Defense Management: Processes to Estimate and Track Equipment Reconstitution Costs can be Improved

Abstract

The high pace of military operations in Iraq and elsewhere has generated a multibillion dollar equipment maintenance requirement that must be addressed after units return home. Upon returning from deployments, active, reserve, and National Guard units reconstitute, or restore, their equipment to a condition that enables them to conduct training and prepare for future deployments. The Department of Defense (DOD) uses a two-phased process to develop equipment reconstitution supplemental budget estimates. GAO reviewed this process for the fiscal year 2004 supplemental budget to determine (1) the extent to which the process produced reliable estimates of reconstitution requirements in the fiscal year 2004 supplemental budget, and (2) whether DOD is accurately tracking and reporting reconstitution costs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2005
Accession Number
AD1174671

Entities

People

  • William M. Solis

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Accounting
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Maintenance
  • Budget Estimates
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Cost Estimates
  • Cost Models
  • Department Of Defense
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Howitzers
  • Iraqi-War
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Maintenance Requirements
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Training
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Software Engineering