...making and using such studies. Agency response The Department did not concur with GAO's recommendation. The Deputy Postmaster General stated that the Department...alternative sites were necessary, desirable, or practical. GAO does not agree with these conclusions. Problem 3 The Department's procedures for selecting and...

...the lowest possible costs, the Department establish (1) guidelines as to when studies should be made of the feasibility and costs of acquiring and operating facilities on alternative sites and (2) specific criteria regarding the factors to be taken into consideration in making and using...

...studies in all instances where any serious question of such feasibility existed and that the Depart ment did not believe further specific criteria or guidelines for making studies of the feasi bility and costs of acquiring and operating fa cilities on alternative sites were necessary,...

...controls over the program. The needed improvements related to the — establishment of criteria for studies of the feasibility and costs of acquiring and operating facilities on alternative sites; — revision of policies and procedures relative to selection and control of sites for new postal facilities;...

...General. These recommendations were that : • Guidelines be established as to when studies should be made of the feasibility and costs of acquiring and operating facilities on alternative sites, and specific criteria be established regarding the factors to be taken into consideration in making...