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DOD Assessments of Supplier-Base Availability for Future Defense Needs

GAO-10-317R Published: Jan 27, 2010. Publicly Released: Feb 26, 2010.
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The Department of Defense (DOD) relies on thousands of suppliers to ensure it has the weapons and supporting equipment needed to meet U.S. national security objectives. Congress has provided DOD with a variety of authorities to allow it to maintain information on its suppliers and to take actions to ensure that its suppliers can deliver needed items. In October 2008, we reported on our assessment of DOD's efforts to monitor the health of its supplier base and identify and address gaps and recommended that DOD develop a departmentwide framework and consistent approach, which DOD has begun to implement. In light of increased globalization in the defense industry and consolidation of the defense supplier base into a few prime contractors, Congress requested that we review DOD's efforts to assess supplier-base availability for future defense needs.

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Defense capabilitiesDefense industryDefense procurementDepartment of Defense contractorsInternal controlsMilitary forcesMilitary procurementMilitary research and developmentMonitoringNeeds assessmentPrime contractorsStrategic planningWeaponsSecurity operations