Homeland Security: Further Action Needed to Promote Successful Use of Special DHS Acquisition Authority

[摘要] A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Homeland Security Act of 2002 authorized the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a pilot program for the use of acquisition agreements known as "other transactions." Because they are exempt from many of the requirements that apply to government contracts, other transactions can be useful in acquiring cutting-edge technologies from entities that traditionally have declined to do business with the government. The act requires GAO to report to Congress on the use of other transactions by DHS. To fulfill this obligation, GAO (1) determined if DHS has developed policies and established a workforce to manage other transactions effectively and (2) evaluated how effectively DHS has used its other transactions authority to attract nontraditional government contractors."

[发布日期] 2004-12-15 [发布机构] United States. Government Accountability Office.

[关键词] Government accountability -- United States.;homeland security;homeland security;letter report