REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL EXTERNAL CONTRACT FUNDING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B00423R000200180035-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: April 21, 2008
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: June 19, 1984
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Associate Deputy Director for Intelligence
External Analysis Coordinator, DDI
SUBJECT Request for Additional External Contract Funding
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1. Background.
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Until January 1984. STAT
ontract to conduct analyses of STAT3TAT
corporate accounting practices and financial performance
quite closely with their orginal cost estimates. At that
Jresearch in the areas of international accounting and STAT
practices had been completed and work began on the
Phase I Report. During the drafting of this report,
project costs began to exceed earlier estimates to a
degree. Several reasons account for this increase:
however,
significant
o Increased use of foreign national personnel from overseas
offices with specialized expertise needed to conduct key
technical analysis.
o Increased scope of the contract necessary for a complete
and thorough analysis. This increase included:
a more extensive examination of the effects of
environmental factors on foreign accounting
practices.
development of a chapter assessing the outlook for
international standardization of accounting
practices.
an essay on the accounting problems inherent in
joint ventures.
Moreover,) now has a better understanding of the level of STAT
effort which will be required to complete the two financial
analyses of the automobile and electronics companies for Phase
III of the project. Accordingly, has revised the estimate of STAT
the costs to complete the contract from STAT
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ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY,
SUBJECT: Request for Additional External Contract Funding
2. Action Requested.
Ali'- to amend the original contract for the amount STAT
of is requested. Because the contract is ent
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critical stage where these funds are needed, your earliest
possible consideration of the request would be appreciated. The
Phase I and II reports completed by have been outstanding.
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