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IMTEC-85-12 1 (1985-06-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnsl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: flCOMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20546 B-213963 June 17, 1985 The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Committee on Government Operations 127416 House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: GAO's Assessment of Affidavits Concerning HHS' Proposed Debarment of the Paradyne Corporation (GAO/IMTEC-85-12) Your letter of June 7, 1985, as amplified in conversations with members of your staff, requested our comments on certain affidavits and related material, which you provided us, regarding the Social Security Administration's (SSA's) contracts with the Paradyne Corporation. Specifically, you asked us to assess whether 1) these affidavits, submitted by Paradyne in response to the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS') proposal to debar Paradyne, refute the basis of HHS' debarment recommendation, and 2) Paradyne's actions in securing its data communications contract with SSA were consistent with common industry practice. To respond to your concerns we reviewed the information which you supplied in light of the two reports which we issued on this subject in 1984, our related testimony before your Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, and supporting information. Because of the need for a prompt response, we are not providing a detailed point-by-point consideration of every assertion made in the affidavits. However, since our prior two reports and testimony addressed the same general issues, we have been able to conclude that the affidavits (1) do not refute the basis of HHS' proposal for debarment and (2) do not support Paradyne's argument that its actions in obtaining this contract were consistent with customary practices in the computer industry. In hearings you held on September 13, 1984, we acknowledged that GAO believed that sufficient evidence existed for the government to initiate suspension and debarment proceedings against Paradyne. We based this opinion on information collected during our review, which indicated that in its August 1980 proposal, submitted in response to SSA's Request for Proposals (RFP), (990516)

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