Defense Management: More Transparency Needed Over the Financial and Human Capital Operations of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization
Abstract
Improvised explosive devices (IED) have been and continue to be a significant threat to U.S. forces. The Department of Defense (DOD) expanded efforts to defeat IEDs with the establishment of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) in January 2006. GAO was asked to review JIEDDO's management and operations. For this second report in its series, GAO determined (1) the extent to which JIEDDO's management processes provide adequate assurances that its financial information is accurate and provides transparency over its operations and (2) the extent to which JIEDDO identifies, records, tracks, and reports numbers of all personnel, including contractors. GAO analyzed data for the first half of fiscal year 2007, which included 47 funding transactions totaling $1.34 billion for 24 initiatives to address these objectives. To help ensure that JIEDDO provides adequate transparency over its resource use and addresses specific internal control weaknesses, GAO recommends that JIEDDO develop an effective internal control system and establish a means to identify, track, and report all personnel, including its contractor support. DOD agreed with the thrust of all of the GAO recommendations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA477699
Entities
People
- William M. Solis
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office