ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program --------------------------------------------------------------------- February 15, 2000 GP 3.16/3-2:21/04 (Vol. 21, no. 04) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Shipments Delayed; Please Do Not Claim Thanks to the prompt notification from depository libraries, GPO has been made aware of recent shipment delays. Some of the delay is a result of severe snow and ice storms, which closed Federal Government buildings in the Washington metropolitan area for a few days. However, excessive delays in the receipt of shipments have again been caused by the improper processing of outgoing shipments by Potomac Business Center (PBC), our small package delivery carrier. GPO's procurement office is currently handling the situation and is committed to having shipments at the contractor's facility sent by Friday, February 4. Please postpone claiming missing shipments dated December 20, 1999 through early February, 2000. All of these shipments should be delivered to depositories by February 14. Please do not send claims for these shipments until after February 14. LPS appreciates your cooperation in identifying shipment delivery performance problems. Please continue to report delayed, missing, or irregular shipments to Ms. Vicki Barber, Chief, Depository Distribution Division, at (202) 512-1014, or by e-mail at .