Foreign Military Sales: DOD Needs to Take Additional Actions to Prevent Unauthorized Shipments of Spare Parts

Abstract

Under Department of Defense (DOD) policy, the export of classified and controlled spare parts must be managed to prevent their release to foreign countries that may use them against U.S. interests. GAO has issued a series of reports on the foreign military sales program in which weaknesses in the military services' internal controls were identified. This report highlights (1) a systemic problem that GAO identified in the internal controls of the military services' requisition-processing systems and (2) a potential best practice that GAO identified in one service that provides an additional safeguard over foreign military sales of classified and controlled parts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 09, 2004
Accession Number
AD1157757

Entities

People

  • William M. Solis

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Air Force
  • Best Practices
  • Congress
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Foreign Military Sales
  • Governments
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • Management Information Systems
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Spare Parts
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.