Military Sealift Command: Weak Controls and Management of Contractor-Operated Ships.

Abstract

Two cases involving the Military Sealift Command's (MSC) contractor-operated ships illustrate the dangers of poor management controls and the resulting too-heavy reliance on contractors' integrity. One case involved fraudulent overtime practices by the crew members of a ship management company, and the second case involved the severe deterioration and improper crewing of MSC's sealift tankers. As a result of GAO's 1994 report on the sealift tankers, the Ranking Minority Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management and the District of Columbia, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, asked GAO to examine MSC's contractor-operated ship programs. Specifically, GAO determined whether MSC has adequate management controls (1) to oversee contractors and prevent contract abuses and (2) to ensure contractual requirements are being met.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 12, 1995
Accession Number
ADA306872

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Classified Materials
  • Coast Guard
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • District Of Columbia
  • Engineering
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Security
  • Security Personnel
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Economics
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control