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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548
FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
Expected at 9:00 A.M.
Wednesday September 24, 1980
STATEMENT OF
GREGORY J. AHART, DIRECTOR
]]3384HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION
BEFORE THE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS
KON
REVIEW OF FIVE CONTRACTS AWARDED BY
THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 1979
FOR ADP SERVICES AND/OR SOFTWARE
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee, we are pleased
to be here today to discuss our July 1980 report l/ on our review
of five contracts related to the Veterans Administration's (VA's)
procurement of ADP services and/or software in late fiscal year 1979.
As you know, VA entered into a number of contracts and purchase
orders for selected ADP projects using end-of-year funds. My testi-
mony today will relate only to five of the seven contracts that
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recommended VA terminate
and which we agreed to review at your request in June 1980. As
agreed we did not review the two contracts under investigation
by the Department of Justice.
BACKGROUND
During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1979, VA entered
into 35 ADP procurements (including contracts, purchase orders,
and contract modifications) totaling about $19.1 million.
l/Five Contracts Awarded by VA at the End of Fiscal Year
1979 (HRD-80-101, July 31, 1980). /
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