Defense Acquisitions: Observations on the Department of Defense Service Contract Inventories for Fiscal Year 2008
Abstract
The Department of Defense (DOD) reported obligating roughly $200 billion on service contracts in fiscal year 2008. 10 USC 2330a requires DOD to collect data on the purchase of services, compile an inventory of those services, and submit the inventory to Congress annually. The inventory is to be made available to the public. Further, within 90 days of submission of the annual inventory to Congress, DOD must review the inventory to ensure that it complies with the requirements of 10 USC 2330a (e). The House Armed Services Committee Report 111-166 accompanying H.R. 2647, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, directed GAO to assess the methodology used by the Departments of the Air Force, Navy, and Army to compile the inventories for fiscal year 2008. GAO found the military departments each used different approaches and data sources to compile their service contract inventories for fiscal year 2008, excluded different categories of data, and calculated the number of contractor full time equivalents differently. Further, the data reported in each of the inventories are not complete. DOD concurs with the GAO's concluding observations and will continue working with the military departments and other defense agencies to establish a unified methodology for completion of all data required by 10 U.S.C. 2330a.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 29, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA514308
Entities
People
- John P. Hutton
- William Solis
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office