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Improved Reporting Needed on the Status of Selected MajoZ civil
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Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Cooptroller General.
Issue Area: Federal Procurement of goods and Services: Notifying
the Congress of Status oi Important Procurement Programs
(1905).
Contact: Procutrement and Systems Acquisition Div.
Budget Function: General Government: Other ceneral. Covernment
(806).
Organization concerned: Department of Transpcrtation* Energy
Research and Development Administration; Bureau of
Reclamation; Federal Aviation &dministration- 1 -?deral
Bighway Administration; Urban Masz Transportatin
Administration; Department of the Army: Corps o EnginEers.
Congressional Relevance: Congress.
Reports prepared OD major civil projects by the Corps
of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, Bonneville Eower
Admini.itation, Federal Aviation Association, Federal Highway
Administration, Urbar Mass Transit Administration, and E~r-:y
Research and Development Administration were itudied to
determine whether reporting data on major projects could be
improved to assist agencies and Congress in decisinaaking.
Findings/Conclusions: All of the agencies reviewed prepare
r( ,orts both foi. internal management and Concressional use. In
most cases, these reports do not include baseline cost,
schedule, and performance data. A report showing baseline data
and current estimates would provide improved visibility over the
status of major projects and alert agency officials and Congress
to the full magnitude of cost increases, schedule delays, and
performance problems. Civil agency officials could easily
develop these data. Recommendations: Congress should be
provided with status reports on selected major projects before
submission of the annual budget. ORB is the logical focal point
for monitoring the selection of programs for reporting. The
Director of ORB shoild issue guidelines to the agencies for
reporting on selected major projects. (RRS)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaacbw0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)