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IMTEC-84-23 1 (1984-08-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnly0001 and id is 1 raw text is: f_ P'1 61 ) U Lir n 3 dOMPTRtOL&CR QVQ4RAL. 9!FTHE UNiT E STATES WASHINTON o.C. 2051 RELEASED B-213963 AUGUST 27, ;74 The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Committee on WR O Government Operations House of Representatives 125124 Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Additional Information on the Social Security Administration's Management of Data Communications Contracts with Paradyne Corporation (IMTEC-84-23) In your August 8, 1984, letter (encl. II), you asked us to provide additional information to supplement our August 2, 1984, testimony before your Committee on our report, Social Security Administration's Data Communications Contracts With Paradyne Cor- poration Demonstrate the Need for Improved Management Controls (GAO/IMTEC-84-15). Specifically, you asked us to --identify and compare the equipment Paradyne represented to the Social Security Administration (SSA) in its proposal, demonstrated prior to award, provided for acceptance testing, and later delivered for installation; --assess the performance of Paradyne's systems from the time of installation to the present, as well as the impact on SSA's ability to effectively perform its mission; --assess the accuracy and completeness of the MITRE Corporation's report on Paradyne's performance under the contract; and --determine whether SSA officials or employees were aware that prototype systems using another manufacturer's equipment and an encryption device containinq nothing more than blinking lights, were demonstrated by Paradyne prior to contract award. In addition, members of your Committee staff asked us to determine whether Paradyne's alleged cash-flow problems were a factor in SSA's decision to purchase Paradyne terminals in fiscal year 1982. Enclosure I contains our findings and objectives, scope, and methodology. (510032)