DOD Controls Over Resources Used to Account for Missing U.S. Personnel
Abstract
We are providing this report for your information and use. This evaluation responds to two congressional requests to investigate allegations of DoD negligence in accounting for resources used to achieve full accounting for U.S. Service personnel identified as prisoners of war or missing in action (POW/MIA) as a result of the Vietnam war. Senator Barbara Boxer sent a letter to the Inspector General, DoD, on April 29, 1996, requesting an investigation of allegations of DoD negligence that were based on an article in the San Jose Mercury News, April 28, 1996. On May 28, 1996, the Inspector General, DoD, also received a letter from Senator Robert Smith, Congressman Benjamin Gilman, and Congressman Robert Dornan. That letter requested an audit of the alleged misuse of U.S. funds; the basis for previously negotiated rates paid to Vietnamese and Laotian officials for research and joint field activities (JFAs); * and the total costs of U.S. services, supplies, and assistance provided to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Lao Peoples Democratic Republic. (Hereafter, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam will be referred to as Vietnam and the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic will be referred to as Laos.)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 19, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA369573
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense