Millions of Dollars of Costs Incurred in Training Foreign Military Students Have Not Been Recovered
Abstract
Many millions of dollars of costs incurred in training foreign students have not been recovered by the United States due to faulty pricing, billing, and collecting systems. In the Army alone such unrecovered costs totaled about $18.7 million during fiscal year 1975. The Department of Defense took action to improve pricing, but subsequently made major reductions to tuition prices, effective October 1, 1976, despite objections by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. The recovery from foreign governments of the full cost of training is required by law. GAO is therefore recommending that the Department rescind the order to reduce tuition prices and attempt to recover from foreign governments amounts that should have been billed but were not.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 14, 1976
- Accession Number
- AD1174500
Entities
People
- Elmer B. Staats
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office