Excess personal property, DOD should further reassess the priorities of its disposal process : report to congressional committees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Rules and practice--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Department of Defense--Inventory control.

United States. Department of Defense.

Surplus government property--United States--Management.

Surplus government property.

Inventory control.

Surplus military property--Management.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 54 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Excess personal property, Department of Defense should further reassess the priorities of its disposal process : report to congressional committees

DOD should further reassess the priorities of its disposal process

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2016.

Summary:

"Each year the military services identify thousands of items of personal property -- including military equipment and materiel -- that they need to dispose of because it is obsolete, not repairable, or excess to their requirements. For fiscal year 2014, DOD reported that excess and surplus property with a total original acquisition value of approximately $3.18 billion in nominal dollars was reutilized, transferred, or donated. DOD reported total revenues of almost $128 million from items sold in fiscal year 2014. Congress included provisions in reports accompanying legislation for GAO to review DOD's current process for disposing of excess personal property. This report (1) describes the process for disposing of DOD's excess personal property in the U.S.; (2) assesses how DOD's priorities in its disposal process affect the distribution of excess property; and (3) assesses the extent to which DOD has encountered challenges in its capacity to manage excess personal property to be processed. GAO reviewed guidance; obtained the most recently available calendar year (2013-2014) data on property obtained by law enforcement agencies, wait times, and backlogs; and interviewed cognizant officials"--Preliminary page.

Contents:

Background

The process for disposing of DOD's excess personal property involves several stages and provides multiple opportunities for recipients to obtain property

DOD's implementation of the disposal process has given some non-federal entities priority over some federal agencies for obtaining property

DOD has encountered challenges in its capacity to manage excess property in need of disposal

Conclusions.

Notes:

"January 2016."

"GAO-16-44."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (GAO, viewed on Feb. 10, 2016).

OCLC:

938005957