Automated Government Contract Management as a Paradigm for Standard Programs versus Standard Forms.

Abstract

This thesis identifies a potential weakness in the Federal Government's policy in the area of Contract Administration relating to computer prepared forms and documents. In particular, the preparation of Contract Progress Payment Request (Standard Form 1443). It is the author's thesis that the Government, which gave us the 'Standard Form', should take a leadership role in developing the 'Standard Program', and that these programs be distributed to contractors free of charge in an effort to: 1. Establish and maintain program standards concerning content and documentation, and 2. Eliminate, to the maximum extent possible, mistakes in form preparation caused by math or logic errors. Keywords: Computer programs, Theses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA194661

Entities

People

  • Walter W. Harsch Ii

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Digital Communications
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Personal Computers
  • Relational Databases
  • Standards
  • Systems Management
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
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