OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY AND PROPOSED HEARINGS ON PROCUREMENT BY A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78M02660R000800020053-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 29, 2005
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: July 6, 1976
• Content Type: MEMO

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6 July 1976
SUBJECT: Office of Federal Procurement Policy and Proposed Hearings
on Procurement by a Subcommittee of the Senate Committee
on Government Operations
1. Senator Chiles' Subcommittee on Federal Spending Practices,
Efficiency, and Open Government of the Senate Committee on Government
Operations is scheduled to hold hearings in early August or mid-September
on the performance of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP).
In addition to consideration of the overall performance of OFPP--which is
in OMB--the Subcommittee apparently will focus on how individual Federal
agencies have complied with implementing OMB Circular A-109 related to
.acquisitions of 'Major Systems." Additionally, Senator Chiles is interested
in delving into the dollar savings generated by procurement reform in the
Executive branch. The Senator apparently also has requested that GAO provide
OMB whatever assistance is required.
2. As a result of Senator Chiles''letter to OMB of 4 June 1976, the
OFPP notified head of our Procurement Management Staff
(PMS), that OVFP will want o- review the Agency's progress in implementing
OMB Circular A-109.
3. PMS was charged initially with responsibility for coordinating
the Agency's position on the relevant recommendations of the Commission
on Government Procurement (1969-73) which resulted in the issuance of
OMB Circular A-109. According to the attached memo of 11 June 1976 from
the Director of Logistics to the Comptroller, FMS has recommended that
the Office of the Comptroller take responsibility for this whole matter,
since, according to PMS, the OMB Circular on acquisition of major systems
covers a wide range of agency activities in addition to procurement,
including requirements, budgeting, setting of objectives, contracting, and
program management.
a. In subsection b on page 3 of the attached 11 June 1976
memo, reference is made to the requirement that beginning in
FY 1979, the Agency must "separately identify research and
development funding for" technological support for "overall
missions," development efforts to fulfill each mission, and
"full-scale development." Presumably, though it is not clear
from reading this paragraph, this requirement derives from OMB
Circular A-109.
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4. Recommendation: OLC should be in contact with DDA and the
Comptroller to termine what sorts of information and requirements
are involved here. Also, regarding our relations with OMB and,
indirectly or directly, with Senator Chiles' Subcommittee, we should
get a handle on what (SIB will require and make clear to 0MB our position
on what sorts of information can or should be released to the Subcommittee.
If it appears that the Subcommittee, or 0MB leans toward having the Agency
submit certain detailed information to the Subcommittee, we might want to
marshal our efforts in opposition to such a move and perhaps be in touch
with the Select Committee.
a. An OLC staffer should have action on this if you want
me to handle it, I should work with since he has STAT
certain expertise and knowledge of DEM.-
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