Nonappropriated Funds: Opportunities to Improve DoD's Concessions Committee.
Abstract
In its June 16,1997, report on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995, the Committee on National Security, House of Representatives, expressed concern that certain nonappropriated fund activities at the Pentagon reservation were being operated without adequate congressional oversight and coordination. The focus of the Committee's concern was the Department of Defense (DOD) Concessions Committee, which, through its concessionaires, generated sales of approximately $30 million in fiscal year 1997. The report directed us to perform a comprehensive review of the Concessions Committee's operations. This report responds to that direction and addresses the Concessions Committee's (1) financial operations; (2) oversight and management; and (3) contributions to morale, welfare, and recreation (MWR) funds. The Concessions Committee succeeded the Pentagon Post Restaurant Council, which was established in 1942 by the Secretary of the War Department. The Council managed the cafeterias and allied operations, including a drugstore, newsstand, and shoe shine and repair shop. The Committee was created and operates pursuant to the Secretary of Defense's statutory authority under 10 U.S.C. 133 and is responsible for providing for the administration, operation, and control of services deemed essential to the health, welfare, and morale of employees and for the convenience of the government. The Committee is a nonappropriated fund instrumentality serving civilian and military employees in the Pentagon and the Navy Annex.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 30, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA349617
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office