Sourcing Policy: Statutes and Statutory Provisions (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised Feb. 15, 2012 |
| Report Number |
RL32833 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
L. Elaine Halchin, Specialist in American National Government |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
On occasion, congressional committees have held hearings on competitivesourcing. In 1995, for example, the Subcommittee on Civil Service of the HouseCommittee on Government Reform and Oversight held a hearing titled "ContractingOut: Summary and Overview." However, congressional involvement in competitivesourcing, as measured by legislation that has been enacted, apparently was nonexistentuntil the 105th Congress, when the Federal Activities Inventory Reform(FAIR) Act was signed into law. In the following Congress, a provision in a defenseauthorization act required the General Accounting Office (GAO, which was renamedthe Government Accountability Office in 2004) to convene a panel to examineCircular A-76 and related issues. Legislation involving competitive sourcingproliferated during the 108th and 109th Congresses. Key provisions of the measuresenacted during the 105th, 106th, 108th, and 109th Congresses are summarized below,in Table 1. Following the table is a discussion of selected topics related tocompetitive sourcing legislation that has been enacted.
