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LCD-79-206 1 (1979-01-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazzo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFCE WASHINGTON, D C 20548 111005 The Honorable Spark M. Matsunaga United States Senate Dear Senator Matsunaga: N Your letter of September 5, 1978, askted us to comment on a constituent's letter concerning theLcompetitive Rate Program ) of e aDO. Among other things, tne constituent raised questions abou~ a 1976 GAO report on DOD's household goods program and on a more recent letter we sent to the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee on CRP. As aqreed to by your office, we will limit our discus- sion to the constituent's observations with respect to the report and letter mentioned above. DOD will respond to you on the constituent's suggested recommendations to improve CRP and will address your concern about the contract it has with Drake Sheahan/Stewart Dougall, Inc. Your constituent first asked for the source of the information used in our 1976 report. He also observed that he had not been asked nor had he furnished any such informa- tion. The cost data used in our 1976 report was developed from tariffs on file with the Interstate Commerce and the Federal Maritime Commissions, from agency agreements, and through discussion with general agents, port agents, and local agents representing various forwarders. We also consulted officials of some forwarding companies. Although we did not contact each and every forwarder, we did meet frequently and at great length with representatives of the Household Goods Forwarders Association to discuss the prog- ress of our work, our findings, and even our report presen- tation. The Association's comments are an integral part of our final report. Your constituent is a member of the Association and we assume his views were made known to appropriate officials of tnat organization. (943331) s-~4~~ 5' '~ 4~ LOGISTICS AND COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION B-159390 JANUARY 19, 1979

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