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Development of a Uniform Reporting System for Employment of
Consultants. September 15, 1977. i5 pp. + 3 enclosures (4 pp.).
Testimony before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs:
Reports, Accounting and Management Subcommittee; by Elmer B.
Staats, Ccmptrcller General.
Issue Area: Federal Records Management (1000).
Contact: Office of the Comptroller General.
Budget Function: General Government: Other General -Jvernment
(806).
Orgairizaticn Concerned: Civil Service Commission; Office of
Management and Budget.
Congressional Relevance: Senate Committee on Governmental
Affairs: Reports, Accounting and Management Subcommittee.
Authority: Administrative Expenses *t of 1946 %5 U.S.C. 55a).
P.L. 92-463. U.S.C. 3109.
Under proper authorization, the services of consultants
may be procured by Federal agencies when to do so is more
economical than hiring permanent workers. Concerns have been
expressed about whether agencies properly and effectively employ
and use consultahts. Most agencies do not maintain reliable data
on use of consultants and this lack of information available to
the public has led to suspicions that consultants improperly
influence decision making. A uniform, practical, effective
information :,ystem and adequate reporting are needed. To
establish such an information system, a standard definition must
be adopted, the ccmponents of the system identified, and a
single authority and operators of the system designated. The
civil Service Commission's definition of a consultant contained
in FPM chapter 304 could be adopted, with some modifications,
for Government-wide use. The computerized Federal Procurement
Data System being devi.loped by the Office of Federal Procurement
Policy to provide information on individual contract for
services in excess of $10,000 is not expected to be operational
until late 1978. (Author/HTW)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadxvk0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)