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PSAD-79-3 1 (1978-10-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaygs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 PROCUREMENT AN4D SYSTEMS ACQUISITION DIVISION LM107898 OCTOBER 27, 1978 The Honorable Tom Harkin 'House of Representatives Dear Mr. Harkin: In response to your May 17, 1978, letter, we are answering questions relating to the development of the Microwave Landing System (MLS). We are also including infor- mation on costs requested by ycur office on Axqust 29, 1978. In developing the enclosed answers, we posed some of your questions directly to he Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) offiials and discussed other related matters with Bendix Communications Division officials and Mr. Alexander Winick. 'R. WINICK'S POSSIBLE COW, FLIC2 OF I:,,ERST fir. Winick retired from FAA on December 31, 1974, and consuimmated an agreement for consulting work with the Mitre Corporation on January 15, 1975. On January z3, 1975, he was appocinted as an advisor to the FAA MLS Executive Committee formed tz consider selection between the Tine Refrrence Scanning Beam and the Doppler systems, and ended his advisory role in February 1975, We cannot be sure that a potential conflict of interest existed due to Mr. Winick's concurrent employment with Mitre and his appointment as advisor to the MLS Executive Committee. Nevertneless, we consder the arrangement to be unusual. We discussed the matter with the former chairman of the committee. He toll as that Mr. Winick's contrioution to the committee was insignificant over the short period that the committee was in existence. According to the cnairman, Mitre had been servinq as a consultant and an advisor to FAA, e role similar to that Of ML. inreks; zhefeftrre, no conflict of interest actuilly occurred. FGAD-79-3 (951465)

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