DoD Procurements from Federal Prison Industries

Abstract

Federal Prison Industries (trade name UNICOR) is a wholly owned Government corporation, created by Congress in 1934. The mission of UNICOR is to support the Federal Bureau of Prisons by employing and training Federal inmates through the operation and earnings of factories producing products and services for the Federal Government. For FY 1990, UNICOR had sales of $343 million to Federal agencies, and DoD purchased $212 million of the total. For the 13 National Stock Numbers for electrical and electronic cables purchased by DOD, UNICOR was the only producer for the last 2 to 19 years.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 11, 1991
Accession Number
ADA378732

Entities

People

  • Catherine M. Schneiter
  • David K. Steensma
  • Douglas B. Reed
  • James J. Mchale
  • Victoria C. Hara

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fixed Price Contracts
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Money
  • National Governments
  • Procurement
  • Public Policy
  • United States

Readers

  • Criminal Law
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Industrial Economics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics