Defense Infrastructure: DOD Should Improve Reporting and Communication on Its Corrosion Prevention and Control Activities

Abstract

According to DOD, corrosion can significantly affect the cost of facility maintenance and the expected service life of DOD facilities. While corrosion is not always highly visible, it can lead to structural failure, loss of capital investment, and environmental damage. In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed DOD s corrosion prevention and control program for facilities and infrastructure. In this report, GAO assessed the extent that DOD (1) met reporting requirements, (2) maintained accurate return-on-investment data in its records, and (3) fully informed relevant officials of its corrosion-control efforts. GAO reviewed DOD policies and plans, met with corrosion-control officials, and visited and interviewed officials at 32 installations. GAO recommends five actions to improve DOD s project reporting and tracking, the accuracy of its return-on-investment data, and its communication with stakeholders on corrosion-control activities for facilities and other infrastructure. DOD partially concurred with three recommendations and did not agree with two. DOD plans to implement a web-based tracking tool to improve data timeliness and standardization, among other actions. GAO continues to believe that its recommendations to improve project reporting are warranted, that the Corrosion Office should use its existing authorities to identify and implement other incentives for project managers to meet reporting milestones and that DOD should revise its guidance so that Corrosion Executives would assist with the oversight of project reporting.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA580769

Entities

People

  • Amie Steele
  • Carol Dawn Petersen
  • Charles Perdue
  • Jacqueline Mccoll
  • James R. Mctigue Jr.
  • Mark J. Wielgoszynski
  • Randolfo Deleon
  • Rebekah Boone
  • Richard Powelson
  • Terry Richardson

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Cathodic Protection
  • Civil Engineering
  • Congress
  • Corrosion Inhibition
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • Information Processing
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Equipment
  • National Governments
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Facility/Structural Engineering.