United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-24 U.S. Government Publishing Office 2008-05-20 monographic deposited born digital 4 p. GA 1.13:B-311327 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-311327 P0b002ee18fd4bc1d f:311327 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-311327 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-311327 B-311327 Comptroller General Decision Protest that agency is improperly converting a publicly performed function to a privately performed function without first conducting a public/private competition is dismissed where agency is acquiring the services in question through the exercise of an optional line item under a preexisting contract; the statute requiring agencies to conduct public/private competitions and providing designated employee agents standing to protest such competitions is, by its terms, inapplicable to acquisitions publicly announced prior to enactment of the statute. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-311327/html/GAOREPORTS-B-311327.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-311327/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-311327.pdf GAO/B-311327 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-311327 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-311327; B-311327, Mark Whetstone-Designated Employee Agent, May 20, 2008; Volume 121 Page 1844 121 Stat. 1844 Volume 122 Page 3 122 Stat. 3 Public Law 110-161