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EXPLANATION OF PERSONNEL BENEFITS

The GPO uses a 10 percent factor to project personnel benefits, because our actual cost experience is 10 percent as shown below.

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This 10 percent is in line with other legislative agencies. The General Accounting Office, has a 10 percent rate. The Architect of the Capitol has rates that range from 9.2 to 18 percent, the Capitol Power Plant has a 10 percent rate, and the Library of Congress has rates ranging from 9.8 to 10.5 percent.

This rate will change based on the items included in the benefits. Included in the GPO rate are expenses for the Government contributions to employee group health, life insurance, and retirement plans as well as expenses for Department of Labor accident compensation, incentive awards and uniform allowances.

COST FOR TRAVEL

Mr. BENJAMIN. On travel, what is your figure?
Mr. LABARRE. $45,000.

Mr. BENJAMIN. What traveling is involved there?

Mr. LABARRE. That is primarily two large travel budget expenses. One is for the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer and public expenditures for the Depository Library Program. The other, by far and away the largest expense, is for our inspectors of the Depository Library system. It is required by law that all of the depository libraries be inspected. I have made the decision they should all be looked at once every 3 years. I need this money to make sure the inspectors review the actual operation of each depository library and that they are in fact carrying out the mandate of the law.

Mr. BENJAMIN. How much does that involve in a trip, and how many trips are we talking about?

Mr. LABARRE. Well, sir, I am hiring my third inspector now because of the increase in libraries. These people are gone 9 months out of the 12-month year, and there are 1,300 libraries and they inspect approximately 400 libraries a year.

Mr. BENJAMIN. How much do you use for travel in fiscal year 1978?

Mr. LABARRE. Approximately the same amount, sir.

Mr. BENJAMIN. That was with two inspectors?

Mr. LABARRE. Yes.

Mr. BENJAMIN. Now with three?

Mr. LABARRE. The point is I will have them home much more. It turned out to be a little bit more than two individuals could handle. They were gone too much.

Mr. BENJAMIN. That was 9 months out of 12.

How long will they be home now?

Mr. LABARRE. I expect they will be home about 5 months.

Mr. BENJAMIN. What do they do when they are home?

Mr. LABARRE. We have many other things we wish to have them do. They work in the Depository program. They assist in the cata

loging and indexing of publications. They also write up their reports and prepare for the Council meetings. They work on instructions for the depository libraries.

TRANSPORTATION OF THINGS

Mr. BENJAMIN. Transportation of things which you indicate as local and long distance deliveries to Members of Congress and warehouses. You are requesting $74,000. What is that?

Mr. LABARRE. That is primarily for delivery of material within the Washington area, and the payment to the successful bidder to deliver mail from Eisenhower warehouse to the Postal Center.

Mr. BENJAMIN. From Eisenhower to the Postal Center?

Mr. LABARRE. Yes sir. Our entire library distribution division is located on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Va. As we prepare depository shipments, for example, we place these in a commercial truck and deliver it to the nearest U.S. Postal facility in Merrifield, Va.

Mr. BENJAMIN. You don't have vehicles yourself?

Mr. LABARRE. I have vehicles to make local deliveries but none are large enough to handle the bulk mail. I deliver material as required to the House and Senate, and I also deliver material locally between the two warehouses.

RENTAL CHARGES

Mr. BENJAMIN. Your rent request is for $378,000. On page V-3 you state that your leased storage areas cost $1.6 million.

Which items are covered under your rental charges on page IV-3?

Mr. LABARRE. The Eisenhower complex, the Library and Statutory Distribution Service and miscellaneous equipment is covered under that $378,000. Our General Sales Program is essentially in Laurel, Maryland. That is my largest space. The Depository Library_Program, the Cataloging and Indexing Program and the ByLaw Program are all on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Virginia. That is the rental required for that space, sir.

Mr. BENJAMIN. If we have a new building, will that rental be eliminated?

Mr. LABARRE. Yes, sir.

TELEPHONE EXPENSES

Mr. BENJAMIN. Are telephone expenses included in classification 5? If so, explain the long distance telephone service provided and how you control your long distance calls.

[The information follows:]

Included in classification 5 is $2,860 for telephone expenses. This amount is part of the cost of our automatic call distributor which helps us handle incoming phone calls from our customers.

All of our remaining telephone expenses are paid out of the GPO Revolving Fund. The Documents Sales Service uses FTS rather than commercial

long distance for telephone calls to and from bookstores and, except in rare emergency situations, uses FTS rather than commercial long distance for business calls. The automatic call distributor is a device that takes incoming calls to the Sales Service Order and Information Desk on one number and automatically distributes the calls to the first open line on one of twenty desks staffed with personnel trained to answer inquiries and to accept telephone orders, so the customer does not have to wait unless all twenty phones are busy simultaneously. long distance calls are controlled by supervisory personnel requiring personnel to use FTS rather than commercial long distance, except in emergencies when FTS is overloaded. All commercial long distance calls are further reviewed to ascertain their official business validity.

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loging and indexing of publications. They also write up ports and prepare for the Council meetings. They work o tions for the depository libraries.

TRANSPORTATION OF THINGS

Mr. BENJAMIN. Transportation of things which local and long distance deliveries to Members warehouses. You are requesting $74,000. What is Mr. LABARRE. That is primarily for delivery the Washington area, and the payment to the deliver mail from Eisenhower warehouse t Mr. BENJAMIN. From Eisenhower to the P Mr. LABARRE. Yes sir. Our entire librar' located on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexar depository shipments, for example, we pl truck and deliver it to the nearest U.S. T Va.

Mr. BENJAMIN. You don't have vehi Mr. LABARRE. I have vehicles to r are large enough to handle the b required to the House and Sena locally between the two warehous

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