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Copyright © 2002, Congressional Information
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3 CIS H 40136
TITLE:
Services Acquisition Reform Act (SARA)
CIS-NO:
2003-H401-36
SOURCE: Committee on Government Reform. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing
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the full text of testimony DATE: Mar. 7, 2002
LENGTH:
iii+266 p.
CONG-SESS: 107-2
ITEM-NO: 1016-A; 1016-B
SUDOC: Y4.G74/7:AC7/17
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-29543-7.
SUMMARY: Committee Serial No. 107-151. Hearing
before the Subcom on Technology and Procurement Policy to consider H.R. 3832
(text, p. 208-266), the
Services Acquisition Reform Act (SARA)
of 2002, to amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act and other acts to
improve the services procurement process for Federal agencies, including
provisions to:
a. Establish a fund for training the
Federal acquisition workforce.
b. Establish a
Government-industry exchange program, under which acquisition professionals from
private sector organizations would be temporarily employed in Federal agencies
and acquisition professionals from Federal agencies would be temporarily
employed in private sector organizations.
c. Require each
Federal agency to appoint a chief acquisition officer.
d.
Increase the spending limit on Government purchase cards, which are special
credit cards issued to Federal employees to make small purchases for their
agencies.
e. Revise requirements regarding
share-in-savings contracts for Federal agencies, under which contractors and
agencies share any savings achieved in the performance of Government contracts.
f. Designate as a commercial item eligible for Government
purchase any product or service sold by a commercial entity.
Supplementary material (p. 156-266) includes correspondence, a submitted
statement, and:
a. Acquisition Reform Working Group, "2002
Legislative Package" executive summary, Mar. 5, 2002 (p. 166-177).
b. Project On Government Oversight, "Pick Pocketing the
Taxpayer: The Insidious Effects of Acquisition Reform" (p. 184-207).
CONTENT-NOTATION: Fed services procurement process
improvement measures estab
BILLS: 107
H.R. 3832 DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON TECHNOLOGY AND PROCUREMENT POLICY. HOUSE;
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND PROCEDURE; BUSINESS ETHICS; CREDIT CARDS; EXCHANGE OF
PERSONS PROGRAMS; FEDERAL ACQUISITION STREAMLINING ACT; FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND
AGENCIES; FEDERAL EMPLOYEES; FEDERAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ACT; FEDERAL PROPERTY
AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ACT; GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS; GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
AND PROCUREMENT; GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY; OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY
ACT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING;
SERVICES ACQUISITION
REFORM ACT
03-H401-36 TESTIMONY NO: 1 Mar.
7, 2002 p. 12-75
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
WOODS, WILLIAM T. (Acting Director, Acquisition and
Sourcing Management, GAO)
STYLES, ANGELA B.
(Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy)
PERRY, STEPHEN A. (Administrator, GSA)
LEE, DEIDRE A. (Director, Defense Procurement, Office of
the Under Secretary, Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, DOD)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Perspectives on H.R. 3832
and related procurement policy issues; concerns and recommendations regarding
various SARA provisions, focusing on provisions on acquisition of commercial
items; review of GSA initiatives to improve Government acquisition process.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Fed services procurement
process improvement measures estab
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; GENERAL
SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY
03-H401-36 TESTIMONY NO: 2 Mar. 7, 2002 p.
76-155
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
KELMAN, STEVEN (former Administrator, Office of Federal
Procurement Policy)
SCHOONER, STEVEN L. (Professor, Law,
George Washington University Law School)
DEVER, SCOTT M.
(Vice President, World Wide Procurement, Hasbro, Inc)
ROBERTS, RICHARD J. (Senior Vice President and Managing
Director, Federal Services, KPMG Consulting, Inc.; representing Information
Technology Association)
STANDSBLACK-CARVER, ROBERTA
(President and CEO, Four Winds Services; representing Contract Services
Association)
HOWE, JERALD S., JR. (Senior Vice President
and General Counsel, Veridian Corp.; representing Professional Services Council)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
General support
for and recommendations regarding various SARA provisions; concerns about
selected H.R. 3832 provisions; perspectives on Government use of purchase cards
and SARA provision to increase the spending limit on small purchases; views on
H.R. 3832 and related issues.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Fed services procurement process improvement measures
estab
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
CONTRACT
SERVICES ASSOCIATION; HASBRO, INC.; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION;
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COUNCIL
LOAD-DATE: June 27, 2003