GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 1965

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2004
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: October 3, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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SECRETI
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3 OCT 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Planning, Programming and Budgeting
THROUGH : Special Planning Assistant to the DD/S!' .
SUBJECT : General Accounting Office Findings and Recommenda-
tions, Fiscal Year 1965
REFERENCES : (a) Memo dtd 19 Jul 66 to D/L fr DSPA-DD/S, subject:
Compilation of GAO Findings and Recommenda-
tions for Improving Government Operations
(b) Report of Compilation of GAO Findings and Recom-
mendations, Fiscal Year 1965
1. We have reviewed with interest the General Accounting Office's (GAO)
findings, and associated recommendations, of deficiencies in Government-wide
operations during Fiscal Year 1965.
2. In its procurement activity, this Agency normally follows the pro-
cedures laid down in the Armed Services Procurement Regulation. There are,
however, two important criticisms made by GAO which also could have been
made against this Agency. These are:
a. Paragraph 4 of reference (b) addressed itself to General Services
Administration (GSA) procurement of items on a "brand-name or equal"
basis. The GAO noted that 0 could have been saved had GSA pro-
cured similar items against more detailed purchase descriptions. We
also acquire property on a "brand-name or equal" basis, a practice often
made necessary by customer nonacceptance of substitute, but equal,
items coupled with a lack of specifications.
b. In paragraph 10, the Federal Aviation Agency was criticized for
having provided deficient specifications to a contractor; for subsequently
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relaxing these specifications even though they were deficient in the first
place; and for failing to make operational evaluations of the resulting
preproduction models of the item in question. We are aware of similar
cases involving Agency contracts.
3. In our opinion, the two weaknesses discussed above cannot be attri-
buted to the Agency procurement process. More germane, in our estimation,
is the requirement for an internal Agency mechanism responsible and authorized
to:
a. Develop all procurement specifications.
b. Make final determination as to acceptability of materiel and ser-
vices required by CIA.
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