Statement of Elmer B. Statts, Comptroller General of the United States Before the Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly Senate Committee on the Judiciary on GAO's Evaluation of Two Proposed Methods for Enhancing Competition in Weapon Systems Procurement

Abstract

I am pleased to report to you today on the evaluation you requested of two procurement methods: "Parallel Undocumented Development" and "Directed Technology Licensing". These methods were proposed to this Subcommittee during hearings last fall as possible means of increasing competition in the development, production, and sale of weapon systems and other military hard goods to the Government.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 14, 1969
Accession Number
AD1119963

Entities

People

  • Elmer B. Staats

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Capital Investments
  • Commerce
  • Competition
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Costs
  • Engineering
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Maintenance
  • Money
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Product Prototyping
  • Prototypes
  • Technology Transfer
  • Trade Secrets
  • Training
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Systems Analysis and Design