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B-193861 1 (1979-08-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjku0001 and id is 1 raw text is: F . s.1 0- COIPTOLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED TATrS V,',S-14I 'TOP. IJ) C. Ziti B-193861 2 4 AUG 1979 The !Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Committee on Government Ope rations House of Representatives Dear Mr, Chairman; On July 20, 1979, the Director, wrote to you in response to our June (FH.;!-SD-79-30 vb-193861), as required :zation Act of 1970, Ile feel you may i.nents to his letter, AD? LIBRAW( >-,.. 7GMSD - POTICY GROUP Federal Judicial Center 21, 19P, interim report !y the Legislative Reorgan- be interested in our corn- In December 1978, we initiated a survey to review alle- gations we had received to the effect that the Federal Judicial Center (FJC) was acquiring automatic data processing (ADP) equipment without complying with the X rooks Act (Public Law 89-306) and General Services Administratton (GSA) Federal Pro- cure1ent Regulations and competitive procureTcnt statutes. The Center officials mnaintained that the FJC was exempt from the provisions of the Brooks Act, as well as irnplementir.g GSA regulations, relating to the procurement of computer equtp- ment or related software services because (1) the provisions in the legislation that created the Center show the Conaress intent that the Center be exempt from legislation otherwise requiring central cont;rol over the procurement of ADP resources, and (2) the need for the Center's independence from GSA in- volveneat in ADP resources procurement is provlded by the legislation in thepperdy Trial Act of 1974, which marshals the resources of the entire Federal judiciary to resolve the prob- lems of criminal case delay. We review%'ed Ehe legislative histories of the Center the Speedy Trial Act zand could find no support for uosition. As a restuIt, we issued (1) Comptroller Decision of March 27, 1979,AB-193861) which held Federal 3tdicial Center must comply with the Brook General Services Administration implementinj regul ADP equipment and services procurements, and (2) a report (referred to above) to provide the Gcenter w tunity to consider cother observstions in making fu decisions, since o,: w,'ork on the Cent.er's A ;- orDP is continuing. and the Center's General that the x, Act and the ations in t-ll n Interim ith the oppor- ':ure ADP a t ion. C/I4 o~t/t.g1 /4~L .9 /37 ,#) ii 1/;'; Ir. ll tr - 1 ere IL S.

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