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ADP LIBRARY -
COMPT1 I L 6 .ON NITIr,tbr - tlJNI TED T-rA'lE
11-i15369 April 14, 1976
HEST POVUMENT AVAILABL
The 1Ifonorabl e-
The Attorntey General j'
Dear titr Attorney General; L(°:P
le ,efer to a letter dated January 8, 1976, from the Deputy
Assistant Attornley Gencral Office of Legna Counnel1 hll-rsg our
opinion as to whelier tile Brooks Ar (Public Law 89-306, 79 SLat,
1127, 40 U,S,C, § 759 (1970)) permits delegaitions of procuriennt
autlbority by the General Services Admitntitration (GSA) for auto- -&Ct
martic data proceiing equipment: (ADIT) acquisitions if detenmined
to be in theIitoucs ol economy and (IffCeeWy of operations or - K.:
eenoctial to national l eense or security, t'ie IrOffice of Mainnemcno)-,'r
anti JiudgeL (OII) bas reqtlUsted from your department a legal inlo[)1t d
on thilo question, uince It ii concerned over certain implentlIons
it he]Icll-to.k mnt e front our audit report: LC 7J-115, 11-115369,
Oc.ober 1, 1975) mntIle]d Further Actions Needed to Centriilize
P'rocu'rent of Automlat Sc Data l'roceri;ing Equipment to Comply with
Objectiven of Public Law 89--306.1
In the audit- report, we found that centraliattion of ADh'!E;
managemnti and procurenut authority In GSA ptrsuant Lo tile 11ooks
Act has resul tec Ii silnif!cUntl II;nv, h1 ni Idinpr'vt;oiiitn althlough
not . as much tt; g cou l d he' ,,, 1::,d If (tc III(, ! -:: Act nd been ]Full v
Impi cuen ted as; (:c'iirc'ss; hha-l ided , 5p1!c i(ifv11 , the 1 CII !T Ijjl
ive history of t liII rl 1; Act fndl l., m; ci folce'm1100 thant G;,SA
evetually ',iw tl,. 'f:; I ug I t'mir h:;.' , 4 .M1[' for ltha I:clderal
(:6tivc,liirniL*ii , w011tw 1 tho vol v Jug umill, spocin.ll>' c'rent-c'd toc
fIarlift ateL I It:lo,.f. A 'L'acg'l: gi:;i i ;,l event..mi,1>l lytifully
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