Canceled DOD programs : DOD needs to better use available guidance and manage reusable assets : report to Congressional committees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

United States.

United States. Department of Defense--Procurement.

United States. Department of Defense.

Public contracts--United States--Management.

Public contracts.

United States--Armed Forces--Weapons systems--Management.

Armed Forces--Procurement.

Public contracts--Management.

Genre:

Ebook.

Rules.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 43 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Canceled Department of Defense programs : Department of Defense needs to better use available guidance and manage reusable assets

DOD needs to better use available guidance and manage reusable assets

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2014.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

In the face of increasing budgetary pressures, it is important that DOD continue to find ways to manage its portfolio of major defense acquisition programs (MDAP) more efficiently. In 2008, GAO concluded that program cancellations can be a valuable portfolio management tool, and found that DOD can take various steps to retain value from the work completed. The Senate report accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for 2013 mandated GAO to review issues associated with cancellations of MDAPs. This report assesses (1) the effects of program cancellation, (2) the adequacy of DOD guidance on program cancellations, (3) the extent to which DOD leveraged or transferred to other programs various types of assets from canceled programs, and (4) the usefulness of contract termination cost estimates. To do this work, GAO reviewed the cancellation of five major DOD programs from across the military services; interviewed officials at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the military services, and others; and reviewed current guidance related to program cancellation.

Contents:

Background

Effects of weapon program cancellation extend beyond a program and its contractors

New guidance requires input and awareness to work as intended

Information about whether assets are being leveraged is limited

Contract termination cost estimates have limitations

Conclusions.

Notes:

"March 2014."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed March 31, 2014).

"GAO-14-77."

OCLC:

875160273