Management Review: Follow-Up on the Management Review of the Defense Logistics Agency
NSIAD-88-107
Published: Mar 28, 1988. Publicly Released: Mar 28, 1988.
Skip to Highlights
Highlights
GAO assessed the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) actions in response to 16 GAO recommendations for improving management controls and effectiveness.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should require the Director, DLA, to identify resources associated with accomplishing mid- and short-range objectives as part of the planning, programming, and budgeting process. |
Closed – Implemented
A new DLA planning, programming, and budgeting system was implemented as of January 1988. An accomplishment report has been prepared.
|
| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should issue guidance that defines which items should be included in mobilization requirements data the services submit to DLA. |
Closed – Implemented
Defense and DLA agree that mobilization planning needs improvement. DLA believes that it has exhausted all reasonable approaches to statistically determining mobilization requirements without success. It concluded that requirements can only be determined through an item-by-item evaluation. The services have indicated that they do not have the resources to make such an evaluation.
|
| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should ensure that DLA regional offices make accurate and complete reports about possible overpayments to contractors. |
Closed – Not Implemented
The actions taken did not correct the problem. However, subsequent GAO and DOD-IG audits have recommended other corrective actions which are now being addressed by DLA.
|
| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should revise the existing Department of Defense (DOD) instruction to require that program offices provide information on the disposition of all DLA recommendations for the use of standard military parts that are not accepted and establish management controls that ensure complete reporting. |
Closed – Implemented
A revised DOD Instruction 4120.19 was issued on July 6, 1989. The new instruction appears to correct the problems addressed by the recommendation.
|
| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should develop a system that will allow DLA to identify the costs of its ADP operations on a system-by-system basis. |
Closed – Implemented
The existing accounting system has been expanded to accommodate the cost tracking requirements of the Logistics System Modernization Program. Job accounting techniques were interfaced with existing accounting systems in early fiscal year 1990. DLA can now identify costs of each of its ADP systems.
|
Full Report
Office of Public Affairs
Topics
Contractor paymentsFederal supply systemsGeneral management reviewsInventory control systemsManagement information systemsMilitary inventoriesMilitary materielPlanning programming budgetingProgram managementLogistics