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 2010-12-09 U.S. Government Printing Office 1999-07-21 monographic deposited born digital 28 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-99-152 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-152 P0b002ee180b77641 f:ns99152 DGPO 2010-12-09 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-152 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-152 NSIAD-99-152 Letter Report NSIAD

In late 1995, after a lull of several years, the Defense Department (DOD) began urging the military services and defense agencies to intensify competitive sourcing efforts as provided for in the Office of Management and Budget's Circular A-76. Under Circular A-76, the military is to conduct cost comparison studies of commercial activities being done by government workers to determine whether it would be more cost-effective to maintain them in-house or contract with the private sector. Government officials, Congress, and business leaders have complained that these cost comparisons take too long. Congress has encouraged DOD to develop standardized performance work statements to expedite these competitive sourcing studies. This report discusses DOD's efforts to (1) improve performance work statements, including encouraging the use of standard templates, and (2) implement other efforts to improve the competitive sourcing process, as well as gather and disseminate lessons learned that could benefit the competitive sourcing program through DOD. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-152/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-152.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-152/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-152.pdf GAO/NSIAD-99-152 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-152 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-99-152; ; Title 15 Section 644 15 U.S.C. 644 Public Law 101-511 Public Law 105-85 Public Law 105-135