DOD Competitive Sourcing: More Consistency Needed in Identifying Commercial Activities

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DOD) has annually compiled an inventory of commercial functions and activities performed in-house, in compliance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76. These inventories are important as DOD has sought in recent years to identify commercial activities involving thousands of positions that could be subject to competition to determine whether it would be more cost efficient to maintain the activities in-house or contract with the private sector for their performance. A commercial activity is one that is performed by a federal agency and that provides a product or service, such as aircraft maintenance or base operating support, that could be obtained from a commercial source. Questions have arisen about the extent to which these inventories have fully and consistently identified positions associated with commercial activities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2000
Accession Number
AD1152382

Entities

People

  • Barry Holman
  • David R. Warren
  • Margaret Morgan
  • Marilyn Wasleski
  • Robert Poetta

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Business Process Reengineering
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Commerce
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Government Employees
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Internet
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Workload

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.