Improper Use of Industrial Funds by Defense Extended the Life of Appropriations Which Otherwise Would Have Expired
AFMD-84-34
Published: Jun 05, 1984. Publicly Released: Jun 05, 1984.
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Highlights
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined whether the life of Department of Defense (DOD) appropriations was being extended through improper use of working capital funds.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should have the Secretaries of the military services emphasize to industrial fund and customer activities the requirements in DOD and service regulations that project orders are to be placed by customers with industrial funds for only those items for which there is a bona fide need at the time of the order. |
Closed – Implemented
DOD has implemented this recommendation.
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should have the Secretaries of the military services emphasize to industrial fund and customer activities the requirements in DOD and service regulations that work on orders accepted by industrial funds is to be started within a reasonable amount of time. |
Closed – Implemented
DOD has implemented this recommendation.
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should have the Secretaries of the military services emphasize to industrial fund and customer activities the requirements in DOD and service regulations that funds related to O&M funded Economy Act orders which are not used by an industrial fund by the end of the fiscal year are to be promptly deobligated. |
Closed – Implemented
DOD has implemented this recommendation.
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should have the Secretaries of the military services emphasize to industrial fund and customer activities the requirements in DOD and service regulations that customer order amendments are to be financed with expired appropriations only when there is no increase in the scope of work to be done. |
Closed – Implemented
DOD has implemented this recommendation.
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should, in order to facilitate industrial fund and customer activities satisfying these requirements, have the Secretaries of the military services ensure that officials emphasize to industrial fund activities and their customers, which obligate funds based on estimated requirements, to deobligate those funds to the extent that estimated requirements do not materialize by fiscal year-end. |
Closed – Implemented
DOD has implemented this recommendation.
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should, in order to facilitate industrial fund and customer activities satisfying these requirements, have the Secretaries of the military services ensure that, when a military service deems it to be appropriate, specific timeframes are developed DOD-wide or by type of industrial fund activity for satisfying the requirement that work be started within a reasonable amount of time. |
Closed – Implemented
DOD has implemented this recommendation.
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should, in order to facilitate industrial fund and customer activities satisfying these requirements, have the Secretaries of the military services ensure that additional guidance is provided to prohibit industrial fund activities from using subsidiary orders to extend the life of appropriations which would otherwise expire. |
Closed – Implemented
DOD has implemented this recommendation.
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should have the Secretary of the Navy require that Navy industrial fund and customer activities comply with existing regulations which specifically prohibit: (1) combining dissimilar jobs on project orders to meet the requirements that at least 20 percent of requested work be accomplished in-house by the industrial fund; and (2) work which will be done entirely on outside contract from being requested on project orders. |
Closed – Implemented
DOD and the Navy implemented this recommendation in September 1985.
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Appropriated fundsCongressional oversightDefense appropriationsFunds managementIndustrial fundsInternal controlsRegulationMilitary forcesPublic worksWorking capital fund