Applicability of OMB Circular A-76 to Personnel Reductions in the Department of Health and Human Services
HRD-85-30
Published: Feb 22, 1985. Publicly Released: Feb 22, 1985.
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In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) plan to reduce its staff in the Office of the Secretary. It was alleged that HHS did not perform cost-comparison studies to justify the change from in-house to contract work, as required by Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, and that HHS employees, whose positions were being abolished, were performing services that could have been procured from private contractors.
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