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LCD-77-426 1 (1977-06-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaacjc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RESUME 02498 - [A1792789J Centralizedi Direction Needed for Calibration Program. LCD-77-426; B-160682. June 13, 1977. 8 pp. + appendix (16 pp.), Report to Bert Lance, Director, Office of Managemcnt and Budget; by William J. Anderson (for Victor L. Lowe, Director, General Government Div.). Issue Area: Facilities and Material Management: Consolidating or Sharing Supply and Maintenance Systems (701). Contact: Logistics and Communications Div. Budget Function: tbtional Defanse: Department of Defense - Military (excen procurement & contracts) (051); General Government: General Property and Records Management (804). Organization Concerned: epartment of Defense; Department of Transportation; Energy Research and Development Administration; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Federal Aviation Administration; Coast Guard. Congressional Relevance: House Coimittee on Science and Technology; Senate Committee on Commerce. Authority: OMB Circular A-76. Federal agencies use precisicn measuring and test equipment worth over $2.7 billion, with the military services operating more than 700 calibration facilities, and four major r.,'military agency users maintaining their own systems at an annual operating cost oZ about $42 million. l'indings/Conclusions: Agencies are reluctant to use other Lgencies' resources as required by the Office cf Management and Budget (OMB). The national Aeronautics and Space Administration (ESA) has directed that each of its 10 centers establish their own calibration system, but no provision is made for central sanagerent control. !Feither the Federal Aviaticn Administration (FAX) nor the Energy ResearcL and Development Adtinistration (ERDA) has a centralized cal.ibration system. The Coast Guard has pr: idtd-its district offices vith instructiens describing the essential features of a calibration system, but each district is responsible for devising its own system. The military services, although they continue to operate separate systems, have demonstrated that effective operation can be achieved with central direction. The overall Federal calibration progvan, which would prove easy to standardize, is poorly coordinated and sometivmes duplicates activities. Recommendations: OMB should provide for central program direction and coordination of civil agencies' calibration systems and require closer coordinatior with tae Department of Defense. (Author/TW)

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