Military Readiness: New Reporting System is Intended to Address Long Standing Problems, but Better Planning is Needed

Abstract

The Department of Defenses (DOD) readiness assessment system was designed to assess the ability of units and joint forces to fight and meet the demands of the national security strategy. In 1998, GAO concluded that the readiness reports provided to Congress were vague and ineffective as oversight tools. Since that time, Congress added reporting requirements to enhance its oversight of military readiness. Therefore, the Chairman asked GAO to examine (1) the progress DOD made in resolving issues raised in the 1998 GAO report on both the unit-level readiness reporting system and the lack of specificity in DOD's Quarterly Readiness Reports to the Congress, (2) the extent to which DOD has complied with legislative reporting requirements enacted since 1997, and (3) DOD's plans to improve readiness reporting.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2003
Accession Number
AD1154481

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People

  • Neal P. Curtin

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • Cannibalization
  • Congress
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Defense Planning
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Electronic Mail
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Infrastructure
  • Law
  • Logistics Management
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Test And Evaluation
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  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.