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Date Nov. 2, 1988 Report No. NSIAD-89-48 Title

Competition Act: Defense Science Board Recommended Changes to the Act

United States General Accounting Office GAO November 1988 Report to the Chairman, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives COMPETITION ACT: Defense ScienceBoard Recommended Changes to the Act About Our New Cover. . . The new color of our report covers represents the latest step in GAO’s efforts to improve the presentation of out reports. GAO United States General Accounting O...
Date June 21, 1988 Report No. NSIAD-88-150 Title

Internal Controls: Controls Over Material Furnished to Navy Contractors Can Be Improved

United States General Accounting Office Report to Congressional Requesters . 1 June 1988 INTERNAL CONTROLS Controls Over Material Fbrnished to Navy Contractors Can Be Improved RESTRICTED-- hootto be released outside the General &omting Office except on the basis of the specific ad by the Ofikeof Congressional MationS. GAO/NSIAD-88-150 sa4-m /13loc1IIf National Security and International Affairs Di...
Date May 24, 1988 Report No. GGD-88-83 Title

Procurement: Compliance With Subcontracting Requirements at GSA, Energy, and Navy

.a---,, ,.--a. ,..-- ,-.-. ---..-_. _ .-_-____ - ‘... --*y- .;. . . : .L * May 1988 PROCUREMENT Compliance With Subcontracting Requirements ak GSA ,_ .., . GAO General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 General Government united states Division B-229245 May 24, 1988 The Honorable John J. LaFalce Chairman, Committee on Small Business House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: As requested ...
Date April 8, 1988 Report No. GGD-88-63FS Title

Federal Productivity: DOD Functions With Savings Potential From Private Sector Cost Comparisons

United States General Accounting Office GAO April 1988 Fact Sheet for the Honorable David Dreier, House of Representatives FEDERAL PRODUCTIVITY DOD Functions With Savings Potential From Private Sector Cost Comparisons GAO/GGD-88-63FS \8\\ GAO llnitd States GeneralAccountingOffke Washington, D.C.2OXH Grnc~ral Governmen Division B-223693 April8, 1988 The Honorable David Dreier House of Representativ...
Date March 25, 1988 Report No. T-NSIAD-88-23 Title

Government Operations: GAO's Comments on the Reauthorization of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy

I I, -- For Release it 9:30 a.m. March 25, 1988 : kAO’ s ‘ Office Comments of Federal on the Reauthorization Policy of the Procurement (OFPP) Statement of Charles A. Bowsher Comptroller General United States noFntn the Sr!hcomvj.ttee on Fediral Budgeting and Accounting Committee on Governmental United States Senate of the I S.pendin Affaiirs iB I , i GAO/T-NSJADL8R-23 I’ ,e:;,*.., ,j_P .’ ...
Date Jan. 7, 1988 Report No. T-GGD-88-7 Title

Government Operations: Contracting Out for Commercial Activities and Services Under OMB Circular A-76

For Release On Delivery Expected at 3:OO p.m. EST ,Thursday January 7, 1988 1/,.\ Statement of Gene L. Dodaro, Associate Director General Government Division Before the President's Commission on Privatization III IIIII ll!l 134877 l ! GAO-T-GGD-88-7 by-877 Mr. Chairman an8 Members of to discuss the the Commiasion, of contracting by Office government we are pleased o:ut to appear commercial today i...
Date Nov. 3, 1987 Report No. NSIAD-88-36BR Title

Incentive Contracts: Examination of Fixed-Price Incentive Contracts

United States General Accounting Office * Briefing Report to the Honorable Carl Levin, U.S. Senate November 1987 INCENTIVE CONTRACTS Examination of FixedPrice Incentive Contracts I AO/NSIAD43836BR OWZS-EO R-229051 November 3, 1987 The Honorable United States Dear Senator Carl Levin Senate Levin: of As you requested, we have examined a number of fixed-price incentive (F'PI) contracts to determine h...
Date Oct. 30, 1987 Report No. NSIAD-88-5 Title

DOD Procurement: Multiyear and Annual Contract Costs

United States General Accounting Offlce Report to the Chairman, Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives October 1987 DOD PROCUREMENT Multiyear and Annual Contract Costs GAO United States General Accounting Office Wahington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division B-228776 October 30, 1987 The Honorable Les Aspin Chairman, Committee on Armed Services House of Re...
Date June 18, 1987 Report No. T-NSIAD-87-38 Title

Financial Management: GAO's Comments on the Reauthorization of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy

United States General Accounting Office /, s ‘ 4~ 3 1 ,% Testimony For Release at 10:00 a.m. June 18, 1987 GAO's Comments on the Reauthorization of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) Statement of Mr. Milton J. Socolar Special Assistant to Comptroller General the Before the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security Committee on Government Operations United States House of Rep...
Date April 2, 1987 Report No. T-NSIAD-87-26 Title

National Defense: Observations on the Defense Enterprise Program

United States General Accouming UUIC~ /l)LI , , Testimony For Release on Delivery 2:00 p.m. Thursday April 2, 1987 OBSERVATIONS ON THE DEFENSE ENTERPRISE PROGRAM Statement of Charles A. Bowsher Comptroller General United States of the Before the Subcommittees on Conventional Forces and Alliance Defense and on Defense Industry and Technology Committee on Armed Services United States Senate _. GAO/T...
Date March 18, 1987 Report No. T-NSIAD-87-11 Title

National Defense: DOD's Profit Policy and GAO's Proposal for a Program To Study the Profitability of Government Contractors

United States General Accounting Oface / 72 Y 3 z GA!0 For Release at 9:30 a.m. EST Wednesday March 18, 1987 Testimony DOD's Profit Program to Contractors Policy and GAO's Proposal. Study the Profitability of For A Government Statement of Charles A. Bowsher Comptroller General United States Before the Legislation and National of the Committee on Government United States House of of the Security Op...
Date March 16, 1987 Report No. HRD-87-50BR Title

Legal Services Corporation: Reprogramming of Funds and Service Delivery Research Projects

Briefing Report to Congressional Requesters LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Reprogramming of Funds and Service Delivery Research Projects RELEASED Y United States General Accounting OffIce Washington, D.C. 205448 Human Resources Division B-202116 March 16, 1987 The Honorable Neal Smith Subcommittee on Commerce, Chairman, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations Ho...
Date March 10, 1987 Report No. NSIAD-87-47 Title

Procurement: State Department's Purchase of Silverware for Overseas Missions

, United Gltates General Accounting Office ’ ‘GAO l%Iarch 1987 Report to the Chairman, Legislation and National Security Subcommittee, Committee on Government Ope:rations, Houseof Representatives il PROCUREMENT State Department’s Purchase of Silverware for OverseasMissions 132444 GAO/NSIAD-87-47 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 National Security and Internat...
Date March 6, 1987 Report No. IMTEC-87-14FS Title

ADP Workstations: SSA's Fiscal Year 1988 Furniture Request

United States Gtmwa.l Accounting Office GAO March 1987 Fact Sheet for l;he Honorable ’ Lawton Chiles, Chairman, Committee onBudget, United States Senate ADP WORKSTATIONS: SSA’sFiscal Year 1988 Furniture Request 132443 Y / GAO/IMTEC-87-14FS cY3?2&3* ’ . I GAO United States General Accounting Of’flce Washington, D.C. 20548 Information Management and ‘I’erhnology Division B-220361 March 6...
Date Jan. 1, 1987 Report No. 132042 Title

Financial Management: Critical Factors in Developing Automated Accounting and Financial Management Systems

- I PREFACE he (+neral Accounting Office (GAO) has long believed that the federal government urgently needs to improve the financial information on which it bases many important decisions. To run our complex government effectively, both the Congress and the executive branch need sound automated accounting and financial management systems. Major upgrading of antiquated systems is required to achiev...
Date Dec. 31, 1986 Report No. GGD-87-30 Title

Federal Productivity: Potential Savings From Private Sector Cost Comparisons

.. United States General Accounting Office GA!!0 December 1986 Report to Congressional Requesters FEDERAL PRODUCTIVITY Potential Savings From Private Sector Cost Comparisons \ ‘N I . GAO/G-437430 l 37893 GAO United States General Accounting OfTice Washington, D.C. 20648 General B-223693 Government Division December 31,1986 The Honorable Robert F. Smith House of Representatives The Honorable Char...
Date Dec. 23, 1986 Report No. NSIAD-87-50 Title

Government Contracting: Assessment of the Study of Defense Contractor Profitability

, GA!0 ----~- United Sdates General . Accounting Office /saYi * Report to Congressional Requesters _ --------~ ---_ December i 98i-r GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING Assessment of the Study of Defense Contractor Profitability GAO/NSIAD-87-50 ----- 0317ci35 GA!!0 United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National &curity and International Affairs Division B-224639 December 23, 1986 The H...
Date Oct. 16, 1986 Report No. GGD-87-6FS Title

Professional Services: Federal Agencies' Procurement of Professional Services From Alaskan Firms

. United Gi!o St&es G&era1 Accounting Office 1 I Y 32 ‘,, Fact Sheet ‘for the Honorable Frank H. Mtirkowski, United States Senate W October 1986 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, Federal Agencies’ Procurement of Professional Services From Alaskan Firms 131436 RESTRICmD---Not to be x+&wed outside the General Accounting Office except on the basis of specific RELEASED approortl by the C%floe of Congrtmion...
Date July 17, 1986 Report No. IMTEC-86-19 Title

ADP Acquisitions: Patent Automation Encountering Major Planning and Procurement Problems

GAO ---__ -_ _ --__- ’ _____---------- United States Geqeral Accounting Office I, Report to the Chairman, Committee on Government Operations House of Representatjwes -- *-_--_-------I ,July lYS6 ADP ACQUISITIONS Patent Automation Encountering Major Planning and Procurement Problems I I II ” 130629 I ----e-c- ---- -- -- -~~- 5 =3bsl3 GAOi/IMTEC-86-19 . -__ _-__ _ --_-_--_------.------’ -----_...
Date April 14, 1986 Report No. RCED-86-120BR Title

Small Business Administration: Status, Operations, and Views of the Certificate of Competency Program

ADMINISTRATION6’ Status, Operations, and Views of the Certificate of CompetencyProgram 129951 / RESTRICTED-- Nat to be releasedoutside the cfenetrti , Accounting Offlce except on the basis of specific approval by the Off& of CongressYonal Relations. , I ELEASED IGAO/RCED-8B120BR 53FitxLs ,” -.... UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE WASHINGTON, I(1 :;OtJItCf:;, COMMIJNITY, Nt) f ...
Date Dec. 12, 1985 Report No. 128615 Title

Financial Management: Selected Recommendations of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control

. UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 . FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT lo:00 A.M. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1985 STATEMENT OF FRANK C. CONAHAN DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION BEFORE THE GRACE CQMMISSION PANEL OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON SELECTED RECOMMENDATIONS THE OF PRESIDENT'S PRIVATE SECTOR-SURVEY ON...
Date July 29, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-119 Title

National Defense: Contracting Officers' Explanations for Price Increases on 125 Spare Parts

BY THE U.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Investigations, Committee On Armed Services House Of Representatives Contracting Officers’ Explanations For Price Increases On 125 Spare Parts Contracting officers’ explanations for price increases on the spare parts included the effects of time, inflation, and changes in quantity procured. There were, however, unacco...
Date May 9, 1985 Report No. 126892 Title

Budget and Spending: The Recommendations of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 For Release on Delivery Thursday May 9, 1985 Statement Charles Comptroller General Before Committee of A. Bowsher of the United The Affairs States on Governmental States on the United Senate The Recommendations of the President's on Cost Control Private Sector Survey 126892 Mr. Chairmen and Members of to be here the Committee: today to...
Date Jan. 4, 1985 Report No. RCED-85-12 Title

Environmental Protection: The Environmental Protection Agency Should Better Manage Its Use of Contractors

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee Oversight And Investigations Committee On Energy And Commerce House Of Representatives On OF THE UNITEDSTATES The Environmental Protection Agency Should Better Manage Its Use Of Contractors The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) relies on contractor support to augment its staff. In fiscal year 1983, for instance, EPA spent an estim...
Date Oct. 29, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-85-20 Title

National Defense: Ambiguous Federal Acquisition Regulation Criteria on Defense Contractors' Public Relations Costs

UNfTEDSTATESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS AND DIVISION B-216239 OCTOBER 29, 1984 The Honorable The Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger of Defense Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Ambiguous Federal Acquisition Regulation Criteria on Defense Contractors' Public Relations Costs (GAO/NSIAD-85-20) ' On July 25, 1984, we testified before the Subcommittee...
Date Sept. 21, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-61 Title

Energy: Defense Fuel Supply Center Procedures for Purchasing Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil

REPORTBY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Defense Fuel Supply Center Procedures For Purchasing Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil As one of a series of reviews on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, GAO examined the procedures that the Defense Fuel Supply Center used to acquire about 130 million barrels of crude oil for the Reserve from February 1981 to May 1983. GAO found that the purchasing...
Date Aug. 31, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-111 Title

Government Operations: Cost Effectiveness of Dual Sourcing for Production Price Competition Is Uncertain

Report To The Honorable United States Senate David Pryor Cost Effectiveness Of Dual Sourcing For Production Price Competition Is Uncertain Dual sourcing is a competitive procurement technique wherein contract awards for a product are split between two or more sources, with the larger share usually going to the lower priced supplier. Although dual sourcing has been clearly authorized when justified...
Date July 9, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-131 Title

Government Operations: Need for DCAA To Improve Both the Reporting of Audit Results and the Management of the Defective Pricing Program

Ui-i~u> STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING Ow WASHIe4tToN. t&c, 2054a B-215639 Mr. Charles 0. Starrett, Director, Defense Contract Jr. Audit Agency Dear Mr. Starrett: Subject: Need far of Audit Defective DCAA to Improve Both the Reporting Results and the Management of the Pricing Program (GAO/NSIAD-84-131) We have reviewed the adequacy of the Defense Contract Audit Agency's (DCAA's) postaward audits (known...
Date May 29, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-118 Title

National Defense: Requisitions for M1 Components Are Not Justified by Past Demands

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING EUROPEAN BRANCH c/o AMERICAN CONSULATE GENERAL APO NEW YORK 09213 OFFICE OF TWE DIRECTOR OFFICE May 29, 1984 IN REPLY REFER TO B-209656 General Glen K. Otis Commander in Chief United States Army, Europe and Seventh Army ATTN: AEAGF-I 09403 APO U.S. Forces Subject: Dear General Requisitions Justified Otis: by for M-l Components Are Not Past Demands (GAO/NSIAD-84-118...
Date Jan. 16, 1984 Report No. RCED-84-5 Title

Energy: Interior's FY 1982 Report on Alternative Bidding Systems

UNITED STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTING D.C. 2054-S OFFICE RESOURCES COUMUNITV AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION JANUARV 16, 1984 B-207556 The Honorable Michael L. Synar Chairman, Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Interior's Fiscal Year 1982 Report Bidding Systems (GAO/RCED-84-5) on...
Date Oct. 19, 1983 Report No. 122628 Title

National Defense: Potential Impact on National Defense of Restoring Regulatory Authority to OFPP

. . UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 10 A.M. WEDNESAY, OCTOBER19, 1983 STATEMENTOF MILTON J. SOCOLAR SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL before the Senate Committee Impact on Armed Services Defense on Potential of Restoring on National Regulatory to Authority The Office of Federal Procurement Policy Mr. Chairman In earlier an...
Date Aug. 30, 1983 Report No. NSIAD-83-37 Title

National Defense: Defense Department Waivers of Domestic Specialty Metals Preference and Other Requested Information

NATIONAL SECURITV AND INTERNATiONAl. AFFAIRS DIVISION B-208826 RELEASED AUGUST 30,1983 lllilulllil~lll~llllllllllllllllu LM122470 The Honorable John Murtha, Chairman Congressional Steel. Caucus House of Representatives Subject: Defense Department Waivers of Domestic Specialty Metals Preference and Other Requested Information (GAO/NSiAD-83-37) Dear Mr. Chairman: This report responds to Chairman Gay...
Date June 17, 1983 Report No. PLRD-83-88 Title

Government Operations: Progress of Federal Procurement Reform Under Executive Order 12352

REPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITEDSTATES Progress Of Federal Procurement Reform Under Executive Order 12352 The President issued Executive Order 12352 in March 1982 to reform Federal procurement by --establishing to manage --simplifying --developing and --increasing A comerehensive a system in each agency procurement, the procurement a professional process, work force, use of cqmpetit...
Date June 1, 1983 Report No. PLRD-83-29 Title

Government Operations: Audit Guide for Reviewing the Feasibility of Competition on Federal Agency Sole-Source Contracts

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Date May 19, 1983 Report No. 121458 Title

Financial Management: Cost Accounting Standards

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1983 STATEMENT OF CLARK G. ADAMS, NATIONAL SECURITY GROIJP DIRECTOR AFFAIRS DIVISION AND INTERNATIONAL BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE ON COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS llIlllllllll 121458 Mr. Chairman And Members of to have of the the Cost the...
Date May 3, 1983 Report No. PLRD-83-75 Title

Government Operations: Comptroller General's Views on Issues Related to the Reestablishment of the Cost Accounting Standards Board Function

B-39995 RELEASED May 3, 1983 The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: subject: Comptroller General's Views on Issues Related to the Reestablishment pf the Cost Accounting Standards Board Functionand Certain Matters for Costs of Compensated on CAS 408, "Accounting Personal Absence" (GAO/PLRD-83-75) GAO's views Board (Boar...
Date April 7, 1983 Report No. 121019 Title

Budget and Spending: Comments on H.R. 2293

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 10 A.M. THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1983 STATEMENT OF MILTON J. SOCOLAR SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL before the House Committee on H.R. To amend the Office of on Government 2293 Federal Act Procurement Operations Policy Mr. Chairman, We are pleased to be here of bill. to today to comment on H....
Date March 15, 1983 Report No. ID-83-33 Title

International Affairs: Foreign Source Procurement in the Federal-Aid Highway Program and Possible Violations of the Program's "Buy American" Provision

. UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546 INTERNATIONAL DIVISION B-208826 MARCH 15,1983 The Honorable Ray Barnhart Administrator Federal Highway Administration Dear Mr. Barnhart: Subject: 120790 Foreign Source Procurement in the Federal-Aid Highway Program and Possible Violations of the Progr"am's "Buy American"'.Provision,, (GAO/ID-83-33) Over the past 6 months we have examin...
Date Feb. 9, 1983 Report No. RCED-83-37 Title

Natural Resources: Skewed Bidding Presents Costly Problems for the Forest Service Timber Sales Program

B\i/THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Honorable Eugene A. Chappie House Of Representatives RELEASED OF THE UNITEDSTATES Skewed Bidding Presents Costly Problems For The Forest Service Timber Sales Program The practice of skewed bidding--in which a bidder in a multispecies timber sale attributes most of the total bid value to one species and bids the minimum price on the other species in the sal...
Date Nov. 12, 1982 Report No. PLRD-83-14 Title

Government Operations: Division of Responsibilities Between SBA and Procuring Agencies in Evaluating Proposals and Negotiating Section 8(a) Contracts Over $100,000

,I .I” : I c 1 : 1 . 1 i) 1’ c. 7, * I , 1 I UNITED STATES GENERAL REGIONAL A,CCOUhiTlNG OFFICE OFFICE f3uilcfktq Room 1992, Federal Seattle, Washington 98174 hov 1 2 1882 Mr. Stephen J. Rail, Regional Small Business Administration 710 Second Avenue Seattle, Washington 98104 Dear Mr. Hall: Administrator 119987 IllI Subject: Division of Responsibilities Betwcren SBA and ?rocurin&Igencies in Ev,...
Date Oct. 22, 1982 Report No. AFMD-83-5 Title

Benchmarking: Costly and Difficult, but Often Necessary When Buying Computer Equipment or Services

Committee On Appropriations House of Representatives OF THE UNITEDSTATES Benchmarking: Costly And Difficult, But Often Necessary When Buying computer Equipment Or Services The Federal Government uses benchmarking for most competitive computer procurements to ensure that each vendor’s fairly. This computer process is necessaryt costly and difficult for both the vendors d the Government. G 0 studi...
Date Aug. 2, 1982 Report No. PLRD-82-104 Title

Government Operations: SBA's Breakout Efforts Increase Competitive Procurements at Air Logistics Centers

UNITED STATESGENERAL ACCCWNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20!548 PROUJRLMEM. LOQI-. AND READINESS DIYISIDN B-207831 The Honorable Joseph P. Addabbo House of Representatives Dear Mr. Addabbo: Subject: August 2, 1982 119143 llllllll SBA's Breakout Efforts Increase Competitive Procurements at Air Logistics Centers' l,b (GAO/PLRD-82-104) Your August 26, 1981, letter asked us to conduct an indepth review...
Date April 22, 1982 Report No. EMD-82-35 Title

National Defense: The Subcontracting Practices of Large Department of Energy Contractors Need To Be Improved

RELEASED The Honorable James A. McClure Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: The Subcontracting Practices of Large Department of Energy Contractors Need to Be Improved (EMD-82-35) Subject: On October 29, 1980, the former Chairman, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested that we review the subcontracting practices of major De...
Date April 7, 1982 Report No. PLRD-82-40 Title

Government Operations: Less Sole-Source, More Competition Needed on Federal Civil Agencies' Contracting

BYTHECOMPTROLLERGENERAL1 Report To The Chairman, House Committee On Government Operations OF THEUNITED STATES Less Sole-Source, More Competition Needed On Federal Civil Agencies’ Contracting The six agencies that GAO reviewed did not take the opportunity to award an estimated 40 percent of their new sole-source contracts competitively during the year ended June 30, 1980. The awards initially obl...
Date March 9, 1982 Report No. CED-82-36 Title

Government Operations: EPA's Use of Management Support Services

HP’ IJ.S.GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE THE Report To The Honorable Max S. Baucus United States Senate . EPA’ Use Of Management s Support Services 1; This report provides information on (1) the extent and nature of the Environmental Protection Agency’ s reliance on contractors to obtain management support services, (2) EPA‘ s contracting methods and procedures followed in procuring such service...
Date Dec. 8, 1981 Report No. FPCD-82-5 Title

Government Operations: Guidelines for Assessing Whether Human Factors Were Considered in the Weapon Systems Acquisition Process

era1 Accounting Office idelines For Asmsing hether Human Factors Were bsidered In The Weapon ystems Acquisition Process bl~rmtrrr facrors should he an important conr;icIc7r’ ;bliorz in the weapon systems acquisition ~mxr~ss to ilsst,lre that weapon systems can be operatt,t:i and maintained by the people who mtrst u%;c ttwn. GAO suggests general guidelinr?s tc~~t.~s~~ tltttcrmining in the extent ...
Date Dec. 2, 1981 Report No. PLRD-82-21 Title

Government Operations: Access to Certain Consulting Service Contract Information

* UNITEDSTATE C;NERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C. 20548 IM?O December 2, 1981 B-205214 The Honorable Ralph Regula House of Representatives Dear Nr. Regula: Access to Certain Consulting Information (PLRD-82-21) Service Contract 116970 Sublect: On July 9, 1981, you asked us to study Federal agencies' lmplementatzon of a reporting requlremeqt on consuitlng services. Thts resulrement resulted fr...
Date Nov. 17, 1981 Report No. 116886 Title

Government Operations: OMB Circular A-76

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING 20548 OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 8:30 A.M. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1981 STATEMENT ROBERT M. GJLROY, PROCUREMENT, SENIOR OF ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR DIVISION LOGISTICS AND READINESS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS AFFAIRS HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' CIRCULAR A-76 Mr. Chairman and Members o= the Subcommittee: We are h...
Date Nov. 10, 1981 Report No. CED-82-10 Title

Natural Resources: Information on the Army Corps of Engineers' Contracting for Dredging Work on the Great Lakes

y OFFICE e/l UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON, D C 20548 4 0 11687 November COMMUNITY DEVELGPMENT AND ECONOMIC DIVISION 10, 1981 B-205392 The donorable United States Dear Senator Sublect. Donald Senate Rlegle: W. Rlegle, Jr. 116870 Infornatlon on tne ;Irqy Contracting for Dredging Lakes ’ (CED-82-10) Cor?s vJork of Znglqeers’ on t?e Great In accordance with your Yay 14, 1981, reques...
Date Nov. 5, 1981 Report No. 116830 Title

Government Operations: Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1981 STATEMENT OF ROBERT M. GILROY, PROCUREMENT, SENIOR ASSOCIATE AND READINESS DIRECTOR DIVISION LOGISTICS BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' ON OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET CIRClJLAR A-76 AFFAIRS 116830 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: We are revie...