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HRD-81-97 1 (1981-05-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabcdw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RELEASED May 14, 1981 115808 The Honorable John M. Ashbrook Ranking Minority Member Committee on Education and Labor House of Representatives Dear Mr. Ashbrook: LAlaska Comm rcial Company's Activities Regarding Competition ther After Acquisition by Community Services Administration Grantee (HRD-81-97) Pursuant to your December 16, 1980, request, we developed information regarding allegations that an Alaskan business venture, CEDC Sales, Inc., doing business under the name Alaska Commer- cial Company (ACC), had obtained a significant competitive edge and unfairly challenged privately financed grocery businesses by receiving Federal funding provided through a Community Services Administration (CSA) grantee. The grantee--Community Enterprise Development Corporation of Alaska (CEDC)--is a rural development corporation formed in 1968 and funded by CSA under title VII of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended. The information we developed was provided in an April 28, 1981, briefing to Committee staff. We understand that this in- formation will be used in ongoing deliberations on H.R. 3045, a bill to amend the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) to reauthorize, among other things, title VII of the act relating to community economic development. We obtained information on the specific topics mentioned in your December 16 letter primarily through discussions with offi- cials from CSA's Office of Economic Development in Washington, D.C.; the CSA grantee, CEDC, in Anchorage, Alaska; and the ACC headquarters office in Kent, Washington. Available documentation was obtained at these locations. (013972) .. - I / ii HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION B-203155 Subject: I _ - , ' 11120?