FOREIGN MILITARY SALES: Efforts to Improve Administration Hampered by Insufficient Information

Abstract

In response to your concerns, we assessed the Foreign Military Sales program to determine the changes needed to improve the viability of the program. Specifically, we evaluated (1) whether the Foreign Military Sales program has achieved full recovery of its administrative costs, (2) the Defense Security Cooperation Agency's basis for making administrative account adjustments, and (3) the effectiveness of various Foreign Military Sales reinvention efforts in terms of cost recovery.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA370842

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Air Force
  • Commerce
  • Department Of Defense
  • Foreign Military Sales
  • Foreign Relations
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Logistics Support
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Program Management
  • Training
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • International Relations and European Studies