Military Personnel: DoD Comments on GAOs Report on More DoD Actions Needed to Address Servicemembers Personal Financial Management Issues

Abstract

In response to your request, we issued a report in April 2005 on the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to address personal financial management (PFM) issues encountered by its servicemembers and their families.1 In that report, we made recommendations to the Secretary of Defense to enhance servicemembers' financial conditions and the effectiveness of DOD's PFM programs and training. On March 17, 2005, we provided a draft of that report to DOD for review and comment. DOD did not provide comments in time to incorporate them in the final GAO report that went to printing on April 22, 2005. To present DOD's comments and provide our perspective on them, this report briefly summarizes our April 2005 report's objectives, results, and recommendations, along with DOD's comments and our evaluation of the comments. DOD's comments, which were provided by the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, are included as an enclosure to this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 11, 2005
Accession Number
AD1170012

Entities

People

  • David A. Mayfield
  • Derek B. Stewart
  • Jack E. Edwards
  • Marion A. Gatling
  • Terry L. Richardson

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • Human Systems

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  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Electronic Mail
  • Finance
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Instructions
  • Internet
  • Management Training
  • Military Personnel
  • Test And Evaluation
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  • United States
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