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Military Readiness: Congress Needs Better Tools for Effective Oversight

T-NSIAD-98-124 Published: Mar 18, 1998. Publicly Released: Mar 18, 1998.
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GAO discussed the Department of Defense's (DOD) process for assessing and reporting on military readiness, focusing on: (1) what corrective action DOD has taken to improve its readiness assessment system; (2) whether military readiness reports provided quarterly to Congress effectively support congressional oversight; and (3) whether further improvements are needed to DOD's process.

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Combat readinessDefense capabilitiesDefense contingency planningEvaluation methodsManagement information systemsMilitary forcesMilitary trainingPerformance appraisalReporting requirementsTraining utilization