Acquisition Workforce: Dot Lacks Data, Oversight, and Strategic Focus Needed to Address Significant Workforce Challenges: Report to Congressional Committees.

By U.S. Government Accountability Office

"Why GAO Did This StudyWith $5.6 billion in procurement spending in fiscal year 2011, DOT relies on its acquisition workforce-including contracting and program management staff-to negotiate and administer contracts and manage large-scale acquisition programs. Having sufficient numbers of adequately trained acquisition professionals is critical to ensuring maximum value and benefit to the department.In a fiscal year 2012 Senate appropriations bill report, GAO was directed to assess (1) DOT's efforts to identify acquisition workforce needs, and (2) the Office of the Secretary of Transportation's role in providing oversight and support for acquisition workforce planning and management. GAO reviewed DOT's acquisition workforce plans for 2010, 2011, and 2012 along with supporting documentation, and interviewed agency officials on how the data were collected and used. The primary focus was on five OAs that accounted for 92 percent of DOT procurement spending in fiscal year 2011.What GAO RecommendsGAO recommends that the Secretary of Transportation take steps to improve DOT's ability to address workforce needs, such as improving internal controls for acquisition workforce data and providing guidance to ensure that the OAs collect and report workforce data consistently. DOT acknowledged past data and coordination challenges and generally concurred with our"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1974239500
• ISBN13: 9781974239504
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 42 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"