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B-133229 1 (1978-01-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtgk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L 4: 0 1sCz OF GENERqALCOUNSEL L UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 IN REPLY R-!33229 RELIER TOS _ JAN 1 9 1978 mr. E. Richard Rhodes Director Office of Administration 1he Renegotiation Board uear Mr. Phodess This is in response to your letters of N1ovember 30, 1977, to Messrs. Nagel and Xuhta of the Procurement and Systems Acouisition Division concerning whether there are any liimita- tions on the Renegotiation Ioard contracting with a person to give professional advice and guidance to the Chairman's office when required and to comply with requests for statemaents, or to issue press releases or other information when appro- priate. A memorandum from the Chairman of the Rernejotiation aoard, concerning the need to obtain the services of such an experienced person, states in part: Since the new Board and President Carter have endorsed the provisions of the Renegotiation Reform Bills presently before the Senate and House of Represen- tatives, dissemination of educational material is essential and is in the interest of equitably recovering exces- sive profits of defense and other related contractors. Of ecual importance, such a qualified person would substantially relieve the Chairman's office of this activity which has become inordinately time-consuming due to lack of experience and background in this area. Since you have informed us that advice on this matter has also been requested from the Civil Service Commission, this letter will not address the propriety of obtaining the desired services on a contract basis rather than through regular employment. In the absence of an exact description of the services to be performed and a more explicit staterment of the 4oard'z purpose in obtaining an individual to perform such services, 17 '4

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