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089450 1 (1969-02-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvlg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D C. 20548 FEB 2 5 198F CIVIL DIVISION Dear Admiral Smith. The General Accounting Office has made a review of selected projects for the construction of shore unit and aviation facilities included in the Coast Guardts Acquisition, Construction, and Improvement (AC&I) Program for fiscal years 1965 through 1968. Our review was directed primarily toward evaluating the effectiveness of the Coast Guard's programs for managing its construction projects and keeping the Congress informed of significant changes in the scope and/or funding of construction projects. We did not examine these projects from the standpoint of whether the need for construc- tion was justified or whether costs incurred under the contracts were reasonable. Our review, performed at Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, D. C., entailed the examination of pertinent Coast Guard policies, procedures, and regulations, and the examination of AC&I project reports, correspondence, contracts, financial plan changes, and work progress reports. Also, we held discussions with responsible officials at Coast Guard Headquarters. Oa the basis of our review, we believe that the Coast Guard is administering its AC&I Program in a reagonably satisfactory manner. Our review showed, however, that there is a need for the Coast Guard to develop a more definitive program for keeping the Congress informed of significant changes in the scope and/or funding of its construction projects. Furthermore, we believe that such a program should provide for full disclosure of facts relating to specific projects which are of interest to members of the Congress and to congressional committees. In this respect we noted that in House Report No. 1165, dated March 11, 1968, the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries pointed out that a considerably greater effort should be made by the Coast Guard to keep the Committee informed of prospective changes in authorized construction projects. The Committee recommended that procedures be established whereby both this committee and the Appropriations Committee be kept informed of such changes, and that in the event that this system proves ineffective, that appropriate changes in the law be made. ~?96 I

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