GAO-03-150 DOD Has Implemented Section 845 Recommendations but Reporting Can Be Enhanced (Oct 2002)
GAO-03-150 DOD Has Implemented Section 845 Recommendations but Reporting Can Be Enhanced (Oct 2002)
Summary
GAO-03-150 (October 2002), a GAO report to the Senate Armed Services Committee on DoD's implementation of prior recommendations concerning Section 845 'other transactions' for prototype projects. It finds DoD revised its Section 845 OT Guide (December 2000) to specify when the agreements may be used and how to tailor terms, and adopted the number of participating nontraditional defense contractors as a performance metric, but concludes reporting to Congress lacks sufficient information on NDC participation and on benefits from completed projects. It also recounts the incremental statutory expansion of OT authority and FY2001 award data.