Defense Management: Estimating Impact of Changes to Commissary Access Policy.

Abstract

Conference Report 104-261 directed GAO to review proposals to change the Department of Defense (DOD) policy that limits military reservists' access to commissary stores. Commissaries are stores that sell groceries and household supplies to members of the military, retirees, and their dependents. The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) manages and operates all service commissaries located worldwide and has received an average of about $1 billion in federal government support annually over the past 5 years. DOD has proposed allowing reservists unlimited access to commissaries three times in the recent past. DOD officials view this policy change as a low or no cost way to increase military service benefits. Specifically, this report discusses (1) the evolution of the policy on military reservists' access to the commissaries and proposals to change that policy, (2) the sources of DeCA'S funding, and (3) the information needed to analyze the impact on appropriated funds of granting military reservists unlimited access to the commissary system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 20, 1996
Accession Number
ADA322033

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Budgets
  • Congress
  • Data Processing
  • Demography
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • Field Tests
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • Military Personnel
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Training
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Economics
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.