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PSAD-81-2 1 (1980-10-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbdm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BY THE US, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Administrator, National Aeronautics And Space Administration SUpport Service Contracting At Johnson SSpace Center Needs Strengthening T a National Aeronautics and Space Administration sp, nds about $175 million annually on support service co tracts at Johnson Space Center. GAO tested the way sih of these contracts are administered and found --a contractor was working without approved work orders, --Government-furnished equipment was unac- counted for, --questionable reimbursements occurred for con- tractor costs, --contract funds increased before the need was justified, -.contracting officers were unaware of their re- sponsibilities and unfamiliar with contract terms, and --some contracting officers had a general attitude that small dollar value contracts are not worthy of adequate attention. S 0A believes overreliance on cost-type contracts which n qu ire greater administration efforts than fixed-price C ntracts contributes to these contracting weaknesses a d recommends that the National Aeronautics and S ace Administration take corrective actions. llIll 11111111 113606 O AD-812 OCTOBER 21, 19P.0 674 5-

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