Acquisition: Defense Hotline Allegations Concerning the Procurement of the Seat Management Initiative
Abstract
Officials of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence) should read this report because it discusses allegations made to the Defense Hotline as well as the applicability of the Clinger-Cohen Act (Public Law 104-106) to the development of the Seat Management initiative, We performed the audit in response to allegations made to the Defense Hotline concerning the contracting for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence) Seat Management initiative and the funding of the FirstGov Web site. Under Seat Management, contractors manage the computing hardware, software, and support services that are provided to the Government on the basis of a fixed price per seat. The complainant alleged that the Deputy Chief Information Officer pressured Washington Headquarters Services to award the Seat Management contract before election day in 2000 although no urgency existed; several other problems with the contract award were present; and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) was pressured to move money prior to Inauguration Day to the General Services Administration for the DoD share of the FirstGov Web site. FirstGov is the first major Government initiative that connects citizens to the products, services, and information of the Federal Government. It provides a single Internet port of entry for governments, citizens, businesses, and community groups to access more than 20,000 Federal Web sites on a 24-hour basis.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 25, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA406416