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B-199499 1 (1981-07-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkdu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: , .. .3 PV COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED SrATES WASHINGTON D.C. 2M48 B-199499 JUL 22 1981 The Honorable William V. Roth Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Your letter of April 7, 1981, requested our views on S. 719, 97th Ccngress, 1st Session, the proposed Consultant Reform and Disclosure Act of 1981. This bill would, among other things --amend section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to Clatify the authority for appointment and compensation of experts and consultants and --provide statutory guidelines concerning the award of contracts for the procurement of consulting services, management and professional services, and special studies and analyses. The General Accounting Office's (GAO) concern about the Government's use of consulting services is evidenced by over 30 audit reports we have issued on this subject during the last 20 years. These reports identified the need for almost every major Federal agency to better manage these services. Although we continue to believe that the proper use of consuliing services is a legitimate and economical way to conduct Go ernment opera- tions, we see little evidence that agencies are acting adminis- tratively to correct abuses. Our recent report, Government Earns Low Marks on Proper Use of Consultants, FPCD-80-48, June 5, 1080, concluded that many of the same problems that existed as far back as 1961 exist todav. Normally, we do not support legislative remedies for problems that could be resolved administratively. However, since executive branch agencies, with few exceptions, have not acted administratively, we believe congressional action is necessary. Accordingly, we can support S. 719 if certain sucested changes are made. As you know, we did not support the previous version of this bill introduced in the 96th Congress, S. 23B0, partly be- cause of our concern that it could unduly constrain agencies' ability to obtain valuable consulting expertise from the private sector. :However, the current bill, S. 719, has incorporated

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