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 2007-12-20 monographic deposited born digital 74 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-160 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-160 P0b002ee180371853 f:d08160 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-160 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-160 GAO-08-160 Contract administration Contract oversight Contractors Data integrity Federal procurement Government contracts Performance measures Procurement evaluation Procurement law Procurement policy Procurement practices Quality assurance Reporting requirements Requirements definition Small business contracts Standards Government agency oversight GAO High Risk Series Other Written Product A79151

A growing portion of federal spending is related to buying services such as administrative, management, and information technology support. Services accounted for about 60 percent of total fiscal year 2006 procurement dollars. The Services Acquisition Reform Act (SARA) of 2003 established a Services Acquisition Advisory Panel to make recommendations for improving acquisition practices. In January 2007, the panel proposed 89 recommendations to improve federal acquisition practices. GAO was asked to determine how the panel recommendations compare to GAO's past work and identify how the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) expects the recommendations to be addressed. To do this, GAO analyzed the panel report and compared its findings and recommendations to GAO's past work and recommendations, obtained OFPP's views on how it expected the recommendations to be implemented, and reviewed proposed legislation in Congress to determine if legislative provisions had the potential to address some recommendations. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-160/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-160.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-160/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-160.pdf GAO-08-160 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-160 Other Written Product GAO-08-160; Federal Acquisition: Oversight Plan Needed to Help Implement Acquisition Advisory Panel Recommendations; Contract administration Contract oversight Contractors Data integrity Federal procurement Government contracts Performance measures Procurement evaluation Procurement law Procurement policy Procurement practices Quality assurance Reporting requirements Requirements definition Small business contracts Standards Government agency oversight GAO High Risk Series Title 15 Section 637(e) Title 15 Section 644(g)(2) 15 U.S.C. 637(e) 15 U.S.C. 644(g)(2) Title 40 Section 11314(a)(2) 40 U.S.C. 11314(a)(2) Title 41 Section 416 41 U.S.C. 416 Volume 115 Page 1012 115 Stat. 1012 Volume 117 Page 1663 117 Stat. 1663 Public Law 107-107 Public Law 108-136 Public Law 109-163 Public Law 109-313