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FOD-76-17 1 (1976-04-19)

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               -               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


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        General Louis H. W. lsou
        Commandant
        U. S. Marine Corps
        Washington, D. C.

        Dear General W;ilson:

             The Comptroller General's let.er to the Secretary of Defense
        dated June 29, 1973, which approvea the design of the Marine Corps
        Joint Un'-for- !Military Pay System . -ferred to our plan to examine
        selected aspects of the system in operation. During the past year
        we have examined selected military pa- and personnel reco:dsTat 18
        reporting cc-ands. The results of our examinations were discussed
        with the reporting conands and are sumarized below.

             We fou-nd that:

                 -About 30 percent of the records examined
                   contained one or more errors, mobt of which
                   affected =embers' pay.

                 -The method by which inputs are acknowledged by
                   the system is incomplete and unreliable. This
                   makes the tracing of transactions unduly burden-
                   so-e for the reporting units.

                 -R.eporting units employed large numbers of
                   personnel to handle the wurkload, but many
                   did not have administrative specialties.

                 -Reporting comands are not required to respond
                   to the Marine Corps Disbursing On-Site
                   Examinatice Team (MCDOSET) recomendations for
                   correcting internal control weaknesses.

             We recc-end that:

                 -System changes be made to provide a single-
                   point, positive acknowledgment of all system
                   inputs in a form that -4l1 be easily understood
                   by the originator.

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