Defense Outsourcing: The OMB Circular A-76 Policy

Abstract

This report provides information on the Office of Management and Budget's (0MB) Circular A-76, "Performance of Commercial Activities," and the impact of a related reform initiative, the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act (FAIR) of 1998, within the Department of Defense (DOD). The Circular defines federal policy for determining whether recurring commercial activities should be transferred to performance by the private sector, or performance by federal government employees. The FAIR Act creates statutory reporting requirements for federal executive agencies, by requiring federal executive agencies to identify activities both "inherently governmental" and those not inherently governmental, and to conduct managed competitions to determine who is best to performance service. Competitive sourcing, through managed competitions, was a major initiative identified by the first Bush Administration's Presidential Management Agenda, and one of five government-wide initiatives to improve the management and performance of the federal government. It is likely that competitive sourcing will continue to serve as a major initiative in the second Bush Administration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 2005
Accession Number
ADA458255

Entities

People

  • Valerie B. Grasso

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Contracts
  • Employment
  • Government Employees
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Money
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Security Personnel
  • Tanker Aircraft

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.