Defense Inventory:
DOD Needs to Continue Efforts to Improve Its Requirements Determination and Ordering Processes
T-NSIAD-92-16: Published: Mar 11, 1992. Publicly Released: Mar 11, 1992.
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GAO discussed: (1) inventory management issues at the Department of Defense (DOD); and (2) its conclusion that Congress needs to encourage DOD to stop buying items it does not need. GAO noted that: (1) it has identified defense inventory management as 1 of 16 areas of government activities that are highly vulnerable to mismanagement, fraud, and abuse; (2) problems with the requirements determination process include inventory requirements, inadequate consideration of an item's essentiality when inaccuracy in ordering spare parts, failure to cancel unnecessary or excess on-order material, and a lack of effective management controls; (3) wholesale level activities sometimes buy items that retail level activities have in excess stock; and (4) other long-standing inventory management problems include buying spare parts too early, excessive lead times resulting in excessive purchases, and failure to repair unserviceable assets instead of buying new items. GAO believes that: (1) DOD needs to establish goals for reducing the inventory it is storing and maintaining; and (2) Congress needs to maintain close oversight of DOD inventory management improvement efforts.
Dec 4, 2019
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Navy Maintenance:
Persistent and Substantial Ship and Submarine Maintenance Delays Hinder Efforts to Rebuild ReadinessGAO-20-257T: Published: Dec 4, 2019. Publicly Released: Dec 4, 2019.
Dec 3, 2019
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Military Housing Privatization:
Preliminary Observations on DOD's Oversight of the Condition of Privatized Military HousingGAO-20-280T: Published: Dec 3, 2019. Publicly Released: Dec 3, 2019.
Nov 27, 2019
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Water Scarcity:
DOD Has Not Always Followed Leading Practices to Identify At-Risk InstallationsGAO-20-98: Published: Nov 27, 2019. Publicly Released: Nov 27, 2019.
Nov 26, 2019
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Army Corps of Engineers:
Evaluations of Flood Risk Management Projects Could Benefit from Increased TransparencyGAO-20-43: Published: Nov 26, 2019. Publicly Released: Nov 26, 2019.
Nov 25, 2019
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Defense Procurement:
Ongoing DOD Fraud Risk Assessment Efforts Should Include Contractor OwnershipGAO-20-106: Published: Nov 25, 2019. Publicly Released: Nov 25, 2019. -
Naval Shipyards:
Key Actions Remain to Improve Infrastructure to Better Support Navy OperationsGAO-20-64: Published: Nov 25, 2019. Publicly Released: Nov 25, 2019.
Nov 22, 2019
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Defense Acquisitions:
DOD's Use of Other Transactions for Prototype Projects Has IncreasedGAO-20-84: Published: Nov 22, 2019. Publicly Released: Nov 22, 2019.
Nov 18, 2019
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Afghanistan Security Forces Fund:
DOD Has Processes for Identifying Training Needs and Maintaining Visibility over ContractsGAO-20-99: Published: Nov 18, 2019. Publicly Released: Nov 18, 2019. -
Army Marketing:
The Army Has Taken Recent Actions That Could Improve Program Oversight, Effectiveness, and Workforce PracticesGAO-20-93: Published: Nov 18, 2019. Publicly Released: Nov 18, 2019.
Nov 14, 2019
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Navy Readiness:
Actions Needed to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Changes to Surface Warfare Officer TrainingGAO-20-154: Published: Nov 14, 2019. Publicly Released: Nov 14, 2019.
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