Civilian Agency Procurement: Improvements Needed in Contracting and Contract Administration

Abstract

Nothing that GAO's past reports had identified weaknesses in contract administration at civilian agencies, the former Chairman of the House Government Operations Legislation and National Security Subcommittee asked GAO to assess how well large dollar value contracts are administered at civilian agencies. Specifically, he wanted GAO to determine if items were delivered at the time and cost agreed to in the original contract and to identify possible deficiencies in the administration of large contracts. GAO examined 87 contracts worth a total of about $1.4 billion at the Departments of Education, Energy, Health and Human Services.(KR).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 05, 1989
Accession Number
ADA214197

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Reimbursement Contracts
  • Education
  • Energy Management
  • Environmental Health
  • Environmental Protection
  • Fixed Price Contracts
  • Governments
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • United States
  • Vaccines

Fields of Study

  • Political science

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