Defense Continues to Subsidize Sales of Secondary Items to Foreign Governments Because of Poor Pricing Policies

Abstract

This report supplement contains GAO's analysis and response to the comments of the Department of Defense subsequent to the GAO report issued to the Congress on October 5, 1981. GAO is responding to the comments at the request of the Chairman, House Committee on Government Operations, who was concerned about Defense's negative characterization of the report and its contention that GAO used unvalidated data to support its conclusions. GAO has evaluated the Defense allegations and concludes that the report is accurate and the recommendations appropriate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 06, 1982
Accession Number
AD1154041

Entities

People

  • Charles Arthur Bowsher

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diesel Engines
  • Export Controls
  • Exports
  • Foreign Military Sales
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Indirect Costs
  • Inventory
  • Inventory Control
  • Procurement
  • Small Business
  • Statistical Samples
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Theoretical Analysis.