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GAO-03-832R 1 (2003-07-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaamgi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 July 10, 2003 The Honorable Christopher S. Bond Chairman, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Subject: National Science Foundation: Status of the Business Analysis Plan Contract Dear Mr. Chairman: In June 2002, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 3-year, $14.8 million contract for a business analysis plan to support three key management areas at the foundation: its business processes, human capital, and information technology. The contract is to be completed by September 30, 2005, and is to result in seven deliverables, including a project plan to guide the contractor's work. You asked us to obtain information on (1) the status of contract funds budgeted to the key management areas and contract deliverables, and overall plans for the contract; (2) the extent to which the contract will address management issues previously reported by audit and oversight bodies; and (3) NSF's management of the contract and plans for integrating any recommendations made by the contractor. We provided your staff with a formal briefing on our findings on May 14, 2003. A copy of our briefing is enclosed.' In summary, we found the following: As of May 31, 2003, NSF had spent about $1.9 million on the contract, with business processes and human capital management accounting for about 75 percent of the expenditures and information technology accounting for the remainder. Expenditure data by individual contract deliverable were unavailable because NSF did not estimate and is not tracking the costs of deliverables due from the contractor. NSF's current schedule for the contract reflects delays for early deliverables, including the first deliverable, the project plan. The contractor delivered a draft project plan to NSF on June 30, 2003, and NSF is working with the contractor to finalize it by July 15, 2003, over a year later than originally planned. Agency officials attributed delays of 'We have updated our briefing slides to reflect current expenditure data and a revised estimated project plan completion date discussed in this report. GAO-03-832R NSF Business Analysis Plan Contract

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