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June 20, 2013 By AMK

GAO: DoD fails to fully account for contractors performing inherently governmental functions

The Government Accountability Office says a haphazard Defense Department review of nearly $200  billion of annual contracted services makes it impossible to determine whether  corrective actions were taken in cases where contractors were doing work  government employees should be performing.

To correct the problem, the GAO recommended in its report (.pdf) that the defense secretary direct the  leaders of all military components to include all the required elements in their  letters and certify the methodology and results of their contracted services  inventory review. GAO said those letters also should include how the components  resolved instances in which contractors were performing work that should have  been done by DoD employees.

The Defense Department concurred with the findings but disagreed the  defense secretary needed to be involved. The Pentagon also disagreed that  components should still report how they resolved cases in which contractors  performed governmental or unauthorized personal services, saying they would  rather focus on current and future reviews.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.fiercegovernment.com/story/gao-dod-fails-fully-account-contractors-performing-inherently-governmental/2013-05-27?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: Air Force, DARPA, DLA, DoD, GAO, inherently governmental, inherently governmental functions

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