Procurements by the Non-Acoustic Anti-Submarine Warfare Program Through the Environmental Technologies Laboratory
Abstract
This report is being issued as a follow-on to Inspector General, DoD, Report No. 94-008, "DoD Procurements Through the Tennessee Valley Authority Technology Brokering Program," October 20, 1993, on Economy Act orders placed with the Tennessee Valley Authority. After a hearing by the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Committee on Governmental Affairs, the subcommittee staff requested that we review Economy Act orders placed by the Non-Acoustic Anti-Submarine Warfare Program Office to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Environmental Technologies Laboratory of the Department of Commerce. The Non-Acoustic Anti-Submarine Warfare Program Office, which was in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence), issued Economy Act orders totaling $18.9 million to the Environmental Technologies Laboratory from June through December 1992. In January 1993, the Non-Acoustic Anti-Submarine Warfare Program was renamed the Advanced Sensor Applications Program. Objectives. The primary audit objective was to determine whether the Economy Act orders issued by the Non-Acoustic Anti-Submarine Warfare Program Office to the Environmental Technologies Laboratory were appropriate, justified, and properly approved. We also reviewed the adequacy of management's implementation of the DoD Internal Management Control Program and applicable internal controls. Audit Results. Of the $18.9 million of Economy Act orders that the Non-Acoustic Anti-Submarine Warfare Program Office issued to Environmental Technologies Laboratory from June 30, 1992, through December 9, 1992, $18.6 million was not reviewed and approved by a DoD contracting officer. About $15.1 million of the $18.6 million was for work that should not have been procured through the Environmental Technologies Laboratory.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 14, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA338734
Entities
People
- Garold E. Stephenson
- Ira C. Gebler
- Kimberley A. Caprio
- Paul J. Granetto
- Stephanie F. Mandel
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense