A-76 Basics
A-76 Related Law and Policy
A-76 Reports
Government Accountability Office (GAO) Reports
A-76 Links

A-76 Basics

• IRS A-76 Primer (PDF 2,774 KB)
• A-76 Acronyms and Glossary (PDF 134 KB)
• IRS Competitive Sourcing: The Top 6 Myths (PDF 157 KB)
• Q&A: Most Efficient Organization (PDF 14 KB)
• Q&A: Performance Work Statement (PDF 13 KB)
• AcqNet: Seven Steps to Performance Based Acquisition
  
• Chief Acquisition Officer Council: What You Always Wanted to Know About the New OMB Circular A-76, but Were Too Confused to Ask (10/2/03)
  
• The White House: The Federal Government is Results-Oriented - A Report to Federal Employees (PDF 368 KB)
  
• Six Myths of Competitive Sourcing (Reason Public Policy Institute)
  

A-76 Related Law and Policy

• OMB Circular A-76 (May 29, 2003)
• Summary of Changes from Old OMB Circular A-76 to Revised OMB Circular A-76 (PDF 395 KB)
• Office of Management and Budget (OMB) The Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act (FAIR) - Inventory Resources, Inventories, and Agency Guidance
• OMB 2003 FAIR Act Inventory User's Guide
  
• OPM Code of Federal Regulations Title 5 Part 351 - Reduction in Force (PDF 12 KB)
• OPM Reduction in Force (RIF) Retreat Right Final Rulemaking
• Davis Bacon Act

A-76 Reports

• Center for the Business of Government: Implementing Alternative Sourcing Strategies: Four Case Studies (October 2004) (PDF 828 KB)
• Center for the Business of Government: Competitive Sourcing: What Happens to Federal Employees (October 2004) (PDF 530 KB)
• OPM Report on Competitive Sourcing Results Fiscal Year 2003 (May 2004) (PDF 368 KB)
• OPM Report on Competitive Sourcing Results Fiscal Year 2004 (January 2005) (PDF 492 KB)
• University of Maryland, School of Public Affairs: Embracing the Borg: The A-76ed Organizations (2002) (PDF 49 KB)

Government Accountability Office (GAO) Reports

• Competitive Sourcing - Greater Emphasis Needed on Increasing Efficiency and Improving Performance (Feb 2004) (PDF 604 KB)
• Conducting Competitive Sourcing in a Reasoned and Responsible Manner (July 2003) (PDF 451 KB)
• Conducting Competitive Sourcing in a Reasoned and Responsible Manner, Supplement (September 2003) (PDF 486 KB)
• Effects of A-76 Studies on Federal Employees’ Employment, Pay and Benefits Vary (March 2001) (PDF 202 KB)
• Competitive Sourcing - Challenges in Expanding A-76 Government-wide (March 2002) (PDF 188 KB)
• More Consistency Needed in Identifying Commercial Activities (August 2000) (PDF 347 KB)
• The Understandability of FAIR Act Inventories was Limited (April 2000) (PDF 180KB)

A-76 Links

• Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
• Share A-76
• Results.gov - Resources for the President's Management Team
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Competitive Sourcing Guidebook
• The Performance Institute
• Reason Public Policy Institute
• Office of Personnel Management

Office of Competitive Sourcing