Industrial Funds: Proposal to Change Funding at Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory

Abstract

In September 1988, we testified and reported on DODS conversion proposal and a matter concerning the Navys acquisition of a Standard Automated Financial System. In December 1988, we also reported on (1) DODS rationale and justification for the conversion, (2) employment and operational impacts, and (3) additional costs and savings involved in converting the Naval Avionics Center and the Naval Air Engineering Center. We found no overriding advantage to converting to another funding method; therefore, we recommended that the Navy continue industrially funding the activities unless the need for a change could be clearly demonstrated. Our review of the proposed funding conversion at NCEL further supports our previously reported observations. At NCEL we found no evidence that DODS proposal to convert from industrial funding to an alternative funding method is advantageous. In September 1988, we testified and reported on DODS conversion proposal and a matter concerning the Navys acquisition of a Standard Automated Financial System. In December 1988, we also reported on (1) DODS rationale and justification for the conversion, (2) employment and operational impacts, and (3) additional costs and savings involved in converting the Naval Avionics Center and the Naval Air Engineering Center. We found no overriding advantage to converting to another funding method; therefore, we recommended that the Navy continue industrially funding the activities unless the need for a change could be clearly demonstrated. Our review of the proposed funding conversion at NCEL further supports our previously reported observations. At NCEL we found no evidence that DODS proposal to convert from industrial funding to an alternative funding method is advantageous.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1988
Accession Number
AD1105600

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Avionics
  • Business Administration
  • Civil Engineering
  • Conversion
  • Costs
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Finance
  • Financial Management
  • House Of Representatives
  • Indirect Costs
  • Information Systems
  • Management Information Systems
  • Materials
  • Money
  • National Security
  • New Jersey
  • Procurement
  • Standards
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting