Sales of Sensitive Military Property to the Public

Abstract

Each year the Department of Defense (DOD) sells millions of dollars worth of excess property to the public through a Web site run by its contractor, Government Liquidation. Before excess property can be sold on this site, it is DOD policy to screen the property to ensure it cannot be reutilized by the department in another location or that its sale would not result in sensitive military property becoming publicly available. DOD assigns demilitarization codes to sensitive military property so that, when the property is no longer in use, it is recognized and disposed of properly. However, on several prior occasionsmost recently at a July 2006 hearingwe reported that management control breakdowns in DODs excess property reutilization program resulted in the sale of sensitive military property to the public through the liquidation Web site,1 including property subject to demilitarization controls (demil-required property) such as F-14 aircraft parts. One country with operational F-14s, Iran, is known to be seeking these parts. If such parts were publicly available, it could jeopardize national security.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 06, 2007
Accession Number
AD1106059

Entities

People

  • Gregory D. Kutz

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Aircrafts
  • Body Armor
  • Commerce
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Military Equipment
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Risk
  • Security
  • United States Government
  • Websites

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.