Dod Excess Property Management Control Breakdowns Result in Substantial Waste and Inefficiency

By Kucinich, Dennis J.

Book Id: WPLBN0000192707
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 4.7 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Dod Excess Property Management Control Breakdowns Result in Substantial Waste and Inefficiency
Author:	Kucinich, Dennis J.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Accountability in government, United States. General Accounting Office
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection
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Publisher:	United States General Accounting Office (Gao)


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Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection

Excerpt
Excerpt: DOD does not have management controls in place to assure that excess inventory is reutilized to the maximum extent possible. Of $18.6 billion in excess commodity disposals in fiscal years 2002 and 2003, $2.5 billion were reported to be in new, unused, and excellent condition. DOD units reutilized only $295 million (12 percent) of these items. The remaining $2. billion (88 percent) includes significant waste and inefficiency because new, unused, and excellent condition items were transferred and donated outside of DOD, sold for pennies on the dollar, or destroyed. DOD units continued to buy many of these same items. GAO identified at least $400 million of commodity purchases when identical new, unused, and excellent condition items were available for reutilization. GAO also identified hundreds of millions of dollars in reported lost, damaged, or stolen excess property, including sensitive military technology items, which contributed to reutilization program waste and inefficiency. Further, excess property improperly stored outdoors for several months was damaged by wind, rain, and hurricanes.