Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriations, 1959, Hearings Before the Subcommittee of ... , 85-2 on H.R. 110851958 - 194 pages |
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... sampling techniques . Since the Bureau of Finance is responsible for technical guidance to regional controllers ( who are administratively responsible to the regional operations directors ) , renewed efforts were made to establish a ...
... sampling techniques . Since the Bureau of Finance is responsible for technical guidance to regional controllers ( who are administratively responsible to the regional operations directors ) , renewed efforts were made to establish a ...
Page 119
... sampling techniques designed to reduce sizes of samples taken into account , were initiated during the year . Consultants experi- enced in the practical application of statistical sampling to accounting problems were engaged near the ...
... sampling techniques designed to reduce sizes of samples taken into account , were initiated during the year . Consultants experi- enced in the practical application of statistical sampling to accounting problems were engaged near the ...
Page 136
... sampling system , not unlike some of the polling organizations that make polls from time to time for some of the people interested in elections . The facts are that the cost ascertainment system of the Post Office Department has been in ...
... sampling system , not unlike some of the polling organizations that make polls from time to time for some of the people interested in elections . The facts are that the cost ascertainment system of the Post Office Department has been in ...
Page 138
... information is obtained through periodic sampling of the mail flow to determine the volume of each class of mail or service and the relative use of personnel and facilities for handling 138 TREASURY AND POST OFFICE APPROPRIATIONS , 1959.
... information is obtained through periodic sampling of the mail flow to determine the volume of each class of mail or service and the relative use of personnel and facilities for handling 138 TREASURY AND POST OFFICE APPROPRIATIONS , 1959.
Page 139
... sampling rather than probability or random sampling and , conse- quently , the degree of error could not be measured . ( See pages 811 through 837 of the hearings on H. R. 5836 and H. R. 5839 relating to postal rate revisions . ) On ...
... sampling rather than probability or random sampling and , conse- quently , the degree of error could not be measured . ( See pages 811 through 837 of the hearings on H. R. 5836 and H. R. 5839 relating to postal rate revisions . ) On ...
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accounts Activity actual 1958 estimate additional Adjustment in base Administration Admiral RICHMOND allocation annual appropriation base appropriation estimate Average Amount positions Average number Average positions Amount bill budget buildings Bureau Chairman classes of mail Coast Guard committee Congress cost ascertainment cost-ascertainment system developed estimate 1959 estimate estimate for 1959 expenditures facilities Federal first-class mail fiscal year 1959 Full-time equivalent funds going Government handling House improved increase Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service issue date Judge MURDOCK lease mail volume maturity ment million Number of employees operations payments percent period Permanent positions personnel Post Office Department postal service Postmaster procedures railway post office Reconstruction Finance Corporation redemption value reduction regional request Reserve Salaries and expenses sampling savings bonds SCRIBNER Secretary Senator BRIDGES Senator DIRKSEN Senator JOHNSTON Senator ROBERTSON series E bonds SUMMERFIELD tions Total appropriation Total number Total obligations transfer Treasury United
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Page 13 - AN ACT To provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage the industries of the United States, to protect American labor, and for other purposes...
Page 180 - Hereafter, any appropriation required to be apportioned pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, may be apportioned on a basis indicating the need for a supplemental or deficiency estimate of appropriation to the extent necessary to permit payment of such pay increases as may be granted those employees (commonly known as wageboard employees) whose compensation is fixed and adjusted from time to time in accordance with prevailing rates (5 USC 5102, 5341).
Page 25 - Redemption values during each half-year period (Values increase on first day of period shown) (2) On purchase price from issue date to beginning of each half-year period (3) On current redemption value from beginning of each hali-year period (a) to maturity First H year $18.
Page 100 - That notwithstanding the provisions of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 USC 665...
Page 28 - IN THE INTERVAL UNTIL THE NEW STOCKS ARE AVAILABLE WILL CARRY THE NEW INVESTMENT YIELD AND ALL OTHER PRIVILEGES AS FULLY AS IF EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THE TEXT OF THE BONDS. If they desire to do so, owners of bonds with the issue date of June 1, 1959, or thereafter, may exchange such bonds at any Federal Reserve Bank or branch, or at the Office of the Treasurer of the United States, Washington 25, DC, for bonds in the new form (with the same registration and issue dates) when the latter become available,...
Page 131 - USC 2206). The scope of our review, which was directed primarily to the identification of matters that appeared to warrant attention, is described on page 28 of this report.
Page 72 - States in matters concerning the traffic in narcotic drugs and with the several States in the suppression of the abuse of narcotic drugs and marihuana within their respective jurisdictions.
Page 132 - The several classes of mail and services are largely mingled and handled by the same employees in post offices, terminals, vehicles, and other facilities. Consequently, the labor and facilities cost records cannot be kept in a manner which will show the charges applicable to .the various classes of mail or service. Again, to allocate costs at the mail-handling level would involve prohibitive recordkeeping to obtain estimated costs.
Page 80 - Guard embrace, in general terms, maritime law enforcement ; limited security of certain important ports and waterfront facilities ; saving life and property ; providing navigational aids for maritime commerce ; promoting the...
Page 131 - SPEAKER : Herewith is our Report on the Review of the Cost Ascertainment System of the Post Office Department, 1957.