Department of Defense: Status of Financial Management Weaknesses and Progress Toward Reform

Abstract

As seen again in Iraq, the excellence of our military forces is unparalleled. This same level of excellence is not yet evident in the Department of Defense's (DOD) financial management and other business areas, impeding DOD's ability to provide complete, reliable, and timely information to the Congress, DOD managers, and other decision makers. Congress asked GAO to testify on the status of DOD's financial management and business process reform efforts. Specifically, GAO was asked to provide an overview of the long-standing financial management weaknesses facing DOD and a summary of the underlying causes of DOD's financial management challenges. In addition, GAO's testimony focused on (1) key actions necessary to correct DOD's financial management problems and (2) the progress DOD is making toward business process reform.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 25, 2003
Accession Number
AD1154095

Entities

People

  • Gregory Kutz

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Executives
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Investments
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Money
  • Motivation
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Security Personnel
  • Standards
  • Websites

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.