Corps of Engineers, Postal Construction Support Office, Department of the Army; accompanied by Woodrow Berge, Director of Real Estate ------ 367, 375 LIST OF EXHIBITS 1. GSA and Post Office correspondence relating to projects from which 2. GSA Lease Construction Legislative Proposal. 4. (a) Letter from Assistant Postmaster General Henry Lehne to GSA Commissioner Sampson dated February 23, 1971, and Mr. Sampson's reply dated March 12, 1971. (b) Letter from Mr. Lehne to Mr. Sampson dated May 5, 1971. (c) Letter from GSA Administrator Robert L. Kunzig to Director George P. Shultz, Office of Manage- ment and Budget, dated May 13, 1971. (d) Letter from Mr. Robert E. Isaacs, Post Office Department to GSA Commissioner Sampson dated June 17, 1971. (e) Memo by I. E. Friedlander, GSA, dated 5. Account of total real property leased by GSA and Post Office Depart- 44 46 57 6. Ten-year statistics of GSA-Public Buildings Service funding- 7. Spread sheet, "Projects From Which the Post Office Has Withdrawn 8. Telegram to Rep. Kenneth J. Gray from Mr. R. A. Nack, February 4, 1971__. 9. Letter from the Postmaster General dated May 15, 1970, to Mr. Robert L. Kunzig, Administrator for GSA.. 10. Letter of March 27, 1969, from Major General F. J. Clarke, Acting Chief, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Postmaster General Winton 11. Memorandum dated April 17, 1969, to Hon. Peter M. Flanigan, Assistant to the President, from Hon. Robert L. Kunzig, Adminis- 95 15. First Memorandum of Agreement between the Post Office Department and the Department of the Army providing for postal facilities acquisition services, dated March 11, 1971. 16. Second Memorandum of Agreement between the Post Office Depart- ment and the Corps of Engineers providing for postal facilities 21. Brochure compiled by the Corps of Engineers, dated February 12, 1971_ 22. May 5, 1971 memorandum from General George A. Rebh, Corps of 24. Corps of Engineers memoranda dated May 7, 1971, and May 6, 1971, in regards to Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale Post Office Facilities, 26. Letter dated June 30, 1971, from Col. Billy B. Geery, Corps of En- gineers, to Michael Zimmerman, Supervisory Civil Engineers, GAO*_ 27. Group of letters having reference to the agreement between the *Retained in Subcommittee file. 9. Further correspondence concerning the delegation of authority for the construction of Postal facilities by GSA__ 9. Letter to Mr. John Constandy dated May 26, 1971, from Lawson B. 31. A partial list of the kinds of facilities in which GSA has been involved in Page 325 330 337 ---350, 419 33. (a) List of GSA operated buildings proposed for transfer to the Postal Service. (b) List of Federal Buildings to be transferred to the Postal Service* 34. Letter dated January 13, 1970, from General Raymond, Corps of Engineers to Mr. James Wilson, Assistant General Counsel for the Postal Department* 35. Memo (undated) by General Raymond, Corps of Engineers*. 355 379 379 MATERIAL RECEIVED FOR THE RECORD GAO memorandum, "Notification of Appropriation Committees of Cost 118 GAO memorandum, "Agreement-Congressional Liaison" 132 149 Post Office Department chart, "Comparison of Planned Versus Actual 255 Corps of Engineers' submission of contract estimated costs at three Florida 406 Post Office Department chart, “Major Milestone Status as of May 28, 1971" 409 APPENDIX A. Memorandum of Understanding Between Postal Service and GSA, dated March 17, 1971-- 419 B. Interim Agreement between Postal Service and GSA, dated July 1, 1971.. 419 1971_ 424 D. Letter to Representative Jim Wright from Postmaster General Blount, 425 443 F. Letter to Chairman Jim Wright from Mr. Lee B. Holmes, Mortgage 444 G. Memorandum to Chairman Jim Wright from Sherman S. Willse of subcommittee staff, July 27, 1971__ 447 *Retained in Subcommittee file. |