Review of General Services Administration's Acquisition of ADP Resources

Highlights

GAO reviewed the plans of the General Services Administration (GSA) to acquire automatic data processing (ADP) resources and further extend the interim sole-source procurement of the Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) INFONET contracts for teleprocessing services. It also reported on its findings on the long-range GSA plan to acquire ADP resources to support its internal data processing requirements and its concerns with GSA plans to remove certain ADP applications from CSC.

Recommendations

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected	Recommendation	Status
General Services Administration	The Administrator, GSA, should without delay (1) act jointly with OPM officials to expand the Federal Data Processing Center at Macon, Georgia, and begin redesign and implementation of the financial system for processing on the equipment at Macon; and (2) initiate action to complete conversion of the Public Building Service system to Macon before March 31, 1983.	Closed Please call 202/512-6100 for additional information.
General Services Administration	The Administrator, GSA, should immediately plan to scale down the financial system and ascertain if processing capability is available elsewhere in the Government to handle this system. If scaling down is feasible, GSA should arrange transfer of the reduced financial system to another Federal computer to assure continuity of critical processing, cancel the plan for the second upgrade of the IBM-compatible equipment at the National Capitol Region, and cease the redesign of the financial system for processing on this equipment.	Closed Please call 202/512-6100 for additional information.
General Services Administration	The Administrator, GSA, should immediately act to terminate the current long range plan to acquire ADP resources to support GSA internal systems and remain at the Macon facility until the long range procurement can be properly conducted in accordance with OMB Circular A-109 and other Federal regulations.	Closed Please call 202/512-6100 for additional information.

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