Department Of Defense : a departmentwide framework to identify and report gaps in the defense supplier base is needed : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives / United States Government Accountability Office.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armed Forces--Supplies and stores.

Armed Forces.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 29 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2008.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Department of Defense (DOD) relies on thousands of suppliers to provide weapons, equipment, and raw materials to meet U.S. national security objectives. Yet, increased globalization in the defense industry and consolidation of the defense supplier base into a few prime contractors has reduced competition and single-source suppliers have become more common for components and subsystems. For this report, GAO (1) assessed DOD's efforts to monitor the health of its defense supplier base, and (2) determined how DOD identifies and addresses gaps that might exist in its supplier base. To conduct its work, GAO reviewed supplier-base-related laws, regulations, and guidelines; met with officials from DOD's Office of Industrial Policy, defense contractors, and other DOD officials; and surveyed 20 major DOD weapon acquisition program officials on potential supplier-base gaps.

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