Streamlining PPBS to Better Manage National Defense

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21. This paragraph summarizes findings in Tether's, Governmental Procurement and Operations, p. 26. Sources of explanation for this description are: Florida Life Cycle Analysis Manual and the Florida Energy Conservation Manual, both prepared for the Florida Department of General Services (DGS) by PGA Engineers, Inc. of Tampa, Florida (Consultant: Syska and Hennessy, Inc. of New York City), March 1975. Additional information source is telephone interview of Thomas A. Sechler, administrator of the Bureau of Construction, DGS, by Richard Reeve, a research assistant at ELI. 22. actual application of LCC to government building construction is complex. In addition to state laws and administrative procedures describing this process, another source of information on the subject is Energy Conservation Design Guidelines for New Office Buildings prepared by the U.S. General Services Administration, 2nd ed. (Washington, D.C., July 1975). 23. Russell, Energy Efficient Procurement, p. 4. 24. Tether, Governmental Procurement and Operations, p. 14. 25. Attorney General's Opinion to North Carolina Department of Commerce, Energy Division (March 30, 1977). 26. Russell, Energy Efficient Procurement, p. 7. eight states are: Minnesota, Florida, Ohio, Arizona, Kentucky, Hawaii, Tennessee, and New Jersey. 27. Runke, Final Report: Energy Conservation, p. 7. 28. For a summary of the state statutes, see Russell, Energy Efficient Procurement, pp. 7-10. 29. This was the finding of the nationwide survey of energyefficient procurement practices conducted by the Council of State Governments. See Runke, Final Report: Energy Conservation, p. 25. 30. Runke, Final Report: Energy Conservation, p. 12. 31. Ibid., p.. 12. 32. For a discussion of organizational decline and cutback management, see Charles H. Levine, Symposium Editor, Organizational Decline and Cutback Management, Public Administration Review, July/August 1978, pp. 315-357. Also see on the subject of resource scarcity, Jerry McCaffery, Special Issue Editor, The Impact of Resource Scarcity on Urban Public Finance, Public Administration Review, January 1981. 33. Telephone conversation with Mr. Roger A. Lundquist, North Carolina Division of Purchase and Contract, Department of Administration (February 17, 1981). Savings on air conditioners, light utility vehicles, autos, and station wagons were in BTUs and were converted to dollar savings by the author.