Approval Process, Tracking, and Financial Management of DoD Disaster Relief Efforts

Abstract

Our objective was to determine whether the mission assignment process worked within DoD during the Gulf Coast relief efforts. Specifically, we evaluated the process for receiving mission assignments, delegating mission assignments to the appropriate DoD Components, and subsequently reconciling mission assignments. After announcing the audit, we removed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the overall reconciliation process from the audit scope. However, we reviewed limited aspects of the reconciliation process when we addressed concerns identified by DoD personnel, which we discuss briefly in this report. We examined the mission assignment process used during Hurricane Katrina and developments since then.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 17, 2008
Accession Number
ADA499323

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Disasters
  • Emergency Response
  • Employment
  • Financial Management
  • Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Northern Command
  • United States Transportation Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.