CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of this DECISION issued by GARVIN LEE OLIVER, Administrative Law Judge, in Case No. 3-CA-60461, were sent to the following parties: Chander M. Cars United States Government Printing Office OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC PRINTER May 14, 1993 The President of the Senate The Speaker of the House of Representatives Sirs: I have the honor to transmit herewith the Annual Report of the Government Printing Office (GPO) for Fiscal Year 1992. The report contains the results of an audit of GPO's financial statements prepared at the request of the Joint Committee on Printing. The audit was conducted by an independent public accounting firm working under contract with the General Accounting Office. Respectfully submitted, Michael For Hi Mario MICHAEL F. DiMARIO financial highlights "he public printing and documents Results of GPO Operations The chapters of Title 44, United States Code, require the Government Printing Office (GPO) to fulfill the printing needs of the Federal Government and distribute Government publications to the public. GPO's printing and binding activities are performed at a Central Office printing and printing procurement facility in Washington, DC, and by 5 regional printing plants, 14 regional procurement offices, and 6 satellite procurement facilities located around the Nation. Publications distribution activities are overseen by GPO's Superintendent of Documents, and include sales of publications, distribution to depository and international exchange libraries, agency and statutory distribution, and the cataloging and indexing of Government documents. These activities are performed at centrally located operations in Washington, DC, distribution centers in Laurel, MD, and Pueblo, CO, a Congressional Sales Office in Washington, DC, and by 23 GPO bookstores nationwide. All GPO activities are financed through a revolving fund that is reimbursed by payments from customer agencies, sales to the public, and transfers from the Congressional Printing and Binding Appropriation and Salaries and Expenses Appropriation of the Superintendent of Documents. These annual appropriations are used to reimburse GPO for costs incurred in performing Congressional work and to fulfill statutory requirements associated with the distribution of Government publications. Reimbursements from these appropriations are included in GPO's total revenues. GPO experienced a consolidated net loss of $5.2 million in 1992, compared with a $300,000 net loss in 1991. The change was attributable primarily to increased pay costs and a continuing freeze on charges to customer agencies. Consolidated revenue increased by $8.5 million to $923.6 million. However, total expenses increased by $13.3 million to $928.8 million. The Sales Program generated net income of $537,000, compared with $903,000 the previous year. Printing and Binding In 1992, printing and binding operations generated revenues of $852.9 million compared with $847.9 million in 1991, representing approximately 80.7 percent of GPO's revenues before eliminations. Revenue from commercially procured printing was $629.3 million, or approximately 76 percent of total printing and binding revenue (exclud ing revenue from sales of blank paper and Other Operations). During the year, GPO received nearly 311,900 printing orders, an average of over 1,200 orders per day. GPO used or sold 40,144 metric tons (44,260 short tons) of paper in 1992. Of this amount, 57 percent was used for in-plant printing and 43 percent was sold to Government agencies. Virtually all of this paper was recycled paper. Central Office Plant Printing Combined Central Office plant printing operations, including |