Imminent Danger Pay: Actions Needed Regarding Pay Designations in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility

Abstract

In December 2012, we notified you that we would be reviewing the Department of Defense's (DOD) posture in the Middle East and Southwest Asia. As part of this review, we have examined posture costs in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility, including special pays such as imminent danger pay and benefits for service members who are assigned, deployed, or on temporary duty travel. Service members are eligible for imminent danger pay for duty in a designated foreign area in which they are subject to the threat of physical harm or imminent danger for reasons such as terrorism or war. We are sending this report to provide timely information on our assessment of DOD's process for reviewing and making ecisions on imminent danger pay area designations in the CENTCOM area of responsibility. Meanwhile, we are continuing our review of DOD's posture in the Middle East and Southwest Asia and will include the issues raised in this report and any actions that you take to resolve them, along with any findings that we present in our final report. To assess DOD s process for reviewing and making decisions on imminent danger pay area designations in the CENTCOM area of responsibility, we collected and analyzed imminent danger pay and family housing cost data in the CENTCOM area of responsibility from the military departments for fiscal years 2010 through 2013. These costs are in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. To assess the reliability of the data, we interviewed cognizant DOD officials regarding the accuracy of data entry, limitations of the data, and the results of previous audits conducted on the data systems used. We determined the data were sufficiently reliable for the purposes of our review.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 30, 2014
Accession Number
ADA593731

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  • United States Government Accountability Office

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  • Accountability
  • Asia
  • Combatant Commanders
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  • Military Personnel
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  • Saudi Arabia
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  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States Central Command
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

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