Property management and disposal service-Excess and surplus properly

Savings and economies to the Government as a result of GSA operations, fiscal years 1965 and 1966

[In millions of dollars]

Selected statistics

1. Savings through improvement of operating procedures and techniques and in-
creased productivity in supply, transportation, and communications operations:
a. Savings from large volume buying of supplies and materials for distribution
through the GSA supply system and FSS schedule purchasing by using
agencies..

b. Reduction in freight costs of GSA and other Government agencies through
consolidation of shipments, negotiation of rates with carriers, etc..
c. Reduction in public utilities and communications costs through operation
of the Federal Telecommunications System, consolidation of switch-
boards, execution of areawide contracts, negotiation and representation
before regulatory bodies, etc...

2. Savings and economies from more effective utilization of Government resources
and improvement of consolidated services:

a. Reduction in costs by evacuation of high cost Government and commercial
storage facilities, through greater use of lower cost Government facilities,
and by avoidance of costs through extension of the rotation cycle..

b. Avoiding rental of office space by increased emphasis on moving dead or
inactive records to GSA records centers to release substantial quantities
of office space for reuse, and filing equipment, steel shelves and transfer
cases put back into active use, thus avoiding new procurement of similar
items. Fiscal year 1966 also includes savings of $10,900,000 from provision
by GSA of records management assistance to agencies (data for prior year
not available).

c. Increased emphasis on better space utilization, the conversion of warehouse
and other special use space to office space, and the conversion of excess
military and post office installations to office space, have avoided the
leasing of space to house the Federal establishment; also economies from
the conversion of manual operations by use of mechanical devices for
elevators, boilers, protection and cleaning, etc.:

(1) Conversion of special use and excess space to office space..
(2) Conversion of manual operations by use of mechanical devices.
d. The expansion of the motor pool program (activated in 1954) as compared
with prepool operations by agencies continues to pay dividends to the
Government-annual savings..

e. The transfer of excess personal and real property among Federal agencies
and the rehabilitation of personal property affords maximum possible
use of available Government-owned property and thus minimizes ex-
penditures for new property. Efforts of GSA's Property Management
and Disposal Service have contributed to the continued growth of these
programs and also resulted in an increased return on sales:
(1) Property put to further Federal use (acquisition cost).
(2) Proceeds from sales of:

(a) Personal property.

(b) Real property.

(3) Rehabilitation of personal property and distribution of such prop-
erty through the GSA supply system (acquisition cost).

f. Automatic data processing sharing exchanges...

3. Through constant attention to improving our organization, making maximum use of automatic data processing techniques, expansion of common services for use by other agencies, and improvement of our operating procedures, we have made savings which may be termed "administrative improvements".

Total.