Defense Transportation: DOD and GSA Personal Property Programs
Abstract
Following the March l and 1999, hearing before your Subcommittee on the Department of Defenses (DOD) personal property program, you asked us to provide information on the General Services Administration (GSA) and DOD personal property programs. This letter and the enclosure provide the information we gathered on the agencies current programs. It should be noted, however, that both agencies are currently in the process of reengineering their personal properly programs. We noted differences in the scope and management between the DOD and GSA personal property programs. GSA is responsible for moving between 12,000 and 15,000 government employees a year, whereas DOD handles approximately 775,000 service member moves annually. GSA deals with far fewer household goods carriers (about 330) compared with DOD (1,300 carriers). Each government agency has the option of selecting one or more carriers from a list of approved GSA carriers, while DOD makes an effort to equally distribute service member moves among its approved carriers. Another important difference is that DOD allows a second phase in the process, in which carriers are permitted to change previously offered rates to match those of the carriers offering the lowest rates. We discussed the programs with officials responsible for managing the personal property programs at each agency and obtained information from a variety of available sources. We provided a draft of the enclosure to officials from DOD and GSA for their review and comments. The officials generally agreed with the information discussed in the enclosure. We conducted our review in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 15, 1999
- Accession Number
- AD1171754
Entities
People
- David R. Warren
- Jacqueline E. Snead
- John R. Beauchamp
- Nomi R. Taslitt
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office