Foreign Military Sales: DOD Needs to Improve Its Use of Performance Information to Manage the Program
Abstract
U.S. national security benefits from the timely provision of military equipment and services that enable foreign partners and allies to build or enhance their security capability. State has overall responsibility for the FMS program, while DOD administers the program through DSCA and implementing agencies in the military departments. Since 2009, DSCA has taken steps to improve the timeliness of the FMS process, but concerns remain that the delivery of FMS equipment is not timely, leaving foreign partners waiting for items needed to achieve security objectives. House and Senate committees requested that GAO assess the FMS process. This report assesses (1) the extent to which DOD has met FMS timeliness goals, (2) FMS workload and workforce trends, and (3) actions DOD has taken to address recommendations to improve the FMS process made by GAO and others. GAO analyzed performance data for FMS from 2012 to 2016; workforce and workload data from the military departments; reviewed relevant DOD regulations and policies for FMS; and interviewed DOD officials.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 22, 2017
- Accession Number
- AD1163979
Entities
People
- Claude Adrien
- Hynek Kalkus
- Jeff Phillips
- Jessica Mausner
- Josh M. Iii Pena
- Lynn Cothern
- Thomas Melito
- Wesley Collins
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office