82 FR 122 - Federal Management Regulations; Transportation Prepayment Audit Requirements

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 1 (January 3, 2017)

GSA has issued a guidance for agencies and wholly-owned Government corporations, which provides a deadline to comply with recent regulatory changes that prohibit agencies from using prepayment auditors that have any affiliation with, or financial interest, in the transportation company (providing the transportation services) for which a prepayment audit is being conducted.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 122]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31786]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice-MA-2016-08; Docket No. 2016-0002; Sequence No. 31]


Federal Management Regulations; Transportation Prepayment Audit 
Requirements

AGENCY: Office of Government-wide Policy, General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Notice of a bulletin.

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SUMMARY: GSA has issued a guidance for agencies and wholly-owned 
Government corporations, which provides a deadline to comply with 
recent regulatory changes that prohibit agencies from using prepayment 
auditors that have any affiliation with, or financial interest, in the 
transportation company (providing the transportation services) for 
which a prepayment audit is being conducted.

DATES: Effective: January 3, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ron Siegel, Program Analyst, 
Office of Government-wide Policy (MAF), Office of Asset and 
Transportation Management, General Services Administration at 202-357-
9540, or via email at [email protected]. Please cite FMR Bulletin D-
03.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FMR Bulletin D-03 provides guidance to all 
agencies (including the Department of Defense) and wholly-owned 
Government corporations as defined in 31 United States Code (U.S.C.) 
101, et seq. and 31 U.S.C. 9101(3). This bulletin provides agencies 
notice of a governmentwide policy revision for mandatory transportation 
prepayment audit plans, and provides a deadline for compliance with 
regulatory changes provided in FMR 102-118, Transportation Payment and 
Audit. FMR Bulletin D-03 and all other FMR bulletins are located at 
http://www.gsa.gov/fmrbulletins.

Kevin Kampschroer,
Associate Administrator (Acting), Office of Government-wide Policy, 
General Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-31786 Filed 12-30-16; 8:45 am]
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