Procurement Reform: Implementation of the Federal Acquisition
Streamlining Act of 1994 (Testimony, 07/20/95, GAO/T-NSIAD/AIMD-95-190).

This testimony presents preliminary results of GAO's ongoing reviews of
the implementation of key aspects of the Federal Acquisition
Streamlining Act of 1994. GAO found the executive branch has worked to
promulgate the regulations required to implement the Act's requirements.
At this point, however, some of the regulations required by the Act will
not be issued in final form by September 8, 1995, the date set for full
compliance with the Act. GAO is concerned about the lack of a
well-defined architecture for an electronic Federal Acquisition Computer
Network. The government is expanding the use of government purchase
cards and encouraging their use in connection with micro-purchases.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-NSIAD/AIMD-95-190
     TITLE:  Procurement Reform: Implementation of the Federal 
             Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994
      DATE:  07/20/95
   SUBJECT:  Federal procurement
             Procurement practices
             Small purchases
             Spending legislation
             Computer networks
             Source data automation
             Procurement regulation
             Administrative costs
             Cost analysis
             Systems architecture
IDENTIFIER:  Federal Acquisition Computer Network
             
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