United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-10-01 monographic deposited born digital 16 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-96-10 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-10 P0b002ee18039076e f:ns96010 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-10 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-10 NSIAD-96-10 Interagency relations Procurement regulation Federal procurement policies Cost control Service contracts Transportation research Reporting requirements Internal controls Federal procurement Defense procurement Letter Report NSIAD

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the: (1) impact of the Department of Defense's (DOD) policy changes for interagency orders on the Department of Transportation's Volpe National Transportation Systems Center; and (2) Coast Guard's recent initiatives and legislative changes extending the statutory requirements on interagency orders to other federal agencies.<p/>GAO found that: (1) in February 1994, DOD increased its interagency transaction controls by requiring that interagency orders for goods and services be as efficient as other alternatives and approved at the senior executive service level; (2) in November 1994, the Coast Guard independently developed contracting reforms that resembled DOD initiatives; (3) many of the 1995 purchases made by military services through the Volpe Center were not documented as required by the DOD policy; (4) DOD plans to implement a statutorily mandated monitoring system for its interagency purchases by October 1995; (5) DOD and the Coast Guard have steadily decreased their contracting through the Volpe Center, possibly due to the more restrictive environment for interagency orders; and (6) although the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act has extended the restrictive interagency transaction controls to other federal agencies, the implementing draft regulation is not as stringent as DOD or Coast Guard cost policies. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-10/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-10.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-10/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-10.pdf GAO/NSIAD-96-10 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-10 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-96-10; Interagency Contracting: Controls Over Economy Act Orders Being Strengthened; Interagency relations Procurement regulation Federal procurement policies Cost control Service contracts Transportation research Reporting requirements Internal controls Federal procurement Defense procurement Title 31 Section 1535 31 U.S.C. 1535