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 2006-09-08 monographic deposited born digital 49 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-966 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-966 P0b002ee180382ed3 f:d06966 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-966 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-966 GAO-06-966 Appropriated funds Appropriations Contracts Defense appropriations Funds management Multiyear contracts Policy evaluation Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program Other Written Product A60489 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is authorized under the River and Harbor Act of 1922 to issue contracts with a continuing contracts clause to carry out certain projects. This allows the Corps to award multi-year contracts without having received appropriations to cover the full contract amount. The Corps has used these contracts for decades, but modified their use in 2005, in response to congressional committee concerns that their use may have been ineffective. GAO was asked to determine (1) the number and dollar amount of continuing contracts the Corps awarded during fiscal years 2003-2005; (2) the circumstances in which the Corps used continuing contracts in fiscal years 2003-2005; and (3) how the Corps' process for approving and using continuing contracts changed since 2005, and whether the changes reduced the use of these contracts. For these objectives, GAO reviewed the Corps' contracting data, a random sample of 107 continuing contracts, and districts' requests to use continuing contracts https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-966/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-966.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-966/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-966.pdf GAO-06-966 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-966 Other Written Product GAO-06-966; Army Corps of Engineers: Improved Monitoring and Clear Guidance Would Contribute to More Effective Use of Continuing Contracts; Appropriated funds Appropriations Contracts Defense appropriations Funds management Multiyear contracts Policy evaluation Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program