What Are the Principal Deficiencies Involved in the Management of Government Furnished Property and How Might These Deficiencies Be Corrected.

摘要

This thesis assesses the principal deficiencies in the management of Government furnished property (GFP). The Department of Defense (DOD) policy of providing Government property to contractors has been under constant Congressional review. The thesis presents a brief history, benefits, and some of the many Government Accounting Office and DOD agency audit reviews concerning GFP. Data were collected from the six Defense Contract Administration Services Plant Representative Offices (DCASPROs) in the Los Angeles region. The data collected indicated that there are nine principal deficiencies in the management of GFP. They are: maintaining trained staff personnel, contractors' inaccurate record keeping, inadequate dispositioning of GFP, lack of GFP warranty procedures, lack of contract preaward and postaward involvement of Property Administrators, personnel shortage, GS grade level parity, insufficient upper-management support from contractor, and inadequate GFP storage. The study concluded that the single most important requirement for success in a Government property management system is a strong and honest working relationship with open communication between the Government's and contractor's Property Administrators. Theses. (rrh)