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 2008-01-22 monographic deposited born digital 52 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-195 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-195 P0b002ee1803821d7 f:d08195 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-195 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-195 GAO-08-195 Competition Cost analysis Cost control Data collection Emergency management Emergency preparedness Emergency response Forest fires Forest management Land management Noncompliance Private sector Program evaluation Program management Reporting requirements Risk assessment Risk management Source selection Strategic planning Wildfires Program implementation Other Written Product A79969 Competitive sourcing is aimed at promoting competition between federal employees and the private sector as a way to improve government operations. Key work activities--those that are either inherently governmental or core to the agency's mission--are generally exempt from competitions. In fiscal year 2004, Congress began placing spending limitations on the Forest Service's competitive sourcing program because of concerns about how the program was managed. Also, like other agencies, the Forest Service must report annually to Congress on the savings achieved from any competitions it conducted. GAO was asked to determine the extent to which the Forest Service has (1) plans and guidance to help implement its competitive sourcing program effectively and (2) sufficient cost data to ensure that it complied with its spending limitations and accurately reported its savings to Congress for fiscal years 2004 through 2006. To answer these objectives, GAO examined the agency's strategic plan, guidance, and available cost data for competitive sourcing and interviewed key agency officials. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-195/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-195.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-195/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-195.pdf GAO-08-195 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-195 Other Written Product GAO-08-195; Forest Service: Better Planning, Guidance, and Data Are Needed to Improve Management of the Competitive Sourcing Program; Competition Cost analysis Cost control Data collection Emergency management Emergency preparedness Emergency response Forest fires Forest management Land management Noncompliance Private sector Program evaluation Program management Reporting requirements Risk assessment Risk management Source selection Strategic planning Wildfires Program implementation Volume 112 Page 2382 112 Stat. 2382 Volume 117 Page 1241 117 Stat. 1241 Volume 118 Page 3 Volume 118 Page 2809 118 Stat. 3 118 Stat. 2809 Volume 119 Page 499 119 Stat. 499 Volume 121 Page 8 121 Stat. 8 Public Law 105-270 Public Law 108-108 Public Law 108-199 Public Law 108-447 Public Law 109-54 Public Law 110-5 Public Law 110-161