Strategic Defense Initiative Organization Management Information and Control Issues

Abstract

In September 1985, SDIO implemented a contract reporting system to collect essential contract data from its executing organizations to respond to requests for information from outside organizations. However, we found that the system still lacks complete data on the types of contractors and the extent of competition on all contracts because the executing organizations have not provided SDIO with complete data on the contracts. The executing organizations are required to report their respective SDI contracting actions to DOD's DD-350 system - the official DOD system for collecting statistical data on DOD prime contracts over $25,000 - without identifying them as SDI contract awards. Recently, SDIO has recognized that there is a need to formally identify SDI contract actions in the DD-350 system and is taking action to incorporate a specific identifer for SDI procurements in the system. This should help provide SDIO with contract information it needs to respond to requests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 29, 1988
Accession Number
ADA344648

Entities

People

  • Harry R. Finley

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Battle Management
  • Classification
  • Commerce
  • Competition
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • House Of Representatives
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Management Information Systems
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Small Business
  • Statistical Data
  • Strategic Defense Initiative
  • Systems Analysis
  • Technical Information Centers

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  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Systems Analysis and Design