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Report No. |
Title |
| Date Nov. 30, 1971 |
Report No. 092473 |
Title
r i UN~?ED STATES GENERAL A~CUUNTENG OF&E
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CIVIL D!VISION NW 3 0 1971 Dear Mr. Turner: We have completed a limited review of the procurement practices of several States for signs and pavement markers for Federal-aid highThere are ways and the material specifications for these signs. variations in these practices and specifications which can result in significant cost differen... |
| Date Nov. 1, 1971 |
Report No. B-170474 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON. OF
D.C. TH B-170474 Dear Mr. Kemp: & ‘c Your letter of September 23, 1971, asked that we investigate the -alleged purchase of “tiger cages” by U.S. Forces I__ in Vietnam i We have made inquiries in the military departments on the basis of the information,provided by your constituent, Mr. M. E. Regan. None of the officials in the Army or Navy with whom we spoke... |
| Date Oct. 13, 1971 |
Report No. B-173639 |
Title
OOMlTWOUER GENERAL
WASHIMGTON. OF
D.C. THE UMI
20548 B-173639 T a 8 Em / /
Dear Senator Dominick: ! / IllIIIIIIIIIllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
LM089712 By letter dated July 8, 1971, you requested that we provide you with a report on our reactions to certain Department _ of Tran.sp-ortation1_ ^. .1 __--=-Your letter enclosed copies of letters to cost accounting procedures. you from Mr, 0.... |
| Date Oct. 5, 1971 |
Report No. B-173215 |
Title
B-173215 J ‘! . Dear Mrs. Heck1 ,1,. ‘_2 ,:’ I Pursuant to your request of June 4, 1971, we have rei viewed the Army and Air Force Exchange Service cr,iteria for 1 buying luggage and the methods it employs relating to competi----tive publicbidding. You have indicated that the buying practices ofiKe--exchange service tend to foster a preferential brand approval for Samsonite and American Tour... |
| Date Sept. 3, 1971 |
Report No. B-103315 |
Title
C~MPTR~LLERGENIEF~ALOF
WASHINGPOPd. D. B-103315 Dear Mr. Begich: Reference is made to your letter of July 28, 1971, forwarding a copy of a letter from Mr. Ken Wien, Wright Alaskan Travel, concerning the nonuse of travel agencies. You requested that the General-Accounting Office (GAO) undertake a study of its regulations governing the procurement of passenger transportation services for official Go... |
| Date Aug. 20, 1971 |
Report No. B-164250 |
Title
Y REPORT TO TiiERELZASED ON ATOMIC ENERGYCONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES I.-..”;-/- .(2 L,/;j @-’ . / :’ i w* RElElSED ‘~~~~I~~~~~~~~~~/~~ h Army’s Evaluation Of Alternative Designs For Providing Computer Capabilities Needed For SAFEGUARD Antiballistic Missile System
8-164250 / Department of the Army BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES r L COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON. OF
D.C... |
| Date Aug. 18, 1971 |
Report No. 092466 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
ZIVIL DIVISION t . ' . 20548 ''~""~"""~S . AUG i8 1971 Dear Mr. Hargrove: In fiscal year 1971, the General Accounting Office initiated a survey of the policies, procedures, and practices for awarding and administering contracts throughout the Post Office Department. tA This survey was undertaken because of the significant dollar amounts of t... |
| Date June 10, 1971 |
Report No. B-171649 |
Title
I I I 0weYi-J prices o%feredto istIler custotierBa. We the to idle attention of VA o%ficials who i-i-xformedus brought these matters that VA bad increaeed ita sea%% spectiicalSy %OP the p-lmpofBe 0% monitoring contracts to deteTmigm whether the Government actxm~ly wan obtaining the economic advantagee o%%ered by- contractor i3 o The. ~amdts of OUT examination ale VA and Sigma ChemicaP Company rep... |
| Date June 4, 1971 |
Report No. 092988 |
Title
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| Date June 4, 1971 |
Report No. 092987 |
Title
Dear Sir: BEST r 0’ |
| Date April 30, 1971 |
Report No. 089323 |
Title
_ .... .. n f 2 C? performed by any proposed contractor until the contrzct had been approved by the District. The Procurement Office issued a memorandum advised agency heads to give cm February LO, 1969, which specifically proper consideration to the respective limits of their contract approval authority when dealin g with prospective contractors. We reviewed the contract files for 333 contracts a... |
| Date April 20, 1971 |
Report No. 092952 |
Title
UNITED STATES
ROOM GENERAL
REGIONAL
7054, FEDERAL LOS ACCOUNTING
OFFICE
BUILDING STREET OFFICE 300 NORTH ANGELES Los ANGELES,~ALIFORNIA 90012 !ll11lll!lll!!ll!ll!!lll!lll!l
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| Date April 16, 1971 |
Report No. 092955 |
Title
UNITEDSTATES@EIVERALACCOUT\ITING OFFICE
REGIONAL
ROOM 7054. FEDERAL LOS ANGELES 300 NORTH OFFICE
BUILDING STREET lllllll\llllll$lllllIlllllll
LM092955 Los ANGELES~CALWORNIA 90012 : .J Rear Admiral 3. A. Scott I Commanding Officer U, S. Havy Ships Parts Control Cmtar Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania l.7'OSS H&q % 103 1L -h-, c Yq Dear Admiral Scott: A.3 8 As part of our revietq of the negotiation of con... |
| Date April 16, 1971 |
Report No. 092954 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTENG OFFEE
REGIONAL
ROOM 300 NORTH 7054. FEDERAL LOS ANGELES OFFICE
BUILDING STREET Los ANGELES,CALIFORNIA 4,’ 90012 Dear Ad&h&L Sonensboirn t t I I . ’ , * I . L . . ./ -. |
| Date March 30, 1971 |
Report No. B-164031(1) |
Title
Dear Madam Chairman: In accordance with your request of November 19, 1970, we have obtained information on thefie used byV~A,wtVh.e=c_f_fice of __,_- p.*.*.,..,- -se.*-"" Education v*..-for "c~-~s~.~~~"~g_~,~~~~~x~~~~.I- j" a~-.I."s.__. " ,a.s~~~~~~~c"-~~-~~~~it.~ve ,_, _. Our findings were discussed with your ofor noncompetitive. _~..i-~-.. I-. if fice on February 5, 1971, at which time we were a... |
| Date March 2, 1971 |
Report No. 093029 |
Title
h ‘ UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING
‘*: ’
. WASHINGTON, B.C. 20548 OFFICE March 2, 1971
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Dear Mr. Abersfeller:
LM093029 in making its review of programs The General Accounting Office, established under the provisions of Public Law 89-306, noted that Business Machines Coreffective January 1, 1971, the International poration offered r... |
| Date Feb. 26, 1971 |
Report No. B-159896 |
Title
.-. REPORT TO THE CONGRESS pplicatisn Of “Should Cost” Concepts In Reviews Of Contractors’ 0 perat ions
B - 159696 Department of Defense BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED S A T E S WASHINGTON. D C 20548 .. B- 159896 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
This is our report on application of "should cost''... |
| Date Feb. 8, 1971 |
Report No. 093177 |
Title
UNITEDSTATESGENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
REGIONAL
ROOM 403 U S CUSTOMHOUSE OFF ICE
610 SOUTH CANAL STREEb- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60607 Captain E. E. Kenfro Commander, Defense Contract Administration Services Region (DCASR) O'Hare International Airport P.O. Box 66475 Chicago, Illinois 60666 Dear Captain Renfro We recently completed a survey of defense contracting activities at Ingersoll Products Division (... |
| Date Jan. 29, 1970 |
Report No. 089454 |
Title
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LM089454 Dear Mr, Spangler: The General Accounting Office has reviewed selected aspects of the procurement of office furniture by the Federal Supply Service covered (1) an qxamination of 28 office (FSS) o Our work mainly furniture procurement contracts totaling about $37 million, of which $21 million represented competitive awards and $16 million represented nonc... |
| Date Jan. 2, 1970 |
Report No. B-168240 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF THE UNITED 20540 STATE6 ” - D C b?ELEASED
B-168240
Jgnuary 2, 1970 Dear Mr. Wldnall* Further reference 1s made to your letter of October 22, 1969, transmlttlng to us a letter from Mr. Martin Neville and requestrng that we look Into the purchase of forelgn-made typewrlters for use In United States post offices. In his letter, Mr. Nevllle stated that the Union Cit... |
| Date Aug. 15, 1969 |
Report No. 089441 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CIVIL DIVISION Al.!Gl 51969 Dear Mr. Sampson The General Accounting Office has examined of wiping rags and certain soap products by the for its stores stock program. Our examination at the FSS Central Office, Arlington, Vlrglnia, Illinois. into the procurement Federal Sunply Service was performed prImarm and Region 5, Chlcago, Our exam... |
| Date July 15, 1969 |
Report No. 092694 |
Title
UNITED STATESGENERALACCO~JNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D C. 20548 CIVIL DIVISION Dear General Graham: This letter is to inform you that we have completed our survey of selected aspects of the administration of the Washton Metroooun Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and the we belleve WMATA can achieve savings by making changes in Its. telephone service, I PROCUREMENT TELEPHONE SERVICES OF WMATAhas been p... |
| Date June 24, 1969 |
Report No. 089444 |
Title
Contents 5 tIZ:ED Fi)il I:k'fiCXCD d;D:iL~;TSTiUTION OF CO:.BCTZR i"~OC~~,',i~i;i:~C; I a\11 C;lj~-" 'C'~S Sssd to rcvicw contractor's progress Curing ii
performance of ihe contract requirements Seed for formal record of agreements with contractor and dosuncntation to sup;x,rt &CKiOAS token during ;)erformance of the cotitract Cone lusions accoiiKwndatioiis ir,
15
i7 18 need need for expnded data... |
| Date April 29, 1969 |
Report No. 092707 |
Title
c / UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D C 20548 CIVIL DIVISION APR2 9 1969 r |
| Date April 22, 1969 |
Report No. 092709 |
Title
CIVIL DlViSION APR 2 2 f969
Dear Mr, Lennartson. The General Accounting OffIce has completed a survey of certain actlvltles relating to the admlnlstratlon,of the Delaware Valley Milk Marketing Order by the Consumer and Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture, Our survey was primarily directed toward examlnlng Into the propriety of admlnistratlve expenditures and revlewlng the extent to which ... |
| Date April 17, 1969 |
Report No. 092710 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C 20548 cnm DIVISION sfw? 1 7 1969 Dear Mr Mulrhead As part of our review of actlvltles carried out under the Higher Education Facllltles Act of 1963 (20 U S.C. 7011, we examined into the manner in which the Offrce of Education (OE), Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), was admlnlsterlng certain aspects of the academic facllltles... |
| Date Jan. 22, 1969 |
Report No. 092732 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL
WASHiNGTON, ACCOUNTING
D C 20548 OFFICE CIVIL DiVlSlON JAN 2 2 1969 Dear Mr. Preston: On November 20, 1968, we brought to your attention the posslblllty of reallzlng savings in procurement costs by purchasing mlcrofzlm -Ln quantltles sufficient to take advantage of the maxmum volume discounts offered by the suppliers. During our survey at the Mid-Atlantic Service Ccntcr (MAX)... |
| Date Jan. 1, 1969 |
Report No. 091170 |
Title
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| Date Jan. 1, 1969 |
Report No. 091205 |
Title
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| Date July 18, 1968 |
Report No. 094492 |
Title
/ t :9 ACQUISITlOk, CQNSTRUCTIiN; ALTERATION, MAINTENANCE,OPERATION AND PROTECTION OFPUBLIC BUILDINGS
I HEARINGS
BEFORETW SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLICBUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
OF TEm COMMITTEE PUBLICWORKS ON UNITEDSTATES SENATE
NINETIETH
SECOND CONGRESS
SESSION ON S. 3’706
TO AMEND THE PUBLIO BUILDINGS ACT OF 1959, 9X AMENDED, TO PROVIDE FOR FINmCING THE ACQUI$ITION, @ONS~UCTION, ALTERATION, MAINTENANCE, ... |
| Date Feb. 28, 1963 |
Report No. B-146759 |
Title
I ,’ f COMPTROLLER GENCRAL
WASHINGTON OF THE 25 UNITED -3-A-l-ES B-146759 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Herewith is our report-on the review of the Manned Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Program of the Atomic Energy Commission and the Department of Defense, The Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Program was a joint project of the Atomic Energy Commission and... |
