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GGD-81-55 1 (1981-04-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbyb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 GENMAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION B-202816 APRIL 17,1981 RELEASED The Honorable Max Baucus RELEASEDI I United States Senate 11j1 Il1 ill Dear Senator Baucus: 115261 Subject: ELse of Consultants By the Department of Justic9(GGD-81-55) In accordance with your April 29, 1980, request we reviewed the Department of Justice's use of consultants. Our review in- cluded the extent to which the Department used consultants, pur- poses for which consultants were used, possible conflicts of in- terest, and the procurement practices employed to award such contracts. Overall, the Department used outside consultants sparingly, with the exception of two of its agencies. These agencies were the former Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) and Justice's litigative divisions. 1/ The Department spent $18.2 million in fiscal year 1980 for consulting services, which rep- resented less than 1 percent of its total 1980 budget. Of the total spent for consulting services in fiscal year 1980, LEAA and the litigative divisions spent 91 and 8 percent, respectively. LEAA consulting contracts were awarded primarily to administer programs and provide technical assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies. The litigative divisions' consulting serv- ice contracts were generally for studies and testimony at Federal trials on behalf of the Government. Both agencies generally based their justifications for using consultants on the lack of in-house expertise. We believe that the procurement practices used in awarding consulting service contracts did not always insure that the costs were being minimized. This was especially true of the litigative divisions and LEAA. The'litigative divisions awarded a majority of their contracts without competition. Although LEAA awarded its 1/Litigative Divisions include the Civil Division, Criminal Division, Antitrust Division, Tax Division, U.S. Attorneys, and various other divisions and components. (181700)

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