United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-02-17 monographic deposited born digital 105 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-95-65 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-65 P0b002ee180372300 f:ns95065 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-65 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-65 NSIAD-95-65 Printing costs Government publications Price adjustments Cost analysis Federal procurement Contract costs Information dissemination operations Comparative analysis Cost accounting Federal Printing Procurement Program Defense Business Operations Fund Letter Report NSIAD GAO examined the prices charged to customers for printing and duplication work at the Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Defense Printing Service (DPS). GAO found that GPO prices for printing work were about 9 to 11 percent lower than those of DPS. For printing requisitions of more than $500--about 78 percent of the printing dollars--GPO's prices were about 21 percent lower than those of DPS. For requisitions of $500 and less--22 percent of the total printing dollars--DPS' prices were about 31 percent lower than GPO's. GAO estimates that overall, GPO prices for DPS' fiscal year 1994 printing workload would have been about $2.4 million lower than those of DPS. DPS prices for duplicating requisitions were about four to five percent lower than GPO prices. For those requisitions priced at more than $500, there was about 0.4-percent difference favoring GPO, and for those of $500 or less, the difference was about 57 percent in favor of DPS. GAO estimates that overall, DPS prices for the DPS fiscal year 1994 duplicating workload would have been about $9.3 million lower than the GPO prices. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-65/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-65.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-65/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-65.pdf GAO/NSIAD-95-65 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-65 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-95-65; Government Printing: Comparison of DOD and GPO Prices for Printing and Duplicating Work; Printing costs Government publications Price adjustments Cost analysis Federal procurement Contract costs Information dissemination operations Comparative analysis Cost accounting Federal Printing Procurement Program Defense Business Operations Fund