OTC Reports and Evaluations

View OT-related reports and evaluations, primarily those conducted by the Government Accountability Office and the Office of Inspector General.

Reports and Evaluations

DHS OIG Report- DHS OT Use - Nov 2017
A report of whether the Department of Homeland Security's use of OT authority met statutory requirements for issuing and overseeing OTs.

DHS OIG Report- OTs and Consortia - May 2019
A report on the extent the Department of Homeland Security has controls for issuing and managing OT agreements involving consortium activities.

DoD OIG Report- DoD OTs and Consortia - Apr 2021
A report of whether the Department of Defense planned and awarded OTs awarded through consortiums in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

DoD OIG Report- DoD Production and EP OTs - May 2022
A report to inform Department of Defense leadership of the lack of policies and procedures for tracking OT agreements for follow-on production and for tracking and awarding OTs as Procurements for Experimental Purposes.

DoD OIG Report- DoD OTs and NDCs - Sep 2022
A report on whether the Department of Defense awarded OTs for prototypes in accordance with applicable Federal laws and department policies.

GAO Report- COVID-19 Contracting - Jul 2021
A report examining how the DoD, HHS, and DHS (the only agencies that reported using OTs in response to COVID-19 in the federal procurement database) used such OT agreements, including awards to consortia, and oversight of such use.

GAO Report- DHS Use of Acquisition Authority - Dec 2004
A report on whether Department of Homeland Security developed policies and established a workforce to manage OTs effectively and evaluated how effectively DHS used its OT authority to attract nontraditional government contractors.

GAO Report- DoD OTs and Consortia - Sep 2022
A report examining the extent to which the Department of Defense used consortia-based OTs from FYs 2019 thru 2022 and shared consortia-based OT information with contracting personnel.

GAO Report- Federal Use of OTs - Jan 2016
A reports that outlines which agencies are authorized to use OT agreements and the extent to which agencies have guidance to implement the authority, why agencies used OT agreements and for what types of activities, and the extend to which agencies used OT agreement for FYs 2010 through 2014.

HHS OIG Report- NHLBI OT Compliance - Apr 2021
A report that determined whether NHLBI complied with applicable Federal requirements for awarding and administering OTs.

HHS OIG Report NIH OT Oversight Gaps - Nov 2025
A report on how NIH justified the use of OTs in accordance with statutory and policy requirements and managed risks for projects involving OTs.

NASA OIG Report- Reimbursable Agreements - May 2018
A report of NASA's management of reimbursable agreements, which includes Space Act Agreements (NASA's equivalent of Other Transactions). 

NASA OIG Report - Use of Space Act Agreements - Jun 2014
A  report examining NASA's management and use of Space Act Agreements (NASA's equivalent of Other Transactions).

NSF OIG Report - Summary of OT Findings - Mar 2023
A report informing the National Science Foundation of potential risks inherent to OTs as it develops its own OT policies and procedures.