National Science Foundation: Status of the Business Analysis Plan
Contract (10-JUL-03, GAO-03-832R).				 
                                                                 
In June 2002, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a	 
3-year, $14.8 million contract for a business analysis plan to	 
support three key management areas at the foundation: its	 
business processes, human capital, and information technology.	 
The contract is to be completed by September 30, 2005, and is to 
result in seven deliverables, including a project plan to guide  
the contractor's work. You asked us to obtain information on (1) 
the status of contract funds budgeted to the key management areas
and contract deliverables, and overall plans for the contract;	 
(2) the extent to which the contract will address management	 
issues previously reported by audit and oversight bodies; and (3)
NSF's management of the contract and plans for integrating any	 
recommendations made by the contractor. 			 
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REPORTNUM:   GAO-03-832R					        
    ACCNO:   A07533						        
  TITLE:     National Science Foundation: Status of the Business      
Analysis Plan Contract						 
     DATE:   07/10/2003 
  SUBJECT:   Contract oversight 				 
	     Contract administration				 
	     Contract costs					 
	     Financial management				 
	     Strategic planning 				 

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GAO-03-832R

Enclosure

GAO- 03- 832R NSF Business Analysis Plan Contract

July 10, 2003 The Honorable Christopher S. Bond Chairman, Subcommittee on

VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Committee on Appropriations United
States Senate

Subject: National Science Foundation: Status of the Business Analysis Plan
Contract

Dear Mr. Chairman: In June 2002, the National Science Foundation (NSF)
awarded a 3- year, $14.8 million contract for a business analysis plan to
support three key management areas at the foundation: its business
processes, human capital, and information technology. The contract is to
be completed by September 30, 2005, and is to result in seven
deliverables, including a project plan to guide the contractor*s work.

You asked us to obtain information on (1) the status of contract funds
budgeted to the key management areas and contract deliverables, and
overall plans for the contract; (2) the extent to which the contract will
address management issues previously reported by audit and oversight
bodies; and (3) NSF*s management of the contract and plans for integrating
any recommendations made by the contractor. We provided your staff with a
formal briefing on our findings on May 14, 2003. A copy of our briefing is
enclosed. 1 In summary, we found the following:

As of May 31, 2003, NSF had spent about $1.9 million on the contract, with
business processes and human capital management accounting for about 75
percent of the expenditures and information technology accounting for the
remainder. Expenditure data by individual contract deliverable were
unavailable because NSF did not estimate and is not tracking the costs of
deliverables due from the contractor. NSF*s current schedule for the
contract reflects delays for early deliverables, including the first
deliverable, the project plan. The contractor delivered a draft project
plan to NSF on June 30, 2003, and NSF is working with the contractor to
finalize it by July 15, 2003, over a year later than originally planned.
Agency officials attributed delays of

1 We have updated our briefing slides to reflect current expenditure data
and a revised estimated project plan completion date discussed in this
report.

United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548

GAO- 03- 832R NSF Business Analysis Plan Contract Page 2 early
deliverables primarily to funding limitations during fiscal year 2002 and
the first

half of fiscal year 2003. Despite the initial delays, NSF still expects
the contract to be completed by its originally planned date. NSF plans to
spend only the original base amount of the contract*$ 12.8 million* and
does not have any current plans to use the additional $2 million it
reserved for ad hoc analyses.

The extent to which key management issues identified by audit and
oversight bodies will be addressed under the contract is unknown. Over the
past few years, audit and oversight bodies such as GAO, the Office of
Management and Budget, and NSF*s Office of the Inspector General have
reported on various management issues at NSF, including issues related to
budget performance, financial management, human capital, information
technology, and award and project management. NSF*s initial contract
documents, such as its statement of work and request for proposals,
contained provisions for the majority of these management issues to be
included in the scope of the contract. The awarded contract requires the
contractor to perform early survey work to determine the specific issues
to address within the contract deliverables. Therefore, until the survey
work and project plan are completed, the extent to which the key
management issues will be addressed under the contract is unknown.

Before and since the award of the contract, NSF contract management staff
has kept senior- level officials apprised, through periodic briefings, of
its plans for and progress on the contract. The NSF organizations that
have been involved in monitoring or oversight activities of the business
analysis plan contract include

a steering committee for the contract, chaired by the contracting
officer*s technical representative and consisting of senior- level
management and nonmanagement staff in all program areas covered by the
contract;

senior management officials, including the Director and Deputy Director of
NSF and the heads of most research directorates and staff offices;

the Business and Operations Advisory Committee, which advises both the
Director of Budget, Finance and Award Management and the Director of
Information and Resource Management;

the National Science Board*s Audit and Oversight Committee; and

NSF*s Office of the Inspector General. Some of these organizations also
have provided advice and guidance on the contract. For example, the
Business and Operations Advisory Committee encouraged the business
analysis team to consider, among other things, how other government- wide
efforts, such as enterprise architecture, might affect its work and
recommendations. In addition, the committee encouraged the team to
coordinate with other ongoing work at NSF that might have implications for
the business analysis plan. Also, in the early stages of contract
development, the Office of the Inspector General encouraged strong
oversight of the contractor by NSF.

To implement any recommendations resulting from the contract, NSF plans to
work the recommendations through its normal chain of command. For some

GAO- 03- 832R NSF Business Analysis Plan Contract Page 3 recommendations
requiring agencywide change, NSF*s Office of Integrative

Activities, which is responsible for integrating many crosscutting issues
across the agency, will develop an implementation strategy and devolve the
actual implementation to the relevant division or office. For other
crosscutting recommendations, NSF will decide on a case- by- case basis
whether to assign development of an implementation strategy to an existing
working group or create a new one. NSF plans to request additional
appropriations, as necessary, to cover the cost of implementing any
recommendations resulting from the contract. For example, NSF already has
requested $1 million in its fiscal year 2004 budget request to implement
human capital recommendations anticipated from the contractor. We provided
a draft of this report to the Director of NSF for comment. In response,

we received oral comments from the NSF contracting officer*s technical
representative responsible for managing the contract and from other senior
management officials including the Chief Human Capital Officer and Chief
Financial Officer. The NSF officials generally agreed with the information
presented in our report and provided some clarifying comments that we
incorporated as appropriate.

Our methodology is discussed in the enclosed slides. We performed our work
from January 2003 through June 2003 in accordance with generally accepted
government auditing standards.

- - - - - - We are sending copies of this report to the Director of NSF.
In addition, this report will be available at no charge on the GAO Web
site at http:// www. gao. gov.

If you have any questions about this report or need additional
information, please contact me at (202) 512- 3841. Key contributors to
this report were David P. Bixler, Michael E. Gilbert, and Lynn M.
Wasielewski.

Sincerely yours, Robin M. Nazzaro Director, Natural Resources

and Environment Enclosure

Enclosure

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National Science Foundation: Status of the Business Analysis Plan

Briefing Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and

Independent Agencies Committee on Appropriations

U. S. Senate May 14, 2003

Enclosure

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1

Briefing Overview

* Background  Objectives  Scope and Methodology  Results in Brief

 Contract Funding  Management Issues  Contract Oversight and Management
 Related Studies at NSF

Enclosure

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Background

 NSF*s mission includes  promoting the progress of science;  advancing
the nation*s health, prosperity, and welfare; and  securing national
defense.

 NSF*s FY 2002 Administration and Management (A& M) Strategic Plan
focuses on improvements in three areas to support NSF*s mission: 
Business processes,  Human capital, and  Technology and tools.

Enclosure

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Background

(continued)  A& M plan also focuses on improvement in five mission-
critical business processes:

 Merit review  Award management and oversight  Resource allocation 
Performance assessment and accountability  Knowledge management

 A& M plan announced initiation of a comprehensive, multi- year business
analysis to support its human capital, mission- critical business
processes, and information technology management

Enclosure

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Background

(continued)  NSF awarded a 3- year, $14.8 million business analysis
contract to BoozAllen- Hamilton (BAH) in June 2002

 Contract base amount is $12.8 million, with an additional $2 million
reserved as discretionary funding

 Contract scheduled for completion end of FY 2005; will consist of 7
individual products (deliverables):  Project plan  Business analysis
assessment  Document current environment  Business analysis plan for
core processes  Human capital management plan  IT and enterprise
architecture plan  Final report

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Objectives

To provide information on  The status of contract funds by key management
areas

and contract deliverables, and NSF*s overall plans for the contract;  The
extent to which the contract addresses management

issues cited by audit and oversight bodies; and  NSF*s management of the
contract and plans for integrating any recommended actions.

Enclosure

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Scope and Methodology

To determine  The status of contract funding, we reviewed budget
documentation and expenditure records, and interviewed NSF officials.

 The extent to which the contract addresses management challenges, we
compared management issues cited in GAO, OIG, OMB, and NSF documents with
issues addressed in the initial contract documentation, and interviewed
NSF contract officials.

 NSF*s management of the contract and plans for integrating contractor
recommendations, we identified management oversight functions and the
frequency of oversight activities; reviewed records of meetings, including
minutes by oversight bodies; and interviewed NSF officials.

Enclosure

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Results in Brief

 Contract funding  $1. 9 million spent as of May 31, 2003, among three
management areas 1  Costs of deliverables not estimated or tracked 
Early deliverables, including the project plan, have been delayed, but NSF

still plans to complete the contract on schedule in FY 2005  Management
issues

 Key management issues identified by audit and oversight bodies are to be
assessed by the contractor to determine the final scope of work for each
issue  Extent and how issues will be addressed not fully known until
project plan is completed  Contract oversight and management  Oversight
and management structure in place

 NSF plans to request separate appropriations to implement
recommendations

1 Expenditure data have been updated to reflect the most recent available
data; the original data reported in the briefing were as of March 31,
2003.

Enclosure

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Contract Funding

Summary  Expect to spend $12. 8 million of $14. 8 million awarded  $1.9
million spent as of May 31, 2003 1

 Expenditures came from the salaries and expense appropriation  Costs of
deliverables not estimated or tracked  Early deliverables are late*
project plan, expected to guide

contractor activities, is due in July 2003, 2 and will be over 1 year late
1 Expenditure data have been updated to reflect the most recent available
data; the original data reported in the briefing were as of March 31,
2003. 2 The estimated completion date for the project plan has been
updated to reflect NSF*s most current estimate; the estimated completion
date reported in the briefing was June 30, 2003.

Enclosure

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Contract Funding NSF*s Actual and Planned Expenditures, as of May 31, 2003
a

$1. 901

1.451 $ .450

Actual expenditures

$12.800 $14.775 b Total Current and

planned expenditures Original estimates

4.900 3.800 2005 4.500 4.500 2004

2.950 6.000 2003 $ .450 $ .475 2002

Expenditures (dollars in millions) Fiscal year

a Expenditure data have been updated to reflect the most recent available
data; the original data reported in the briefing were as of March 31,
2003. b Original amount planned was $14. 8 million.

Enclosure

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Contract Funding Contract Expenditures by Major Category, as of May 31,
2003 a

Business processes $753, 138 Human capital 660, 753 Information technology
487,590 Total $1, 901, 481

 NSF expects human capital will become the largest category of
expenditure over the life of the contract.

26% 35% 39%

a Expenditure data have been updated to reflect the most recent available
data; the original data reported in the briefing were as of March 31,
2003.

Enclosure

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Contract Funding

Source of Contract Funds FY 2 002:

 The Advisory and Assistance Services object class within the Salaries
and Expense Appropriation account 1

 Administrative Cost Recoveries* fees received from other federal
agencies for activities administered for those agencies, such as making
science awards

 According to NSF officials, these expenditures directly reduced the
amount of discretionary spending that could have been spent on IT
enhancements

 According to NSF officials, however, these expenditures did not reduce
the amount of annual appropriations originally planned for IT spending

1 Initially, $1 million was obligated in fiscal year 2002, from the
Research and Related Activities account but was subsequently de-
obligated.

Enclosure

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Contract Funding

Source of Contract Funds (continued)  FY 2003: NSF plans to fund the
contract from the Advisory and

Assistance Services object class* not from Administrative Cost Recoveries.
 According to the Director of Information Systems, the business analysis
project is a net benefit to IT because a substantial amount of the
contract funds are being spent on enterprise architecture and IT planning.

Enclosure

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Contract Funding

Status of Contract Deliverables  NSF did not initially estimate, and does
not track, the

costs of individual deliverables.  NSF is still developing dates for
deliverables, but the

current plan reflects some delays of early deliverables, including the
project plan.

 NSF does not expect early delays to delay contract completion.

Enclosure

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Contract Funding

Status of Contract Deliverables (continued)  According to senior
officials, delays occurred because

 FY 2002 - NSF was limited to spending $500,000 due to annual
reprogramming limitations  FY 2003 - under continuing resolutions, NSF
could only

fund the contract at the FY 2002 rate*$ 475,000 per quarter

Enclosure

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Contract Funding * Status of Contract Deliverables (cont.) Early
Deliverables Delayed

9/ 30/ 03 FY03 Q4 4/ 1/ 03 4/ 1/ 03 FY03 Q2 First draft TBD FY03 Q4 1/ 103
1/ 1/ 03 FY03 Q2 First draft

TBD FY04 Q4 10/ 1/ 03 FY04 Q1 Refinement TBD FY05 Q3 7/ 1/ 03 FY03 Q4
Resource allocation b

TBD FY05 Q3 7/ 1/ 03 FY03 Q4 Performance assessment b TBD FY05 Q3 10/ 1/
03 FY03 Q1 Award management and oversight b TBD FY05 Q3 10/ 1/ 03 FY03 Q1
Merit review b

9/ 30/ 02 9/ 30/ 02 FY02 Q4 7/ 1/ 02 7/ 1/ 02 FY02 Q3 Initial review of
workforce 9/ 30/ 03 FY03 Q1 7/ 02 7/ 02 FY02 Q3 Initial assessment

Actual Current Estimate Original Estimate Actual Current Estimate Original
Estimate

TBD FY05 Q4 4/ 1/ 05 FY05 Q3 Report Final report TBD FY05 Q3 10/ 1/ 04
FY05 Q1 Refinement TBD FY04 Q4 10/ 1/ 03 FY04 Q1 Refinement IT and
enterprise architecture plan

TBD FY05 Q3 10/ 1/ 04 FY05 Q1 Refinement Human capital management plan

TBD FY05 Q3 7/ 1/ 04 FY04 Q4 Knowledge management Business analysis plans
for core business processes 9/ 30/ 03 FY03 Q1 7/ 1/ 02 7/ 1/ 02 FY02 Q3
Complete documentation Current environment

5/ 31/ 03 FY03 Q1 1/ 03 7/ 02 FY02 Q3 Project web page Business analysis
assessment

7/ 15/ 03 a FY02 Q3 6/ 26/ 02 6/ 26/ 02 FY02 Q3 Plan Project plan

Completion date Start date Contract deliverables Outputs

Note: Shaded areas highlight actual or anticipated delays in the start and
completion dates of contract deliverables. a The estimated completion date
for the project plan has been updated to reflect NSF*s most current
estimate; the estimated completion date

reported in the briefing was June 30, 2003. b These deliverables are
planned to have multiple revisions over the 3- year period of the
contract.

Enclosure

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Management Issues

Summary  Key management issues identified by audit and

oversight bodies are to be assessed by the contractor to determine the
final scope of work for each issue.

 Until the project plan is completed, however, it is unclear how and the
extent to which these issues will be addressed.

Enclosure

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Management Issues

Issues Identified by Oversight Bodies  Management issues are to be
addressed within the scope of the contract.

Budget performance Contracting out activities Project and award management

Financial management Information technology

Human capital OIG GAO OMB No Yes Management issues Included in scope

of the contract? Issues cited by

Enclosure

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Management Issues

Issues to Be Addressed in Contract  One or more management issue is to be
addressed by each deliverable.

Project and award management

Business process analysis Current environment Business process

assessment Project plan Contract deliverables

Management issues

Contracting out activities Financial

management a Budget performance

Information technology Human

capital

Human capital management plan IT and enterprise architecture plan

a The scope of the contract*s survey work includes an assessment of
financial management related issues. However, until that assessment is
done and a project plan is completed, the extent to which those issues
will be included in the contract deliverables is unknown.

Enclosure

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Management Issues

Specific Management Challenges  The majority of specific management
challenges identified by audit and oversight

bodies are to be included within the scope of the contract. Project and
award management

Enclosure

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Contract Oversight and Management Summary  Structure is in place to
oversee and manage the contract.  NSF contract management has kept senior
management, the National

Science Board, and the NSF OIG apprised of contract progress and plans. 
Initial contract documents anticipate that the contract will result in
recommendations and implementation plans.

 NSF requested $1 million in the FY 2004 budget to implement human
capital recommendations anticipated from the contractor and will request
additional appropriations, as necessary, to implement any recommendations
identified in the future.

Enclosure

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Contract Oversight and Management

Business Analysis Plan Contract Management

BAH Business Analysis Plan

Contractor Project Manager BAH

Quality Assurance Review Board

National Science Board*s Audit & Oversight

Committee Business &

Operations Advisory Committee Contracting Officer's Technical
Representative

(COTR) Business Analysis Plan Contract Steering Committee

Senior Management Office of Inspector

General

Supervisory Advisory Monitoring Legend:

Enclosure

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Contract Oversight and Management

NSF Contract Management BAH Business Analysis Plan

Contractor Project Manager

BAH Quality Assurance Review Board

National Science Board*s Audit & Oversight Committee Business &

Operations Advisory Committee

Contracting Officer*s Technical Representative

 Has day- to- day responsibility for managing the contract  Chairs the
steering committee  Briefs senior management and committees

Business Analysis Plan Contract Steering Committee

COTR, chair  Senior agency management and non- management staff

with expertise in all program areas covered by the contract Senior
Management

Office of Inspector General

Supervisory Advisory Monitoring Legend:

Enclosure

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Contract Oversight and Management

NSF Contract Oversight * Senior Management National Science Board*s Audit
& Oversight

Committee Business &

Operations Advisory Committee

Senior Management

 Heads of most research directorates, and staff offices (e. g. General
Counsel) briefed  Senior management team briefed twice  Deputy Director/
Chief Operating

Officer briefed  Director present at briefings to the

National Science Board*s Audit and Oversight Committee

BAH Business Analysis Plan Contractor Project Manager BAH Quality
Assurance

Review Board Contracting

Officer*s Technical Representative Office of

Inspector General

Business Analysis Plan Contract

Steering Committee

Supervisory Advisory Monitoring Legend:

Enclosure

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Contract Oversight and Management

NSF Contract Oversight * Committees

Business & Operations Advisory Committee  External members from
universities, foundations, businesses, etc.

 Advises Directors of Budget, Finance, and Award Management, and
Information and Resource Management on oversight and other issues to
improve business

processes  Briefed twice * 10/ 02 and 4/ 03  Briefings planned every 6
months

National Science Board*s Audit and Oversight Committee

 Members of the National Science Board  Standing committee

stays apprised of audit and oversight issues and makes recommendations to
the board

 Briefed 3 times * 3/ 02, 8/ 02, & 3/ 03 Senior Management

BAH Business Analysis Plan Contractor Project Manager

BAH Quality Assurance Review Board Contracting

Officer*s Technical Representative Office of

Inspector General

Business Analysis Plan Contract

Steering Committee

Supervisory Advisory Monitoring Legend:

Enclosure

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Contract Oversight and Management

NSF Contract Oversight * NSF Inspector General

NSF Office of Inspector General

 Received information about the scope and methodology of the business
analysis plan upon request  Received briefing in October 2002

Senior Management BAH Business Analysis Plan

Contractor Project Manager

BAH Quality Assurance Review Board Contracting

Officer*s Technical Representative

Business Analysis Plan Contract

Steering Committee

National Science Board*s Audit & Oversight

Committee Business &

Operations Advisory Committee

Supervisory Advisory Monitoring Legend:

Enclosure

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Contract Oversight and Management

Booz- Allen- Hamilton Business Analysis

Plan Contract Steering Committee

National Science Board*s Audit & Oversight Committee Business &

Operations Advisory Committee

Booz- Allen- Hamilton Business Analysis Plan Contractor Project Manager

 Reports to the NSF COTR  Responsible for integrating all major areas of
contract * human capital, business process, and IT

 Provides monthly progress reports: work accomplished, anticipated
issues, planned work, and deliverable status  Briefs Steering Committee
every 6 weeks  Holds weekly status meetings with COTR  Talks with COTR
daily  Meets with human capital and IT team weekly Briefsother senior
management as requested

Senior Management

Booz- Allen- Hamilton Quality Assurance Review Board

 Staffed with executive personnel with expertise in contract areas 
Ensures the right technical skills and

competencies are available for the contract  Conducts analysis and
provides briefings

to NSF as needed Office of Inspector

General Contracting

Officer*s Technical Representative

Supervisory Advisory Monitoring Legend:

Enclosure

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Contract Oversight and Management

Implementation of Contractor Recommendations  NSF requested $1 million in
FY 2004 budget to implement human capital recommendations anticipated from
the contractor.  NSF plans to request additional appropriations, as
necessary, to

implement any recommendations identified in the future.

Enclosure

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Related Studies at NSF

Summary  Two other ongoing studies concern NSF*s management challenges:

 A National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) study is addressing
the agency*s organizational, programmatic, and personnel structures, and

 A National Academy of Sciences (NAS) study is addressing the agency*s
management of the large facilities program.  NSF has taken steps to
ensure that both of these studies are

coordinated with the contract for the business analysis plan.

Enclosure

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Related Studies at NSF

NAPA  Congressionally mandated to study NSF*s organizational,
programmatic, and personnel structures

 NAPA awarded $1 million contract  Contract awarded on March 14, 2003;
final report due April

2004

Enclosure

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Related Studies at NSF

NAS  Congressionally mandated to study NSF*s management of large- scale
construction projects and the priority- setting

process for selecting projects to be funded  NAS awarded $600, 000 grant
 Awarded on January 29, 2003; final report due April

2004

Enclosure

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Related Studies at NSF

Coordination with NAPA and NAS  To address concerns over potential
overlap of work on the NAPA and Business Analysis Plan contracts:

 NSF*s statement- of- work for the NAPA contract states that it is vital
that the contractor coordinate its work with the NSF business analysis
contract effort;

 The Business and Operations Advisory Committee urged NAPA and BAH to
coordinate closely; and

 Booz- Allen- Hamilton and NAPA plan to hold regular monthly meetings
over the life of the NAPA contract to coordinate activities.

 To address any potential for overlap of work on the NAS grant, the COTR
for the business analysis contract plans to coordinate with NAS grant
efforts. Large facility management has been identified as a management
challenge for NSF and is to be included in the scope of the business
analysis plan.

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