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B-114868 1 (1973-12-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobablbq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ES I WOR -.ot b .a,,,,,. ov,VW spow i 0 LER 0 Accounting Office except on the basis of tpeiff1e ap bLLh the Ofic* of LegAatve Laisoi a rteor$ of w hk| * ii .... QL2X&R GENERAL'-Iu~T~.TT5>~ WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-114868 63 [ ELEASED 617 The Honorable Joseph M. Montoya 6 1973 United States Senate Dear Senator Montoya: As you requested on December 27, 1972, we have reviewed Bureau ofjIndian Affairs (BIA) contracts for automatic data processing (ADP) management serv- ices and fespecially contracts awarded to the Colorado River Indian Tribes (the Tbes) for development of a management. irformation system at the Colorado River Indian Reservation. We reviewed: --The nature of such contracts and contract services provided by the Tribes. --The benefits derived by BIA and the Tribes from the management informa- tion system. --The applicability of the system developed for the Colorado River Indian Reservation to other reservations. --The possibility of BIA's implementing a similar system at other reser- vations. --The efficiency and economy of the services provided by the Tribes com- pared to those which BIA's in-house staff would have provided. --The identification and evaluation of other BIA contracts for computer services similar to the contracts awarded to the Tribes. We made our review at BIA headquarters, Washington, D.C.; the Division of ADP Operations (formerly the Indian Affairs Data Center), Albuquerque; the BIA Area Office, Phoenix; and the BIA Agency Office and the Colorado River Indian tribal headquarters, Parker, Arizona. We reviewed BIA, tribal, and contractor records pertaining to a grant, a purchase order, and contracts for ADP manage- ment services, and we interviewed BIA, tribal, and contractor officials and other interested parties. BIA had awarded the grant, purchase order, and con- tracts to the Tribes in accordance with BIA's Indian involvement program which encourages Indian tribes to manage their own affairs. We also obtained infor- mation from BIA about other contracts for computer services similar to the con- tracts awarded to the Tribes. The Tribes consists of members of 4 tribes--Mohave, Chemehueyi, Navajo, and Hopi--which are on the Colorado River Indian Reservation and which have a mem- bership of about 2,100. Of.the 2,100 tribal members, about 1,600 reside on or

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