Property Management: DOD Can Increase Savings by Reusing Industrial Plant Equipment
NSIAD-93-8
Published: Nov 06, 1992. Publicly Released: Nov 06, 1992.
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Highlights
GAO reviewed the Defense Industrial Plant Equipment Center's (DIPEC) management and reutilization of industrial plant equipment.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Defense | To avoid unnecessary purchases of new industrial plant equipment and increase DOD savings, the Secretary of Defense should direct the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Production and Logistics to modify applicable DOD practices, directives, instructions, and regulations to require that each service report to DIPEC any idle or excess plant equipment when a divestiture decision is made on a government-owned plant and during negotiations for the sale of a plant. |
Closed – Not Implemented
Issues in this area will be addressed under a new assignment starting in September 1994 for the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. At that time, GAO will determine whether this recommendation is still valid.
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| Department of Defense | To avoid unnecessary purchases of new industrial plant equipment and increase DOD savings, the Secretary of Defense should direct the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Production and Logistics to modify applicable DOD practices, directives, instructions, and regulations to require that each service inform DIPEC of any decision to negotiate the sale of a plant to ensure that DIPEC has the opportunity to assess the condition of plant equipment for reuse elsewhere in DOD, in the event it becomes excess during negotiations. |
Closed – Not Implemented
Issues in this area will be addressed under a new assignment starting in September 1994 for the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. At that time, GAO will determine whether the recommendation is still valid.
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Federal procurement policyGOCOGovernment owned equipmentIndustrial facilitiesMilitary cost controlMilitary facilitiesMilitary procurementProperty disposalSurplus federal propertySalvage