Improvements Needed In Femas Disaster Contract Management

Download or read book Improvements Needed in FEMA's Disaster Contract Management written by Richard L. Skinner and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assesses the the mgmt. of FEMA¿s disaster contracts; safeguards used against fraud, waste, and abuse; commun. and coordination within FEMA and with other fed. agencies and states regarding disaster contracts; and the extent to which contracting polices and procedures were followed. Most of the contracts reviewed had one or more of the following five issues: Goods and services purchased were either not needed or underutilized; Funds were expended on questionable acquisitions; Establishment of pre-positioned contracts for recurring disaster goods was needed; Acquisition decisions were not adequately documented; and Monitoring of contractor performance needs improvement. Illustrations. This is a print on demand report.