HUD's Oversight of Procurement by Public Housing Authorities Needs Strengthening.

Abstract

In summary, we found that personnel responsible for procurement at the six housing authorities frequently lacked the skills and knowledge about the techniques needed to make efficient and economical buys. As a result, there was no assurance that competition was being obtained to the maximum extent feasible or that payments were being made for goods actually delivered or for services actually performed. We also found that your agency's periodic reviews of the authorities' procurement practices did not disclose the situations we found. We believe this happened because HUD's guidance is much too general to its staff charged with making these periodic reviews. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1981
Accession Number
ADA106895

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Competition
  • Continents
  • Contract Administration
  • Cooperation
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • Guidance
  • Handbooks
  • Louisiana
  • Missouri
  • Observation
  • Pennsylvania
  • Procurement
  • United States

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