Department of State, Office of Foreign Buildings Operations: Modernizing a Growing Acquisition System

Abstract

The 1986 Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Anti-Terrorism Act has caused the State Department's facilities acquisition to grow swiftly to a program of over $2 billion. That growth, together with the Department's decision to comply with all terms of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, has led to major policy and procedural changes, and those changes have resulted in some inefficiencies in construction acquisition. The Acquisitions Division would be more effective if it were organized along functional instead of geographic lines. Moreover, the projected workload for the division supports a staffing of 41 positions, uo to 28 today. However, the Acquisitions Division needs a phased plan to strengthen its management controls. The division should increase its level of automation, implement a system to track contract actions and report their status to the division's customers, and establish performance standards. In addition, the division should improve document control of contract files and request the Procurement Executive to adopt the standard contract numbering system recommended by the General Accounting Office.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA245918

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey A. Hawkins
  • Richard C White
  • Sonny Oh
  • Trevor L. Neve

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  • Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Contract Administration
  • Contracts
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  • Department Of State
  • Employment
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  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Numbering Systems
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Standards
  • Workload

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