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| Date Sept. 13, 1988 |
Report No. T-IMTEC-88-7 |
Title
INIS United S ta te s G e n e r a l A c c o u n tin g O ffice 136 a???% GAO T e s tim o n y For R e l e a s e o n Delivery E x p e c te d at 10-00 am EST Tuesday S e p te m b e r 13, 1988 Needed on C O M P U T E R P R O C U R E M E N T : Decision N a v y 's S ta n d a r d A u to m a te d Financial System S ta te m e n t of The Honorable Charles C o m p troller General A. Bowsher B e fo r e th e S ... |
| Date July 7, 1988 |
Report No. NSIAD-88-200 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office Report to Co;ngressiond Requesters July 1988 COMBAT RADIOS Army’s Selection of
SINCGARS’ Second- Source Contractor 1 nQ7b4
GAO/NSIAD-88-200 . . -. L GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 National Security and International Affairs Division B-231252 July 7, 1988
Chairman, The Honorable John C. Stennis Subcommittee on Defense C... |
| Date May 5, 1988 |
Report No. NSIAD-88-147 |
Title
May 1988 SPACESTATION NASA Efforts to Establish a Design-ToLife-Cycle Cost Process . waGAO/NSIAD-8&147 National Security and International Affairs Division B-227537 May 5,1988 The Honorable Robert Roe Chairman, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: This report is in response to your request that we review NASA'S implementation of actions outlined i... |
| Date Aug. 31, 1987 |
Report No. RCED-87-121 |
Title
. United States General Accounting Offi& &A0
August 1987 33531 y Report to Congressional Requesters NUCLEAR WASTE A Look at Current Use of Funds and Cost Estimates for the Future I I II
133814 4 Resources, C~ommuuity, Ecouomic Development and Division R-:302:3ii
ALlguSt 31, 1987 J. Dexter Peach .4ssistant Cornptroller~ Genet~al Executive Summ~ Purpose Since 1983, when the Depar-tment of Energy (DO... |
| Date Aug. 31, 1987 |
Report No. NSIAD-87-172 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office I33wl Report to the Honorable Arlen Specter, U.S. Senate August 1987 MILITARY FACILITIES Conversion to District Heat in Germany 133984 * . . .A,I i.:,. IL& _,s_._-L_,i.ciOil~. /-. . 1;->
GAO,‘ NSIAD-87-172 ‘ _ : ‘ l’ :n.‘ .‘ ...,I’ C REt-EASED 53%a3 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Information Technology Manage... |
| Date April 28, 1987 |
Report No. RCED-87-97 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office /.?2 7$ Repo:rt to the Secretary of TransportatCo:n I* Apxil lSf37 CONTROLS INTERNAL ' Transportation Acts to Correct Weaknessesin Its Bus Program8 cs38b~cs
GAO/RCED-87-97 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division
B-226204 April Z&l987 The Honorable Elizabeth H, Dole The Secreta... |
| Date July 3, 1986 |
Report No. IMTEC-86-22FS |
Title
I . I‘ United Stat& General Accounting OfPIce GAQ
July 1986 Fact Sheet for the Chairman, Subcommittee on Defense, Committee on Appropriatio ns House of Representatives TELECOMMUNICA~ON Air Force Cost Estimates for Scope Exchange Telephone Systems 130463 ~AO/IMTEC-86-22FS moa39. - . UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 81 TECHNOLOGY DIVISION July 3... |
| Date April 23, 1986 |
Report No. NSIAD-86-59 |
Title
. , F II,, m ~‘-..----.~li~ -...--& GAo . I United States General Accounting Office 1 --T’ . Report to the Sedretaqwf Defense April 11)86 PROCUREMENT The Use of Unpriced Options and Other Practices Needs Revision I ’
129708 * -- GAO{NSIAD8669 cn~~\l ld9 7or -I- l , * United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division B-21 7655 ... |
| Date Sept. 26, 1985 |
Report No. NSIAD-85-157 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 ”’ ’ ’ r ’ ’
1, : NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL CECURITV AFFAIRS AND DIVISION September 26, 1985 B-210041 The Honorable Wayne Grant Acting Assistant Secretary (Financial Management) Dear Mr. Grant:
Status of the Army Subject: of Efforts to Estimate and Budget Costs for Army Weapon System Sustainment (GAO/NSIAD-85-157) We have eval... |
| Date Aug. 28, 1985 |
Report No. NSIAD-85-142 |
Title
BY THEUS. GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Research And Development Committee On Armed Services House Of Representatives Costs Of Alternative Munitions Lift Trailers For Strategic Bombers
Munitions lift trailers are large support vehicles used to transport and load nuclear weapons on strategic bombers. GAO’s evaluation indicates that acquisition of 90 newly design... |
| Date July 8, 1985 |
Report No. NSIAD-85-78 |
Title
BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress
OF Tt-iEUNITEDSTATES Status Of The Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Modernization
The Department Of Defense is taking three major actions to modernize the intercontinental ballistic missile component of the U.S. strategic forces. Specifically, DOD is --developing a small ICBM and its hard mobile launcher, --researchrng other basing technology, and... |
| Date April 27, 1984 |
Report No. NSIAD-84-104 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF THE UNITED 0 C. 20548 STATES B-199675 The Honorable United States The Honorable United States Subject: Lawton Chiles Senate Lowell Weicker, Senate Jr. April 27, 1984 Review of the Alternate Fighter Competition (GAO/NSIAD-84-104) Engine discussions, selection on February As you requested and as agreed to in subsequent we have reviewed the Alternate Fighter Engine s... |
| Date Sept. 23, 1983 |
Report No. NSIAD-83-47 |
Title
UNITED S~~‘l”is GF?JERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
I WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NATIONAL INltIN~lIONAL SLCUIIITV AffAIRI &ND DIVISION B-205019 SEPTEMBER 23,1BS3 The Honorable The Secretary Attention: Dear
Mr. Verne Orr of the Air Absistant General Force Deputy Auditor (AFAA/AI) Secretary: Potential for Reducing Costs by Using More JT3D Engines in the KC-135 Reengining Program (GAO/ NSIAD-83-47) Subject: T... |
| Date Sept. 1, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-184 |
Title
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, I BY THE US GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Secretary Of Transportation Cost Effectiveness Of Life-Cycle Process In Buying Transit Vehicles Questionable
Transit vehicles tradItIonally have been purchased using the low bid process, but for fiscal year 1982 the Congress required that operating and maintenance costs as well as the purchase price (life-cycle costs) be evaluated before awar... |
| Date May 26, 1983 |
Report No. MASAD-83-26 |
Title
Eh iHE COMPTROLLERGENERAL
Report To The Chairman, Committee On Government Operations House Of Repre.sentatives OF THEUNITEDSTATES
DOD Should Change its Approach To Reducing Computer Software Proliferation
In this report GAO encourages DOD to reduce computer software proliferation and accompanying high costs by taking advantage of opportunities to use a standard programming language. In a January 1... |
| Date Feb. 28, 1983 |
Report No. MASAD-83-17 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20544 MISSION ANALYSIS AND SYSTEMS ACQUISITION DIVISION FEBRUARY 28,1983 B-201266 The Honorable Mark 0. Hatfield Chairman, Committee on Appropriations United States Senate The Honorable John G. Tower Chairman, Committee on Armed Services United States Senate The Honorable Melvin Price Chairman, Committee on Armed Services House of Representa... |
| Date Dec. 10, 1982 |
Report No. RCED-83-74 |
Title
REPORT BY THE Comptroller General
OF THE UNITEDSTATES Analysis Of The Department Of Energy’s Clikh River Breeder Reactor Cost Estimate
Much’of the current congressional debate about: the Clinch River Breeder Reactor (CRBR)centers around the estimated cost of designing, constructing, and operating it for a &year demonstration period. The Denergy (DOE) recently linked enue-generating potential o... |
| Date Nov. 15, 1982 |
Report No. MASAD-83-3 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 Ml18ION 8Y8fEMS ANALYSIS ACQUISITION AND DIVWON NOVEMBER 15,1982 B-207025 The Honorable The Secretary
Atten tiOn Caspar W. Weinberger of Defense
: 119923 Director, GAO Affairs Dear Mr. Secretary: Costs and Benefits of a Common Strategic Rotary Launcher Should Be Reassessed Before Further Funds Are Obligated (GAO-MASAD-83-3) subject: Th... |
| Date Oct. 22, 1982 |
Report No. AFMD-83-5 |
Title
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. 12, 1982 |
Report No. MASAD-82-45 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RELEASED
ivlISSION ANALYSIS AND The Honorable United States Dear Senator Subject: Harrison Senate Schmitt: H. Schmitt GAO Position on Several Issues Pertaining Air Force Consolidated Space Operations Development (GAO/MASAD-82-45) to Center This is in response to a July 30, 1982, request from representatives of your office that we provi... |
| Date Aug. 6, 1982 |
Report No. MASAD-82-38 |
Title
UNITEDSTATES G~NERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 MlSSlON ANALYSIS AND SYSTEMS ACQUISITION DIVISION B-208483 AUGUSTS, 1982 The Honorable The Secretary Attention: Caspar W. Weinberger of Defense Director, GAO Affairs I 119274 Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Testing and Maintenance Enhanced by the Design ( GAO/MASAD-82-3 8 ) of Weapon Systems May Be for Testability Concept We completed our s... |
| Date June 9, 1982 |
Report No. CED-82-28 |
Title
REPORTBY THE Comptroller General
OF THE UNITEDSTATES
Problems In Managing And Planning Of Information Resources Persist At The Army Corps Of Engineers
Weak planning and control have led to ineffective and inefficient management, acquisition, and use of information resources by the Army Corps of Engineers. These management problems ,have affected a major computer hardware replacement program, causi... |
| Date May 21, 1982 |
Report No. PLRD-82-89 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTINGOFFICE
REGIONAL
#?#UITL 200, OFFICE
WTRCW 127s MAFlKPt SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (4 IS) 556-0200
IW RWLY RaFxR To1 94103 MAY2 1 1982 Major General D. K. K. Lowe Commanding General Sacramento Air Logistics Center McClellan Air Force Base California 95652 Sacramento, Dear Subject: General Lowe: Survey Costs of Military (GAOIPLRD-82-89) Family Housing Major Maintenance... |
| Date May 17, 1982 |
Report No. EMD-82-74 |
Title
c L REPORTBYTHEUS. , General Accounting Office
DOD Should Give More Consideration To Passive Solar Systems For New Military Family Housing
GAO found that the Department of Defense (DOD) was making limited use of active and passive solar systems in its military family housing units. After DOD evaluated the potential for using various configurations of active systems, it generally found such systems... |
| Date Feb. 26, 1982 |
Report No. C-MASAD-82-14 |
Title
Thjs is an unclassified digest furnished in lieu of a report containing classifiedsecurity information. REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ISSUES CONCERNING THE NAVY'S EXPENDABLE RELIABLE ACOUSTIC PATH SONOBUOYAND ADVANCED SIGNAL PROCESSOR DIGEST - - .- - - An effective airborne antisubmarine warfare system includes the capability to detect, and destroy the enemy. classify, loc... |
| Date Feb. 26, 1982 |
Report No. MASAD-82-22 |
Title
UNITED STATESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20646 MISSION ANALYSIS AND SYSTEMS ACQUISITION DlVlSlON B-205807 FEBRUARY 26,1982 The Eonorable The Secretary Attention: Caspar W. Weinberger of Defense Director, GAO Affairs Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Opportunities Exist to Achieve Greater Standardization of Aircraft and Helicopter Seats (MASAD-82-22) We reviewed the efforts of DOD and the... |
| Date Feb. 26, 1982 |
Report No. C-MASAD-82-11 |
Title
This is an unctassified digest furnished in lieu of
a report conttig classifkd security information. ,1%034 REPORT BY THE COMPTROLL,ER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES THE NAVY'S NEW ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE STANDOFF WEAPON--AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE D I GE S T The antisubmarine warfare standoff weapon will be a long-range, quick-reaction missile platform capable of delivering torpedoes or depth bombs. Until O... |
| Date Feb. 17, 1982 |
Report No. PLRD-82-41 |
Title
I/ UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 PROCUREMENT, *ANO READINESS LOGISTICS, OIVISION February Mr. Richard 0. Haase Commissioner Public Buildings Service General Services Administration Dear Mr. Haase: 17, 1982 . Evaluation of the General Services Administration's Use of Life Cycle Costing in the Procurement of Building Materials (PLRD-82-41) Subject: We have evaluated ... |
| Date May 15, 1981 |
Report No. MASAD-81-28 |
Title
lW23
I . Isa./ IV, .T w L 8 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Defense, Committee On Appropriations House Of Representatives
OF THE UNITED STATES Navy Tactical Computer DevelopmentLimited Competition And Questionable Future Software Savings
In September 1980 the Navy awarded contracts for development of new computers for use in tactical digital systems. It received ... |
| Date Feb. 24, 1981 |
Report No. AFMD-81-24 |
Title
Report To The Chairman, Committee On Government Operations House Of Representatives
OF THE UI’ ITED STATES Better Software Planning Needed At The Air Force’ Global Weather Central s
To support its mission responsibilities into the 1990s the Air Force’ Global Weather Central s needs to substantially increase capacity for its general purpose computers. However, in attempting to justify keeping... |
| Date Feb. 23, 1981 |
Report No. C-MASAD-81-6 |
Title
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UNCLASSIFIED PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS OF THE ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE PROGRAM .m-.. - - REPORT BY THE.COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF 'THE UNITED STATES . DIGEST -----The Advanced Medium,Range Air-to-Air Missile (-AMRAAM) is being developed as an all-weather, air-to-air missile responding to Air Force and Navy operational requirements for the 1985-2005 Operating both within and be... |
| Date Feb. 17, 1981 |
Report No. MASAD-81-1 |
Title
f?fsport To The Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES TideMX Weapon System: IsduesAnd Challenges
The MX weapon system is 1 year into full-scale dev lopment. Progress has been made, but the Dep rtment of Defense still faces major challeng s in achieving cost, schedule, and perfor ante goals. i The MX weapon system is designed to be able to r spond to an increased threat. The system can : be expanded by addin... |
| Date Feb. 9, 1981 |
Report No. MASAD-81-2 |
Title
OF THEUN’ITED STATES Review Of Air ~FCNC~B’S N Trainer Airc Department of
The Air Force‘s original plans effectively eliminated the Navy’s current primary trainer aircraft--the T-34Cfrom consideration as its new ,primary trainer aircraft. GAO believes this elimination is inconsistent with OMB Circular A-109. This inconsistency has, however, been negated by recent congressional direction fo... |
| Date Nov. 19, 1980 |
Report No. PSAD-81-14 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 +734u I
19,198O CROCUR6AJKNT ACQUI6ITION AN0 SYSTLM6 OIVI8ION NOVEMBER B-178214 The Honorable Administrator R. G. Freeman III of General Services 113790 I Ill Dear Mr. Freeman: Subject: l5.J A. . galuatfon of l+e Efforts to Implement Life Cycle Costing for Procurement of Commercial Productd(PSAD-81-14) We have evaluated efforts by the ... |
| Date June 2, 1980 |
Report No. PSAD-80-54 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ?RocuRLMCNT *caUIsITmN AN0 SYRLMS olvlsloN B-163058 JUNE2.1980 The Honorable The Secretary Attention: Harold Brown of Defense Assistant for Audit Room 3A336 ASD (Comptroller) Reports Dear Mr. Secretary: Army Procurement Generators Li urbine Questionable u (PSAD-80-54) 4iiu $, of lOkW, 60Hz Gas is Becoming Even More to %ising Fuel Costs... |
| Date Jan. 30, 1980 |
Report No. PSAD-80-22 |
Title
BY THE. CCI>MPT’ROLLEF? GENERAL ?eport ToThe Congress
CF T”HE UNITEDSTATES The Joint Tactical Information Distribution System-How important Is It?
The Joint Tactical Information Distribution System is being designed to counter the existing electronic countermeasures threat to U.S. by Warsaw Pact forces. communications Development of the system has been given a high priority, but management has... |
| Date Jan. 3, 1980 |
Report No. PSAD-80-15 |
Title
-BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress
OF THE UNITED STATES NASA Should Provide The Congress Complete Cost Information On The Space Telescope Program
NASA's space telescope will be the largest, most complex space observatory ever developed. Life-cycle costs--$530 million in development costs, including $296 million for project reserves, and $600 million in operations costs to the year ... |
| Date Aug. 9, 1979 |
Report No. PSAD-79-95 |
Title
1 IPfp llllllllllllllIll11 1111 lllll 1 11111 Ill lllll IllI BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES
LM110088 -- ort ToThe Congress
Army Procurement Of lOkW, Gas Turbine Generators hly Questionable
A IO-kilowatt (kW), 60-hertz (Hz) gas turbine generator which the Army plans to buy does not meet the Army’s requirements. Its reliability is too low, fuel consumption too high, and life-cycle cos... |
| Date March 6, 1979 |
Report No. LCD-79-305 |
Title
W' Y *I '-&A0
United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 logistics and Communications Division The Honorable Administrator Joel W. Solomon ' of General Services Dear Mr. Solomon:
As part of our review of the management of the General Services Administration's (GSA's) alteration and major we examined the economic analysis supportrepairs program, ing your Agency's prospectus to ren... |
| Date Aug. 16, 1978 |
Report No. PAD-78-21 |
Title
DOCUBENT RESUBE
06791 - [B23073841 Comparative Life Cycle Cost: a Case Study, PAD-78-21; B-163058.
August 16, 1978. 18 pp. Staff st'dy by Sorton A. Myers, Acting Eirector, Prcrc-a Analysis Div. issue Area: Alternative Apprcaches or Sethods to Achieve Federal Program Objectives (3600). Contact: Program Analysis Div. ,.OAqet Function: natlonal Defanse: Weapon systems (057); a tional Defense: Departm... |
| Date July 10, 1978 |
Report No. PSAD-78-112 |
Title
DOCUDEN' 06783 - [b2307378] (Confidential) BRESUSE Managing weapon System Software: Progress and Problems (Uncl1.sified Digest of a Classified Report). ESAD-78-112; B-163,)5e. July 10. 1978. Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptrcller General. Contact: Procurement and Systems Acquisition Div. Budqet Function: National Defense: leapon Systems (057). organization Concerned: Department of... |
| Date March 20, 1978 |
Report No. PSAD-78-79 |
Title
DOCUABET RESUNE
06782 Concept]. B2267294] PSAD-78-79; B-163058. arcb 0, 178. 7 pp. [The Department of Defense s Application of the Design-tc-Cost Report to Secretary, Department of Defease; by Richard U. Gutmann, Director, Procurement ad Systems Acquisition Div. Issue Area: Federal Procurement of Goods and Services (1900). Contact: Procureient and Syste;~s Auisition Die. Budget Function: Nat.obal ... |
| Date March 2, 1978 |
Report No. PSAD-78-74 |
Title
DOCo mlUT RBES5B 05054 - [ B0625528 ] 2, 1978~ 9 pp. Review of Life Cycle Cost Concept. PSID-78-74; D-163058. artch Report to Secretary, Department of Defaense; by Richard U. Gutmann, Director, Frocurement and Systems cgquisition Div. Contact: Procureoment and Systems acquisition Div. Budget. Function: National Defense: Department of Defense Procurement & Contracts (056). Organization concerned: D... |
| Date Oct. 17, 1977 |
Report No. LCD-77-429 |
Title
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| Date May 4, 1977 |
Report No. PSAD-77-98 |
Title
£CCUMENT BESUMP
02118 - [A1252250G Status and Issues Pertaining to the Proposed Deveiopment of the Space Telescope Project. PSAD-77-98. May 4, 1977. 45 pp. Peport to the Congress; by Flmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Science and Technology: Management and Oversight of Programs (2004); Federal Procurement of Gocds and Services: Notifying the Ccrgress of Statts of Important Procurem... |
| Date July 23, 1976 |
Report No. PSAD-76-160 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20O4P PJOCURVMENT ANT, SYSTVM ACQUISITION VIVIStIO 5-178214
The Honorable lack Eckerd Administrator of General Services,
General Services Administration Dear Mr. Eckeri: JUL 'i 197 We have completed a survey to determine how civilian life cycle costing (LCC), Government agencies are implementing a procurement technique for eadluating tale to... |
| Date Aug. 1, 1974 |
Report No. 090875 |
Title
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\ USING REGRES,SION ANALYSIS TO'ESTIMATE COSTS: A' Ck!k.STUDY
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* ' CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Purpose of case s t u d y What is regression? THE AUDIT SITUATION Legislative mandate for the review Need for life-cycle estimates
GAO ANALYSIS Analytical Procedure Example: analysis of pharmacy department
USE OF THE ANALYSIS PAGE 1 1 1 2 2 2
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INTRODUCTION T h i s... |
