About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

PLRD-82-35 1 (1982-01-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabcvg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL4CCOUNTING OFFCE WASHINGTON, D.C. 26548 PRocURFMTrT. LOCSTCS, January 25, 1982 A140 IAADINOGS D1V131,>14 .. .... I'M IIII Mr. John H. Kelso 117337 Acting Administrator, Health Services Dear Mr. Kelso: Subject se of Contractor for-Travel Services (PLRD-8i-35) We have completed our review of the Health Services Administration's (USA) use of a contractor for providing travel services to its corps of medical recruits and volunteers. Al- though the initial contractor's service was well received a n the increasing administrative burden of mating complex travel arrangements was alleviated, we found defects'in the manner in which the contract was awarded and subsequently administered.. However, the defects we noted and discussed with. agency officials have, for the most part, been corrected and the cost of the ser- vices being provided under the succeeding contract is si.gnifiantly less. 4 BACKGROUND • 4, The HSA provides a corps of medical personnel to assist in the development of health service programs for medically underse4AM areas and population groups. This corps consists of medical'personnel recruited through scholarships, tuition loans, and voluntiers. The personnel are recruited nationwide (through 10 regional offices) for a 2-year period of service and the Administration attempts to place them in the medically ur.derserved areas or among the medically underserved population groups. To accomplish this the recruit is allowed $600 of appropriated funds for travel and per diem expenses (up to 5 days) to visit the needy &reas or groups. once the recrui.- cheo:l'os - lncetlcr, the Administration arranges and pays for relocating them to the chosen areas along with their dependents, and their household goods. The Health Services Administration also provides for their travel and per diem for attending orientation confcrence, sormnar'.-, ihr. tcaining i. cot-cinuing vrcc.wsionai euucation while theya-r e witi the Administration. D4ost, if not all of these persons, have no experience with Government travel regulations, procedures, forms, and they need extensive assistance in applying for travel orders and advances, preparing travel itinerarles, obtaining opt. jum.forr, tickets, and completing travel vouchers' (943359) -->. '- ~ -* -7-~* RT7' *.;~ '7

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most