| DOD Financial Management: Actions Needed to Address Deficiencies in Controls over Army Active Duty Military Payroll |
Dec 2012 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Asif A Khan; Gayle L Fischer; Lauren S Fassler; Donald D Holzinger; Katherine Lenane; Sheila D Miller; Meg Mills; Heather L Rasmussen; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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 | Why GAO Did This Study. In March 2012, GAO reported on challenges that DOD and the Army face in achieving audit readiness with respect to the over $45 billion in reported fiscal year 2010 Army active duty military payroll disbursements. In performing that work, GAO identified indications of possible weaknesses in selected processes, systems, and controls relied on to reasonably assure the validity and accuracy of reported Army active duty ... |
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| Defense Department Cyber Efforts: More Detailed Guidance Needed to Ensure Military Services Develop Appropriate Cyberspace Capabilities |
MAY 2011 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Davi M. D'Agostino; Penney H. Caramia; Neil Feldman; Katherine Forsyth; Bridget Grimes; Joseph Kirschbaum; Katherine Lenane; Gregory Marchand; Bethann Ritter; Michael Silver; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| As with other joint commands, U.S. Cyber Command operates and is structured according to joint DOD doctrine and guidance. DOD's Joint Publication 1 states that a subunified command, such as U.S. Cyber Command, has functions and responsibilities similar to those of the commanders of unified commands, and exercises operational control of assigned commands and forces and, normally, over attached forces within the assigned joint operations area or functional area. Within ... |
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| Military Recruiting: Clarified Reporting Requirements and Increased Transparency Could Strengthen Oversight over Recruiter Irregularities |
Jan 2010 |
62 pages |
| Authors:
Brenda S Farrell; Elizabeth McNally; Natalya Barden; Seth Carlson; K N Harms; Joanne Landesman; Katherine Lenane; Amber Lopez; Steven Putansu; Terry Richardson; Daniel Webb; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| To sustain a viable military force, the Department of Defense (DoD) depends on recruiting several hundred thousand qualified individuals into the military each year. The service components rely on their recruiters to act with the utmost integrity because even a single incident of wrongdoing on the part of a recruiter -- a recruiter irregularity -- can adversely affect the service components' ability to recruit qualified individuals. The most common types ... |
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| Depot Maintenance: Improved Strategic Planning Needed to Ensure That Army and Marine Corps Depots Can Meet Future Maintenance Requirements |
Sep 2009 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
William M Solis; Julia Denman; Tom Gosling; Larry Bridges; John Clary; Joanne Landesman; Latrealle Lee; Katherine Lenane; Christopher Watson; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Army and Marine Corps maintenance depots provide critical support to ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and are heavily involved in efforts to reset the force. The Department of Defense (DoD) has an interest in ensuring that the depots remain operationally effective, efficient, and capable of meeting future maintenance requirements. In 2008, in response to direction by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Army and ... |
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| Defense Infrastructure: DOD Needs to Improve Oversight of Relocatable Facilities and Develop a Strategy for Managing Their Use across the Military Services |
Jun-2009 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Susan Ditto; Leslie Bharadwaja; Charles Perdue; Clara Mejstrik; Laura Talbott; Katherine Lenane; Mary Jo Lacasse; Brian J Lepore; Sharon Reid; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The concurrent implementation of several major Department of Defense (DoD) force structure and infrastructure initiatives has stressed the ability of traditional military construction to provide enough permanent living and working space for service members and other DoD personnel. As a result, the services are using some movable -- or relocatable -- facilities as barracks, administrative offices, medical facilities, dining halls, and equipment maintenance facilities to meet short-term needs. In Senate ... |
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| Military Housing Privatization: DOD Faces New Challenges Due to Significant Growth at Some Installations and Recent Turmoil in the Financial Markets |
May-2009 |
54 pages |
| Authors:
Brian J Lepore; Mathew Scire; Charles Perdue; Katherine Lenane; Laurie Ellington; George Duncan; Susan Ditto; Steven Banovac; Shawn Arbogast; Laura Talbott; Steven Westley; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| In response to challenges the Department of Defense (DoD) was facing to repair, renovate, and construct military family housing, Congress enacted the Military Housing Privatization Initiative in 1996. The initiative enables DoD to leverage private sector resources to construct or renovate family housing. As of March 2009, DoD had awarded 94 projects and attracted over $22 billion in private financing. DoD plans to privatize 98 percent of its domestic family ... |
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| Improvement Continues in DOD's Reporting on Sustainable Ranges, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Its Range Assessments and Comprehensive Plan |
15-Dec-2008 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Brian Lepore; Harold Reich; Jason Jackson; Joanne Landesman; Katherine Lenane; Jacqueline McColl; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| DOD continues to make progress in addressing most of the elements of section 366. This year s report describes the progress DOD has made in implementing its range sustainment plan, as required by section 366. Further, DOD s 2008 sustainable ranges report has made progress in addressing the elements of section 366 required for DOD s original fiscal year 2004 report, but the report does not fully address three of ... |
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| Operation Iraqi Freedom: Actions Needed to Enhance DOD Planning for Reposturing of U.S. Forces from Iraq |
01-Sep-2008 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
William M Solis; Christopher Turner; Tristan T To; John J Marzullo; Gregory Marchand; Katherine Lenane; John Lee; Guy A Lofaro; David A Schmitt; Cheryl Weissman; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| While the pace and overall extent of reposturing in Iraq has yet to be determined, various defense commands began planning for reposturing in fall 2007, and in May 2008 DOD began coordinating these individual planning efforts to develop a logistical framework based on three key assumptions. According to DOD officials, initial planning efforts were uncoordinated because the three organizations undertaking them the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the Army Materiel Command(AMC), ... |
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| Military Operations: DOD Needs to Address Contract Oversight and Quality Assurance Issues for Contracts Used to Support Contingency Operations |
01-Sep-2008 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
William M Solis; Connie W Jr; Sawyer; Susan Mason; Katherine Lenane; Ronald Lake; Larry La Due Junek; Renee Brown; Sarah Baker; Carole Coffey; Karen Thornton; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Department of Defense (DOD) uses contractors to meet many of its logistical and operational support needs. With the global war on terrorism, there has been a significant increase in deployment of contractor personnel to areas such as Iraq and Afghanistan. In its fiscal year 2007 report, the House Appropriations Committee directed GAO to examine the link between the growth in DOD's operation and maintenance costs and DOD's increased reliance ... |
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| DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE: Services' Use of Land Use Planning Authorities |
Jul 2008 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Brian J Lepore; Harold Reich; William Bates; Scott Behen; Leslie Bharadwaja; Joanne Landesman; Katherine Lenane; Richard Meeks; Charles Perdue; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Although many land use planning authorities currently exist that permit the Secretary of Defense, the secretaries of the military departments, or both to make more efficient use of real property under their control, such as authorities to outlease or convey certain real property, our analysis of service data showed that the most frequently used of these authorities is Section 2667 of Title 10, leasing of nonexcess property of military departments. ... |
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| Defense Logistics: The Army Needs to Implement an Effective Management and Oversight Plan for the Equipment Maintenance Contract in Kuwait |
22 JAN 2008 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
William M. Solis; Carole Coffey; Sarah Baker; Renee Brown; Janine Cantin; Ronald La Due Lake; Katherine Lenane; Jr Sawyer Connie W.; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Department of Defense (DOD) relies on contractors to perform many of the functions needed to support troops in deployed locations. For example, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait the Army uses contractors to provide logistics support for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Contractors at Camp Arifjan refurbish and repair a variety of military vehicles such as the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, armored personnel carriers and the High-Mobility, Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). However, ... |
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| Improvement Continues in DOD's Reporting on Sustainable Ranges, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Its Range Assessments and Comprehensive Plan |
11 OCT 2007 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Brian Lepore; Mark Little; Leslie Bharadwaja; Larry Bridges; Joanne Landesman; Katherine Lenane; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| In the midst of the global war on terrorism and recent operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Department of Defense (DOD) is working to make U.S. forces more agile and expeditionary. This transformation involves a shift from a Cold War era defense posture to a military that can surge quickly to trouble spots around the globe. In order to accomplish this transformation, it is vital for U.S. forces to train ... |
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