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 2008-02-27 monographic deposited born digital 15 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-515T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-515T P0b002ee180396b60 f:d08515t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-515T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-515T GAO-08-515T Contract administration Contract oversight Contractors Data integrity Defense procurement Federal procurement Federal procurement policy Government contracts Performance measures Procurement evaluation Procurement law Procurement policy Procurement practices Quality assurance Reporting requirements Requirements definition Small business Small business contracts Staff utilization Strategic planning Government agency oversight Testimony A81110 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 an 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 testify on 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. This statement is based on GAO's analysis of the advisory panel's report. GAO's analysis is included in its December 2007 report titled, Federal Acquisition: Oversight Plan Needed to Help Implement Acquisition Advisory Panel Recommendation, (GAO-08-160). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-515T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-515T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-515T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-515T.pdf GAO-08-515T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-515T Testimony GAO-08-515T; Federal Acquisition: Oversight Plan Needed to Help Implement Acquisition Advisory Panel's Recommendations; Contract administration Contract oversight Contractors Data integrity Defense procurement Federal procurement Federal procurement policy Government contracts Performance measures Procurement evaluation Procurement law Procurement policy Procurement practices Quality assurance Reporting requirements Requirements definition Small business Small business contracts Staff utilization Strategic planning Government agency oversight