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 1998-03-09 monographic deposited born digital 36 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-98-81 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-81 P0b002ee18037cde4 f:ns98081 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-81 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-81 NSIAD-98-81 Procurement regulation Federal procurement Procurement practices Procurement records Cost analysis Data collection Cost effectiveness analysis DOD Contract Action Data System Letter Report NSIAD Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the effectiveness of actions taken to implement the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) of 1994, focusing on whether selected federal organizations were: (1) reducing unique purchasing requirements; (2) increasing the use of simplified acquisition procedures; and (3) obtaining goods and services faster while reducing in-house procedures.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) no uniform procurement data were being collected centrally to adequately assess whether FASA's purposes were being achieved; (2) data for each measure were not always available for the eight federal organizations; (3) accordingly, GAO's analyses had variations; (4) certain organizations had introduced acquisition streamlining initiatives before FASA's implementation, and they had several years of data available for some measures; (5) for other measures, only one year of data was available, and that provides a baseline for comparing subsequent years' data; (6) despite limitations, GAO's measures indicate that the organizations it reviewed were working toward achieving key FASA purposes; (7) to reach more meaningful conclusions on the extent to which these key FASA purposes are being achieved, additional data would have to be collected and examined for subsequent fiscal years; and (8) the following is a summary of results linked to key FASA purposes: (a) reduce unique purchasing requirements; (b) requests for submission of cost or pricing data decreased at two of three Department of Defense (DOD) locations, while little change was noted DOD-wide; (c) sufficient information was not available to determine whether acquisition of commercial items had increased; (d) increase use of simplified acquisition procedures; (e) use of simplified acquisition procedures, including the use of purchase cards, increased at most locations; (f) obtain goods and services faster and reduce in-house purchasing cost; (g) the number of bid protests declined at most locations; (h) the time needed to award a contract had generally decreased, thereby expediting the purchases of goods and services; (i) sufficient data were not available to make a definitive observation regarding in-house purchasing costs; and (j) additional data would have to be available and examined for subsequent fiscal years. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-81/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-81.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-81/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-81.pdf GAO/NSIAD-98-81 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-81 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-98-81; Acquisition Reform: Implementation of Key Aspects of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994; Procurement regulation Federal procurement Procurement practices Procurement records Cost analysis Data collection Cost effectiveness analysis DOD Contract Action Data System