Defense Reorganization: Roles of Joint Military Organizations in Resource Allocations
NSIAD-90-76
Published: Jun 21, 1990. Publicly Released: Jul 23, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the implementation of resource allocation provisions of the Department of Defense (DOD) Reorganization Act.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should update the DOD directive and instruction on the planning, programming, and budgeting system to reflect existing practices. |
Closed – Not Implemented
DOD is in the process of updating the DOD directive. Responsibility for the revision was transferred to the Comptroller, DOD. The Comptroller's first coordination was completed in August 1991. The document is on hold awaiting action by new DOD leadership to be put in place. New DOD leadership is changing DOD structure and its processes which impact directly the "existing conditions" addressed in this report. DOD policy guidance will have to be revised to reflect DOD's new direction, not the conditions of the past evaluation.
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| Joint Chiefs of Staff | The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, should then update his guidance to correspond to the Secretary of Defense's guidance and current practices. |
Closed – Not Implemented
JCS guidance was updated to correspond to current practices and will be further updated once DOD policy guidance is updated. While this statement is valid, it is no longer applicable in the sense of the report--see comment to Part I.
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