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 legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-04-29 monographic deposited born digital 60 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-201 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-201 P0b002ee18037c4d3 f:d05201 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-201 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-201 GAO-05-201 Contract administration Contract performance Contractor violations Defense procurement Department of Defense contractors Federal procurement Interagency relations Military operations Performance measures Procurement practices Internal controls Military intelligence Service contracts Policies and procedures Other Written Product A22957 In recent years, federal agencies have increasingly turned to interagency contracts--where one agency, for example, places an order under an existing contract for another agency--as a way to streamline the procurement process. Interagency contracting can offer benefits of improved efficiency, but this approach needs to be effectively managed. To learn more about some of the challenges of interagency contracting, we reviewed the process that the Department of Defense (DOD) used to acquire interrogation and certain other services through the Department of the Interior to support military operations in Iraq. On behalf of DOD, Interior issued 11 task orders, valued at over $66 million, on an existing contract. This report identifies breakdowns in the procurement process, contributing factors that led to the breakdowns, and the extent to which recent actions by Interior and DOD address these contributing factors. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-201/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-201.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-201/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-201.pdf GAO-05-201 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-201 Other Written Product GAO-05-201; Interagency Contracting: Problems with DOD's and Interior's Orders to Support Military Operations; Contract administration Contract performance Contractor violations Defense procurement Department of Defense contractors Federal procurement Interagency relations Military operations Performance measures Procurement practices Internal controls Military intelligence Service contracts Policies and procedures Public Law 107-107