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LCD-75-206 [i] (1976-02-17)

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RELEASED


TR iCott  O- jiNtt o be reltcaed out-lOi*e 0I e;  C,'eu-.
Ar ~oun '~Office except on the L'sk ell spec, Ic


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RL 1T OIF THE

COMAIROLLER GENERAL

OF IlE UNITED STA TES


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Improprieties In The Sale

Of Alaska Railroad

Surplus Scrap Metal




Departments of Transportation and Commerce
General Serv.ices Administration


A 1973 sele of Alaska Railroad scrap iron to
a foreign buVyi was handled improperlv. The
So . was based c(n a detective invitation ior
bids, ttie sdles contract was appaiently not
awarded to the high bidder because the bids
were not (Valju<ted properly, and the Rail-
road's request for an expoit license for the
scrap iron was incomplete and misleading.

fhe General Se-victs Administration and the
Departments of Commerce and Fransporta-
lion, ,hie not aq1Lerimq cumpletuly with
GAO' ConcluLSionS, nave adopted new proce-
dures which should piec!ude repetition ot the
errors occurring in this sale.


I-CD-75-206


     FEB. 17,1976


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