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NSIAD-85-30 1 (1984-12-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnoj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE ;jq WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 NATIONAL SECUAITY AND DECEMBER 13. 1984 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION B-208826 1111 IU U II II The Honorable Caspar W. Weinberger The Secretary of Defense 125941 Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Accurate and Complete Subcontract Data Needed To Assess International Agreements on Defense Procurement (GAO/NSIAD-85-30) We are reporting to you on improvements needed in the Defense Department's subcontract-level reporting system.1 This report is an outgrowth of work we did in response to a June 1984 request from the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Defense, Senate Committee on Appropriations. We made available for his use briefing papers on (1) Defense's collection of information on its foreign-source procurements at the prime and subcontract levels, (2) the buy-national provisions affecting Defense procurement and waivers to those provisions, and (3) the current state of knowl- edge regarding the costs and benefits of these buy-national pro- visions. We also made these papers available to members of the International Acquisitions staff of the Office of the Under Sec- retary of Defense for Research and Engineering. We believe that improvements are needed in both the design and operation of the subcontract reporting system. The Interna- tional Acquisitions staff needs personnel resources to properly operate the system. Moreover, Defense could improve the system's operation by (1) establishing a method for assessing compliance, lWe previously issued two reports on Defense efforts to collect subcontract data. Our May 5, 1982 report, Agreements On Inter-NATO Defense Trade (ID-82-30), concluded that Defense efforts to collect this information would be appropriate and concurred with the agency's request for funding to establish and maintain the system. Our January 21, 1983 report, Defense Department Subcontract-Level Reporting System (GAO/ID-83-30), reported that the system was not yet operational and expressed reservations about its design. (483403)

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