tive Agencies, but we would like to hear your ideas on the progress made, savings accomplished, pending actions, and the things that need to be done at this time to improve economy and efficiency in this area. The session will be held in Room AE-1 (S. 407) in the Capitol. We are asking the witnesses to confine their formal presentation to 15 or 20 minutes so that substantial time will be available for the question and discussion period. You are invited to file a longer, more comprehensive statement of your testimony or exhibits, if appropriate, for inclusion in the printed record of the hearings. It would aid the Committee and the working press if we could have 100 copies of your opening statement 48 hours in advance of your testimony. Please send them to Mr. Hamilton Gewehr, Joint Economic Committee, New Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Ray Ward, Staff Consultant, Joint Economic Committee, Code 180, X-7940. Sincerely, WILLIAM PROXMIRE, Chairman, Subcommittee on Economy in Government. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, Washington, D.C., June 29, 1970. Hon. WILLIAM PROXMIRE, Chairman, Subcommittee on Economy in Government, Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. DEAR SENATOR PROXMIRE: As suggested in your letter of June 12, 1970, Mr. Joseph F. Cunningham of our staff has been in touch with Mr. Ray Ward, Staff Consultant, who advised that the hearings on July 1 will cover recommendations 6 and 7 of the Subcommittee report of April 1968. Enclosed are 100 copies of my testimony on these matters. Sincerely, Hon. ROBERT L. KUNZIG, DWIGHT A. INK, Assistant Director for Executive Management. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, Administrator, General Services Administration, DEAR MR. KUNZIG: AS Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economy in Government, I am pleased to learn that you will be able to testify before us on Wednesday, July 1, 1970, at 2:00 PM concerning the progress that has been made by GSA in expanding competition in the procurement of peripheral equipment for use with ADPE systems, savings made, and pending action. Your suggestions for further improvements will be most timely. The session will be held in Room AE-1 (S. 407) in the Capitol. The report of April 23, 1968, of the Subcommittee on Economy in Government had specific recommendations as to (a) inventory practices in respect to government-owned automatic data processing equipment, including equipment furnished to contractors and (b) the need for procurement specifications which would afford free and full competition to all qualified potential bidders, including the small manufacturers of peripheral equipment. Information as to space and storage requirements caused by the expanding use of ADPE will also be useful to the Subcommittee. We are asking the witnesses to confine their formal presentation to 15 or 20 minutes so that substantial time will be available for the question and discussion period. You are invited to file a longer, more comprehensive statement of your testimony or exhibits, if appropriate, for inclusion in the printed record of the hearings. 49-580 O 70 11 It would aid the Committee and the working press if we could have 100 copies of your opening statement 48 hours in advance of your testimony. Please send them to Mr. Hamilton Gewehr, Joint Economic Committee, New Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Ray Ward, Staff Consultant, Joint Economic Committee, Code 180, X-7940. Sincerely, WILLIAM PROXMIRE, Chairman, Subcommittee on Economy in Government. JUNE 12, 1970. Hon. MELVIN R. LAIRD, DEAR MR. SECRETARY: AS Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economy in Government, I am pleased to learn that you or your designated representative will be able to testify before us on Wednesday, July 1, 1970, at 3:00 PM, in Room AE-1 (S. 407) in the Capitol. The report of April 23, 1968, of the Subcommittee on Economy in Government had specific recommendations as to (a) inventory practices in respect to government-owned automatic data processing equipment, including equipment furnished to contractors, and (b) the need for procurement specifications which would afford free and full competition to all qualified potential bidders, including the small manufacturers of peripheral equipment. Of particular interest will be a review of procurement made for peripheral equipment by the Automatic Data Processing Equipment Section (ADPESO) since April, 1968, and savings made thereunder. We will want to be assured that the bid specifications afford free and full competition for all qualified suppliers. Information as to the adequacy of inventory practices in respect to contractorheld ADPE will be expected also. We are asking the witnesses to confine their formal presentation to 15 or 20 minutes so that substantial time will be available for the question and discussion period. You are invited to file a longer, more comprehensive statement of your testimony or exhibits, if appropriate, for inclusion in the printed record of the hearings. It would aid the Committee and the working press if we could have 100 copies of your opening statement 48 hours in advance of your testimony. Please send them to Mr. Hamilton Gewehr, Joint Economic Committee, New Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Ray Ward, Staff Consultant, Joint Economic Committee, Code 180, X-7940. Sincerely, Mr. LEWIS R. CAVENEY, WILLIAM PROXMIRE, Chairman, Subcommittee on Economy in Government. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, President, Computer Peripheral Manufacturing Association, DEAR MR. CAVENEY: As Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economy in Government, I am pleased to learn that you will be able to testify before us on Wednesday, July 1, 1970, at 3:30 PM in Room AE-1 (S. 407) in the Capitol. The Subcommittee on Economy in Government issued a report dated April 23, 1968, which, among other things, made some recommendations concerning the procurement of peripheral equipments for Automatic Data Processing systems. We find that considerable action has been taken by the General Accounting Office, Bureau of the Budget, General Services Administration, the Department of Defense, and the Bureau of Standards with regard to these matters. It is timely, therefore, to make a review of progress made, actions pending, and improvements now required to obtain further economy. Your testimony, as President of the Computer Peripheral Manufacturing Association, should give particular regard to the extent of progress made, the participation of small manufacturers in Federal procurements, the presence, or absence, of restrictive conditions in invitations to bid, and suggestions for further improvements in the program. We are asking the witnesses to confine their formal presentation to 15 or 20 minutes so that substantial time will be available for the question and discussion period. You are invited to file a longer, more comprehensive statement of your testimony or exhibits, if appropriate, for inclusion in the printed record of the hearings. It would aid the Committee and the working press if we could have 100 copies of your opening statement 48 hours in advance of your testimony. Please send them to Mr. Hamilton Gewehr, Joint Economic Committee, New Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Ray Ward, Staff Consultant, Joint Economic Committee, Code 180, X-7940. Sincerely, WILLIAM PROXMIRE, Chairman, Subcommittee on Economy in Government. GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Hon. WILLIAM PROXMIRE, DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Secretary has asked me to thank you for your recent letter inviting the Department to have an observer present at the July 1 hearings before your Subcommittee on the subject of inventory records of government owned automatic data processing equipment and the procurement of peripheral equipment for the data processing systems. Mr. Robert Johnson, Department of Commerce ADP Planning Officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, will be pleased to represent the Department at these hearings as an observer. Sincerely, JAMES T. LYNN, Study Of The Acquisition Of Data Processing Systems 3-115369 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL (156) This is our report on the study of the acquisition of peripheral equipment for use with automatic data processing systems. Copies of this report are being sent to the Director, Bureau of the Budget, and to the heads of Federal departments and agencies. Leaves B. Phats Comptroller General of the United States |