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DOD Competitive Sourcing: More Consistency Needed in Identifying Commercial Activities

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Aug. 11, 2000
Report No. NSIAD-00-198
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Summary:

In compliance with Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, the Department of Defense (DOD) compiles each year an inventory of commercial activities done in house in order to identify those activities that could be subject to competition. Although DOD has improved the identification of commercial activities that could be studied under A-76, the military did not always consistently categorize similar activities, in part because of a lack of clear guidance on how to identify which activities are inherently governmental, commercial and exempt from competition, and commercial and eligible for competition. Furthermore, the number of commercial activities in the inventories will likely change over time, although DOD does not expect to significantly increase the number of activities. Such factors as geographic dispersions of positions and the inability to separate commercial from inherently governmental activities may prevent DOD from developing studies for competition under A-76.

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