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Transportation Security Administration: High-Level Attention Needed to Strengthen Acquisition Function.

Publication: General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony
Publication Date: 01-AUG-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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GAO-04-544 May 28, 2004

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), within the Department of Homeland Security, was established to secure the nation's transportation systems, beginning with commercial airports. To meet its mission, TSA has awarded over $8.5 billion in contracts its...

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...since creation in 2001. Spending on contracts accounted for 48 percent of TSA's fiscal year 2003 budget. Because of TSA's reliance on contracts to carry out its mission, its acquisition infrastructure-- including oversight, policies and processes, acquisition workforce,...

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