GAO found that the: (1) contractor's cost and pricing data generally complied with the act; (2) contract price was overstated by $6.1 million; (3) Army did not correctly use the contractor's specific purchase order and vendor option data; (4) Army did not use the final materiel update that the contractor submitted; and (5) Army did not require the contractor to maintain verifiable records to subs

GAO found that: (1) although the program is sound and contains many of the basic elements necessary for an effective manpower system, there are weaknesses in operational procedures, standards controls, and recording procedures; (2) the Air Force strategy to defer updating standards could result in misleading manpower requirements and adversely affect managerial decisions regarding manpower resour

GAO found that the Air Force's use of an unpriced contract modification without timely price negotiation to obtain certain items of support equipment for the F-16 aircraft resulted in excessive prices for many of the items. The excessive prices occurred primarily because: (1) the requirements determination process did not ensure that only needed items were authorized and that the authorized items

GAO found that DOD has experienced longstanding problems in achieving greater competition through the breakout program. GAO believes that the new breakout regulation must be properly implemented with the necessary commitment and resources to ensure increased competition. In addition, GAO believes that DOD should reassess its definition of the "actual manufacturer" of the part.

GAO found that the services do not always follow appropriate procedures in the operation of their scientific advisory committees. Although the services have procedures for reviewing committee members' financial disclosure statements, these procedures do not provide for documenting determinations regarding potential conflicts of interest. GAO found that 32 panel members were employed by or had fin

GAO found that the Navy's review process is generally working well and that it is adequately identifying, recommending solutions for, and following up on logistics problems. However, GAO made several suggestions for improving the process, including: (1) improvement of timeliness of program offices' status reports on the actions they have taken to address problems identified by the logistics revie