Opportunities Exist To Reduce Operating Costs of the Department of Defense Overseas Dependents Schools
HRD-82-86
Published: Aug 26, 1982. Publicly Released: Aug 26, 1982.
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GAO reviewed the opportunities for savings in the teacher substitution and pupil transportation programs in the Department of Defense Dependents' Schools (DODDS) system.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should require the Director, DODDS, to establish and maintain a database on the numbers of: (1) available and qualified local applicants who are dependents of DOD military and U.S. Government civilian personnel; and (2) teacher vacancies filled by local applicants who are dependents of DOD military and U.S. Government civilian personnel overseas. |
Closed – Implemented
A manual database had been established as of October 30, 1988, pending modifications to the existing automated system to accomplish the recommended actions.
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should: (1) ensure that busing cost comparisons and other analyses are performed in all overseas communities where students are bused to DODDS, and that military communities forward the results of the analysis to DODDS regions along with explanations, if the lowest-cost alternative is not selected; (2) instruct the military departments to consider structuring contracts for pupil transportation services to allow competition by smaller companies and using multiyear contracting where it promises to reduce the cost of busing to the U.S. Government; and (3) ensure that military communities providing pupil transportation services submit complete and accurate quarterly cost reports to DODDS as required by the DOD Manual. |
Closed – Implemented
Parts one and three of this recommendation were completed as of December 15, 1986. Cost comparisons and analyses are being performed and DODDS requested quarterly reports. Part two of this recommendation was closed January 1988 without action.
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should require the Director, DODDS, to ensure that regional offices develop an information base and commit the resources necessary to: (1) review cost comparison and other studies and coordinate with the military communities to resolve differences in approach or methodology; and (2) analyze and compare cost data from communities to identify unusually high contract or in-house costs per mile, per bus, or per student. |
Closed – Implemented
This recommendation was closed in January 1988 by requesting another DOD component to review the appropriateness of this recommendation.
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Cost analysisHiring policiesLeaveMilitary dependentsOverseas dependents schoolsStudentsTeachersTransportation costsTransportation policiesSchools