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 2005-09-27 monographic deposited born digital 8 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-960R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-960R P0b002ee180397ccb f:d05960r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-960R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-960R GAO-05-960R Data collection Data integrity Federal procurement Interagency relations Procurement planning Procurement policy Procurement practices Systems analysis Systems evaluation GSA Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation Correspondence A38458 Federal government purchases of goods and services have grown to more than $300 billion annually. The Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation (FPDS-NG) is the only governmentwide system for obtaining information on how these funds are being spent. The FPDS-NG was intended to improve the prior FPDS system in several ways, including providing more timely and accurate data; enabling users to generate their own reports; and providing easier user access to data. The system was developed by Global Computer Enterprises, Inc., (GCE) under contract with the General Services Administration (GSA). The FPDS-NG is currently in a transition period, which is scheduled to end by October 2005. We initiated a review to assess the extent to which FPDS-NG has demonstrated the intended improvements, and to determine whether the FPDS-NG is currently capable of collecting and reporting on interagency contracting data. We reviewed documents related to FPDS-NG; held discussions with officials from GSA, GCE, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and with private sector and government users. We also made numerous attempts to use the system to generate reports. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-960R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-960R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-960R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-960R.pdf GAO-05-960R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-960R Correspondence GAO-05-960R; Improvements Needed to the Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation; Data collection Data integrity Federal procurement Interagency relations Procurement planning Procurement policy Procurement practices Systems analysis Systems evaluation GSA Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation Public Law 93-400