A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In the last 8 years, the Department of Homeland Securitys (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate has used its special acquisition authority to enter into 58 other transaction agreements. Use of the authority has declined since 2005. DHS officials said the decline is due to uncertainty about the agencys continuing authority to enter into these agreements, among other things."
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A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In the last 8 years, the Department of Homeland Securitys (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate has used its special acquisition authority to enter into 58 other transaction agreements. Use of the authority has declined since 2005. DHS officials said the decline is due to uncertainty about the agencys continuing authority to enter into these agreements, among other things."
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United States. Government Accountability Office.Department of Homeland Security: Further Action Needed to Improve Management of Special Acquisition Authority,
report,
May 8, 2012;
Washington D.C..
(digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc303193/:
accessed February 21, 2019),
University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library, digital.library.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.