Improvements Still Needed in Recouping Administrative Costs of Foreign Military Sales

Abstract

Defense is still unable to determine whether the surcharge on sales to foreign customers is sufficient to recover, as required by law, the full costs of administering the foreign military sales program, Budget estimates necessary to obtain reimbursement for certain costs incurred during fiscal 1981 were understated because military services (1) were directed to exclude certain costs from their budget submissions and (2) made inaccurate or incomplete estimates of other costs. GAO is recommending actions necessary to ensure that Defense recovers full administrative costs of foreign military sales from the governments making the purchases.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 02, 1982
Accession Number
AD1167474

Entities

People

  • Milton J. Socolar

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Administrative Personnel
  • Air Force
  • Budget Estimates
  • Budgets
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Contract Administration
  • Department Of Defense
  • Export Controls
  • Financial Management
  • Foreign Military Sales
  • Governments
  • Indirect Costs
  • Law
  • Logistics
  • Military Equipment
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.