Start Date
4-1987 8:00 AM
Description
It has been said innumerable times over the past three years that Congress is micromanaging the acquisition process -- from its examination of particular im;,grams to the adoption of detailed legislative provisions regulating the process the Department of Defense uses to acquire its goods and services and the way in which the defense industry fulfills its contJ"acts.. The purpose of this paper is to: (1) analyze the role that Congress has played through adoption of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, the Defense Procurement Reform Act of 1984, the Small Business and Federal Competition Enhancement Act of 1984, and the Defense Procurement Improvement Act of 1985, in terms of the policy Congress desired to effectuate, whether the legislation passed did in fact promote that policy, and problems encountered in implementing the legislation; (2) determine as a result of this analysis what the appropriate role of Congress should be; (3) identify minimum changes to enhance the legislation already adopted; and (4) provide a recommended blueprint for future action.
Improving the Acquisition Process - The Role of Congress
It has been said innumerable times over the past three years that Congress is micromanaging the acquisition process -- from its examination of particular im;,grams to the adoption of detailed legislative provisions regulating the process the Department of Defense uses to acquire its goods and services and the way in which the defense industry fulfills its contJ"acts.. The purpose of this paper is to: (1) analyze the role that Congress has played through adoption of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, the Defense Procurement Reform Act of 1984, the Small Business and Federal Competition Enhancement Act of 1984, and the Defense Procurement Improvement Act of 1985, in terms of the policy Congress desired to effectuate, whether the legislation passed did in fact promote that policy, and problems encountered in implementing the legislation; (2) determine as a result of this analysis what the appropriate role of Congress should be; (3) identify minimum changes to enhance the legislation already adopted; and (4) provide a recommended blueprint for future action.
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