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Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Information for Supporting Future Key Decisions for Boost and Ascent Phase Elements

APR 2007

40 pages

Authors: Janet A. St. Laurent; Paul L. Francis; Barbara H. Haynes; Gwendolyn R. Jaffe; Brenda M. Waterfield; Todd Dice; Jeffrey R. Hubbard; Nabajyoti Barkakati; Hai V. Tran; Ron La Due Lake; Susan C. Ditto; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC

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The Department of Defense (DoD) has spent about $107 billion since the mid-1980s to develop a capability to destroy incoming ballistic missiles. DoD has set key decision points for deciding whether to further invest in capabilities to destroy missiles during the initial phases after launch. In March 2006, DoD issued a report on these capabilities in response to two mandates. To satisfy a direction from the House Appropriations Committee, GAO ...

Defense Logistics: Better Strategic Planning Can Help Ensure DOD's Successful Implementation of Passive Radio Frequency Identification

SEP 2005

59 pages

Authors: William M. Solis; Renee S. Brown; James A. Driggins; K. N. Harms; Jeffrey R. Hubbard; Shvetal Khanna; Louis V. Modliszewski; Kenneth E. Patton; Charles W. Perdue; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC

The Department of Defense (DOD) has had problems with tracking and identifying inventory for many years, most recently in Operation Iraqi Freedom. One of several tools DOD is using to address these inventory problems is radio frequency identification (RFID). RFID technology consists of passive or active tags that are attached to equipment and supplies that are shipped from one location to another. Although DOD did not begin official implementation of ...