Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Defense Outsourcing : The Omb Circular A-76 Policy Updated April 21, 2005

By Grasso, Valerie Bailey

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Title:	Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Defense Outsourcing : The Omb Circular A-76 Policy Updated April 21, 2005
Author:	Grasso, Valerie Bailey
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Language:	English
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Excerpt
Summary: This report provides information on the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Circular A-76, “Performance of Commercial Activities,” and the impact of a related reform initiative, the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act (FAIR) of 1998, within the Department of Defense (DOD). The Circular defines federal policy for determining whether recurring commercial activities should be transferred to performance by the private sector, or performed by federal government employees. The FAIR Act creates statutory reporting requirements for federal executive agencies, by requiring federal executive agencies to identify activities both “inherently governmental” and those not inherently governmental, and to conduct managed competitions to determine who is best to perform the service. Competitive sourcing, through managed competitions, was a major initiative identified by the first Bush Administration’s Presidential Management Agenda, and one of five government wide initiatives to improve the management and performance of the federal government. It is likely that competitive sourcing will continue to serve as a major initiative in the second Bush Administration.

Table of Contents
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The OMB Circular A-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Views on OMB Circular A-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Congressional Interest in Outsourcing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (FAIR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 The Use of OMB Circular A-76 Within the Federal Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Results of Selected OMB Circular A-76 Cost Comparison Studies . . . . . . . . . . 11 Major New Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Revised DOD Acquisition Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 The President’s Management Agenda, 2001-2004 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Report on Competitive Sourcing Results for FY2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Report on the Delayed Implementation of the Revised OMB Circular A-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 The Army’s Third Wave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 OMB Circular A-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Congressional Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Questions for the 109th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Will DOD Comply with the Reporting Requirements? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Can an Agency Conduct Its Own Inventory? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 How Will Challenges to the Inventory Be Resolved? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Will the Policy Result in Actual Cost Savings? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 What Will Be the Impact on Defense Operations? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Are There Alternatives to OMB Circular A-76? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 List of Tables Table 1. Number of Positions Studied, 1988-1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Table 2. DOD’s FY2000 Budget Submission, Reflecting Positions Currently Under OMB Circular A-76 Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10