Procurement: Selected Acquisition Report: Suggested Approaches for Improvement

Abstract

Since 1969, Selected Acquisition Reports (SARS) have been the primary means by which the Department of Defense (DOD) reports the status of major weapon system acquisitions to the Congress. The SAR is a comprehensive report that contains information on the cost, schedule, and performance of major weapon systems in comparison with baseline values established at the demonstration/validation, full-scale development, and production decision points. For some time, the Congress and its oversight committees have been concerned about the accuracy, timeliness, completeness, and usefulness of SAR information. One important concern relates to whether SARS could be more informative about anticipated changes to approved programs. The SARS are largely historical documents based on the officially approved program. Thus, they do not reflect anticipated, but not yet officially approved cost estimate changes, or show quantity changes under consideration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1986
Accession Number
AD1177346

Entities

People

  • Frank C. Conahan

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Congress
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Executives
  • Financial Management
  • Government Furnished Equipment
  • Governments
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • United States
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis