Consultant Reform Act of 1980: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 7674 ... August 25, 28, 1980U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 - 187 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 36 - When private performance is feasible and no overriding factors require in-house performance, the American people deserve and expect the most economical performance and, therefore, rigorous comparison of contract costs versus in-house costs should be used, when appropriate, to decide how the work will be done.
الصفحة 135 - US 520 1961, pp. 554-55, when it said that federal conflict statutes are: '" * * directed not only at dishonor, but also at conduct that tempts dishonor. This broad proscription embodies a recognition of the fact that an impairment of impartial judgment can occur in even the most well-meaning men when their personal economic interests are affected by the business they transact on behalf of the Government.
الصفحة 53 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES, COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE, Washington, DC The subcommittee met at 9:30 am, pursuant to call, in room 311, Cannon House Office Building, Hon.
الصفحة 177 - A-76, which included the following as the first principle on which the new policies were to be built: . . . (T)he principle that the Government should rely on the private sector for needed goods and services is a valid one. Government's business is not to be in business. The President has reiterated several times his feeling that where private industry can do the job, Government should stay out. However, a series of actions last year, by both Congress and OMB placing a moratorium on "contracting...
الصفحة 180 - to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for adjustments to Federal personnel ceilings based upon the extent that Federal functions are contracted out, to provide that performance in administering personnel ceilings and contract ing-out requirements are taken into account in evaluating the performance of Federal executives and managers, and for other purposes.
الصفحة 158 - In its survey of lll contracts, GAO found that the proliferation of government contracts is closely tied to the rush by agency managers to obligate unused funds before the end of the fiscal year. GAO investigators disclosed that 54 percent of these contracts were awarded in the last 90 days of the l979 Fiscal year. The cost of these contracts totaled more than $l0 million.
الصفحة 2 - ... ethical standards. I respect their efforts and integrity, and I have carefully considered the new obligations that this legislation will place on them. The provisions of the act would strike a careful balance between the rights of these individuals to their privacy and the right of the American people to know that their public officials are free from conflicts of interest.
الصفحة 26 - Committee on Post Office and Civil Service reported out HR 4717, concerning personnel ceilings and contracting out, section 3 of which would require that agencies obligate not more than 20 percent of their funds in the last 2 months of the fiscal year. Generally, we do not favor these types of limitations because they are difficult to administer and because they address a symptom rather than correcting underlying management problems. We wish OMB would manage budget execution voluntarily and aggressively,...
الصفحة 135 - Government. To this extent, therefore, the statute is more concerned with what might have happened in a given situation than with what actually happened. It attempts to prevent honest government agents from succumbing to temptation by making it illegal for them to enter Into relationships which are fraught with temptation.
الصفحة 79 - ADMINISTRATOR, OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee...