United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1998-08-24 monographic deposited born digital 38 p. GA 1.13:GGD-98-151 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-98-151 P0b002ee180395a95 f:gg98151 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GGD-98-151 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-98-151 GGD-98-151 Prices and pricing Correctional facilities Price regulation Federal procurement Rehabilitation programs Comparative analysis Private sector Federal Supply Schedule Letter Report GGD

Federal agencies generally must buy products from Federal Prison Industries (FPI), which was established by law as a mandatory source supplier. In response to congressional concerns about FPI's pricing practices and the possibility that federal agencies may be paying higher than competitive fair market prices when they buy products from FPI, this report provides information on FPI's product pricing. GAO (1) describes the laws and regulations governing how FPI is to price its products, (2) describes the policies and procedures FPI uses to ensure that its products are priced in accordance with these laws and regulations, (3) determines whether FPI followed these policies and procedures when it set prices for selected products, and (4) compares FPI's prices with those charged by private vendors for selected products. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-98-151/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-98-151.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-98-151/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GGD-98-151.pdf GAO/GGD-98-151 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-98-151 Letter Report GAO/GGD-98-151; Federal Prison Industries: Information on Product Pricing; Prices and pricing Correctional facilities Price regulation Federal procurement Rehabilitation programs Comparative analysis Private sector Federal Supply Schedule Title 18 Section 4124--to Title 18 Section 4124 18 U.S.C. 4124--to 18 U.S.C. 4124