Defense Inventory: Plan to Improve Management of Shipped Inventory Should be Strengthened

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DOD) annually ships inventory valued at billions of dollars to various locations around the world. For years, the Department has had difficulty tracking this inventory from origin to destination. Concerns about the vulnerability of these shipments to fraud, waste, and abuse led the Congress to enact section 349 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (P.L. 105-261), which requires the Department of Defense to develop a comprehensive plan for tracking inventory while it is being shipped. The Department refers to these inventory shipments as "in-transit inventory." The statute required that the Department's plan include actions to address these tracking problems, statements of objectives for the actions, performance measures and schedules, and an identification of any resources necessary for implementing the required actions, together with an estimate of annual costs. This statute also required that our office review the plan and provide to the Congress any comments we consider appropriate. This report is in response to that requirement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA373676

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Congress
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • End Items
  • Financial Management
  • Flow Network
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Marine Corps
  • Materials
  • Military Supplies
  • National Security
  • Training
  • United States Transportation Command

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  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting