Army:
Status of Recommendations on Officers' Professional Military Education
NSIAD-91-121BR: Published: Mar 21, 1991. Publicly Released: Mar 28, 1991.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Army Command and Staff College's and the Army War College's implementation of recommendations in the Panel on Military Education's April 1989 report aimed at improving Department of Defense professional military education programs.
GAO found that the Army Command and Staff College, an intermediate school: (1) reported that it took action to implement or partially implement 29 out of 31 recommendations; (2) had no plans to implement the remaining two recommendations dealing with performing a feasibility study to establish a faculty exchange program or using the officers' performance report as a measure of overall performance; and (3) was already required by the Army to use training reports when measuring student achievements. GAO also found that the War College, a senior school: (1) reported that it took action to implement or partially implement 29 out of 31 recommendations; (2) like the intermediate school, did not implement the recommendations calling for a feasibility study to establish a faculty exchange program or using the officers' performance report as a measure of overall performance; (3) did not plan to establish a distinguished graduate program to rank each student; and (4) believed that it should judge students against established standards, not each other, since it taught students to cooperate and work to achieve a common objective.
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. -
Defense Intelligence:
Comprehensive Plan Needed to Improve Stakeholder Engagement in the Development of New Military Intelligence SystemGAO-21-57: Published: Nov 19, 2020. Publicly Released: Nov 19, 2020. -
Defense Production Act:
Opportunities Exist to Increase Transparency and Identify Future Actions to Mitigate Medical Supply Chain Issues:GAO-21-108: Published: Nov 19, 2020. Publicly Released: Nov 19, 2020.
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