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B-151204-O.M. 1 (1971-12-09)

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UNITED STATES G,_ ERNMENT                GENERA., ACCOUNTING-OFFICE

Alemorandum                                    .ber 1, 1971


TO        The Comptroller General



FROM      Director, FGMS Division - D. L. Scantlebury -



SUBJECT: Request for legal instructions on proposed
          regulation governing the Automatic-Data
          Proc ;ssing (ADP) Re-olving Fund


     There is itttached a copy of a memorandua addressed to Richard W.
Maycock, Deputy Director of this Division, br Dwright A. Ink, Assistant
Director, Office of Management aid-Budget (OAB), with an appended set
of guidelines concerning the above subject. These papers outline,
among other things, certain proposed changes in the methods heretofore
applied in accordance with the provisions of H. R. 89-306 in estab-
lishing the rates to be charged agencies to .ecover approximate costs
of equipment aid in securing the net proceed3 of disposals of excess
property.

     The matte T's included in the memorandum.n and, to some extent, those
in the guidelines, were discussed at length .rith representatives of the
Office of Manarement and Budget (01,M). Mr. rohn Mbore of the Office of
the General Coinsel and representatives of o ir site audit staff at the
General Servicas Administration (GSA) participated in the discussion
which revolved largely around the question o' legality of at least two
of the propose . actions.

     The first basic proposal is to permit G meral Services Administra-
tion (GSA) to stablish a current fair marko.- residual value for equip-
ment turned in by an original using agency a,t.er the agency has paid
the ADP fund t e full cost of the equipment, and to.set the rental rate
to a second usLng agency on the basis of sucA fair value plus an allow-
ance for adin.strative and other costs. Th*.s, we believe, is sound
from the stand)oint of accounting and manage lent principles as applied
to the ADP funl and to both the original and secondary using agencies.
That treatment of fully paid for turned-in eiuipment wguld seem to be
authorized by the second clause of subsectioi 111(d) of P. L. 89-306
regarding dete.-mination by the Administrator of the value of supplies
and equipment 3ransferred to the Administrat-r. If the equipment is

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