Small Business Subcontracting Report Validation Can Be Improved

Abstract

Civilian and defense agencies follow a similar process to validate their subcontracting data-one that involves visiting contractors, assessing their compliance with their subcontracting plans, and evaluating accounting systems as well as management support of the subcontracting program. These assessments have found that most contractors that were reviewed are making good faith efforts to comply with their subcontracting plans. However, there are some areas where these reviews could be improved in order to enhance the validation and use of subcontracting data, and we have identified actions that can be taken to bring about these improvements. We received written comments on a draft of this letter from the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Small Business Administration (SBA). DOD concurred with our findings and recommendations and had no further comment. SBA also concurred with our recommendations but expressed concerns about how we characterized SBA's compliance efforts. DOD's and SBA's written comments are provided in enclosures I and II.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 13, 2001
Accession Number
ADA397923

Entities

People

  • Christopher S. Bond

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • District Of Columbia
  • Guidance
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Small Business
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Validation

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) EDI Research and Innovation.