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Debt Collection: Army Efforts To Collect Debts From Former Service Members

AFMD-86-21BR Published: Dec 13, 1985. Publicly Released: Dec 13, 1985.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) the Army's efforts and practices in collecting out-of-service debts; (2) the manner in which the Army incurs debt; (3) procedures for referring debts to the Justice Department; and (4) the Army's criteria for writing off such debts.

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