DoD's High-Risk Areas: Actions Needed to Reduce Vulnerabilities and Improve Business Outcomes
DoD's High-Risk Areas: Actions Needed to Reduce Vulnerabilities and Improve Business Outcomes

Author: Gene L. Dodaro

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 31

ISBN-13: 1437914330

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The Dept. of Defense (DoD) spends billions of dollars to sustain key business operations intended to support the warfighter. DoD is at high risk because of vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement and also should have a broad-based transformation needed to achieve greater efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability. The author provide his views on: (1) actions needed to achieve measurable outcomes in DoD's high-risk areas; and (2) DoD's progress in strengthening its mgmt. approach for business transformation, including establishing the Chief Mgmt. Officer position. Includes info. regarding the high-risk area related to contract mgmt. at the Dept. of Energy's National Nuclear Security Admin. Illustrations.

Defense Acquisitions: Opportunities Exist to Improve DoD’s Oversight of Power Source Investments
Defense Acquisitions: Opportunities Exist to Improve DoD’s Oversight of Power Source Investments

Author: Michael J. Sullivan

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011-04

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 1437944221

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Virtually all Department of Defense (DoD) weapon systems and equipment rely on power sources, such as batteries. This report determined: (1) DoD's approximate investment in power sources; (2) the extent to which DoD coordinates its power source investments; and (3) the extent to which DoD's policies facilitate the use of standard power sources. To address these objectives, the report obtained and analyzed DoD investment data, met with DoD officials and industry representatives, and attended DoD conferences aimed at facilitating power source coordination. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find report.

Department of Defense
Department of Defense

Author: Asif A. Khan

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 143793689X

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Major defense acquisition programs (MDAP) are used to acquire, modernize, or extend the service life of DoD¿s most expensive assets, primarily military equipment. A new law required this review of weaknesses in DoD's operations that affect the reliability of financial information for assets acquired through MDAP. To do so, this report identified and reviewed previously reported weaknesses that impair DoD's ability to provide reliable cost information for military equipment acquired through MDAPs, and determined what actions DoD has taken to address them. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.

A Safer Future
A Safer Future

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1991-02-01

Total Pages: 85

ISBN-13: 0309045460

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Initial priorities for U.S. participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, declared by the United Nations, are contained in this volume. It focuses on seven issues: hazard and risk assessment; awareness and education; mitigation; preparedness for emergency response; recovery and reconstruction; prediction and warning; learning from disasters; and U.S. participation internationally. The committee presents its philosophy of calls for broad public and private participation to reduce the toll of disasters.

Defense Management: Widespread DCAA Audit Problems Leave Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Vulnerable to Fraud, Waste, Abuse, and Mismanagement
Defense Management: Widespread DCAA Audit Problems Leave Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Vulnerable to Fraud, Waste, Abuse, and Mismanagement

Author: Gregory D. Kutz

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 17

ISBN-13: 143792428X

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In FY 2008, the DoD obligated over $380 billion to federal contractors, more than doubling the amount it obligated in FY 2002. The gov¿t. needs strong controls to provide reasonable assurance that contract funds are not being lost to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. The Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) provides auditing, accounting, and financial advisory services in connection with DoD and other fed. agency contracts and subcontracts. However, last year there were numerous problems with DCAA audit quality at 3 locations in CA; these problems also existed agencywide. This testimony describes audit quality problems at DCAA and provides info. about continuing contract management challenges at DoD.