DEFENSE HEADQUARTERS: Further Efforts to Examine Resource Needs and Improve Data Could Provide Additional Opportunities for Cost Savings

Abstract

The Department of Defense's (DOD) headquarters and support organizations have grown since 2001, including increases in spending, staff, and numbers of senior executives and the proliferation of management layers. In 2010, the Secretary of Defense directed DOD to undertake a department wide initiative to reduce excess overhead costs. In response to a mandate, GAO evaluated the extent to which DOD (1) examined its headquarters resources for efficiencies and (2) has complete and reliable headquarters information available for use in making efficiency decisions. For this review, GAO analyzed documents and interviewed officials regarding DOD's headquarters resources and information.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 21, 2012
Accession Number
AD1154179

Entities

People

  • John Pendleton

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Inventory
  • Manpower
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States European Command
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.