Defense Health Care:
Military Physicians' Views on Military Medicine
HRD-90-1: Published: Mar 22, 1990. Publicly Released: Mar 22, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the results of its survey of 1,500 active-duty physicians to assess the: (1) likelihood that they would leave the military; and (2) factors that influenced their decisions to leave the service.
GAO found that: (1) almost half of the surveyed physicians indicated at least a 70-percent probability that they would leave the military after they completed their service obligations, and two-thirds expressed a 50-percent probability of leaving; (2) physicians reported dissatisfaction with such aspects of military medicine as low compensation, inadequate numbers of administration and health support personnel, inadequate hospital equipment, inability to provide continuous care to patients, excessive quality assurance tasks, and lack of opportunities to attend professional meetings and training; (3) physicians' intentions to leave were most influenced by the amount of time they spent on non-physician tasks, the gap between military and civilian physician compensation, and the lack of opportunity to practice in their primary specialties; (4) physicians who had completed their initial service obligations were influenced to leave by the number of unwanted transfers; and (5) further analysis of the data suggested that the military could most effectively reduce the probability of physicians leaving military service by increasing compensation, decreasing the time they spent on non-physician tasks, or both.
Jan 21, 2021
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Close Air Support:
Actions Needed to Enhance Friendly Force Tracking Capabilities and Fully Evaluate TrainingGAO-21-99: Published: Jan 21, 2021. Publicly Released: Jan 21, 2021.
Jan 19, 2021
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GPS Modernization:
DOD Continuing to Develop New Jam-Resistant Capability, But Widespread Use Remains Years AwayGAO-21-145: Published: Jan 19, 2021. Publicly Released: Jan 19, 2021.
Jan 14, 2021
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Columbia Class Submarine:
Delivery Hinges on Timely and Quality Materials from an Atrophied Supplier BaseGAO-21-257: Published: Jan 14, 2021. Publicly Released: Jan 14, 2021. -
Department of Defense:
Actions Needed to Improve Accounting of Intradepartmental TransactionsGAO-21-84: Published: Jan 14, 2021. Publicly Released: Jan 14, 2021.
Jan 12, 2021
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DOD Critical Technologies:
Plans for Communicating, Assessing, and Overseeing Protection Efforts Should Be CompletedGAO-21-158: Published: Jan 12, 2021. Publicly Released: Jan 12, 2021.
Dec 10, 2020
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Climate Resilience:
DOD Coordinates with Communities, but Needs to Assess the Performance of Related Grant ProgramsGAO-21-46: Published: Dec 10, 2020. Publicly Released: Dec 10, 2020. -
Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations:
DOD Needs to Address Governance and Oversight Issues to Help Ensure SuperiorityGAO-21-64: Published: Dec 10, 2020. Publicly Released: Dec 10, 2020.
Dec 2, 2020
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Navy and Marine Corps:
Services Continue Efforts to Rebuild Readiness, but Recovery Will Take Years and Sustained Management AttentionGAO-21-225T: Published: Dec 2, 2020. Publicly Released: Dec 2, 2020.
Nov 20, 2020
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GAO Audits Involving DOD:
Status of Efforts to Schedule and Hold Timely Entrance ConferencesGAO-21-185R: Published: Nov 20, 2020. Publicly Released: Nov 20, 2020.
Nov 19, 2020
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Defense Acquisitions:
Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture Would Benefit from Defined Goals and GovernanceGAO-21-68: Published: Nov 19, 2020. Publicly Released: Nov 19, 2020.
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