Acquisition reform


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Acquisition Reform


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The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (FASA) contained more than 200 sections changing the laws that govern how agencies acquire almost $200 billion of goods and services annually. The act established deadlines for publishing proposed and final implementing regulations, and required regulation drafters to make every effort to ensure that the regulations are concise and understandable. This report determines whether all regulations necessary to implement the act were published in accordance with the act's requirements, and describes the efforts made to make the regulations concise and understandable.










Acquisition Reform


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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.




Assessing the Implementation of Public Law 103-355, the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994


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Excerpt from Assessing the Implementation of Public Law 103-355, the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994: Hearing Before the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, Washington, DC, July 20, 1995 Chairwoman meyers. Since Mr. Skelton has arrived, we can start. Today the Committee on Small Business meets for the first of a series of hearings on the implementation Of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (fasa). This sweeping legislation will have a dramatic effect on the Federal procurement process. The fundamental changes which it mandates will be felt by all participants, Government buyers at all levels, as well as Govem ment contractors of all sizes. But without question, its impact will be felt most by small firms that seek to market goods and services to the Government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Acquisition Reform


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