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B-172376 1 (1971-04-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaafhk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE / a WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 - TRANSPORTATION DIVISION IN PLY PLRASE QUOTE AR2617 B-172376 The HonorableIIIIIIIIIIiIIllIlIIIhi, The Secretary of Defense LMolll11 Attention: Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Dear Mr. Secretary: The General Accounting Office reviewed the recent reorgani- zation of the household goods shipping administration in Hawaii. Our review included an examination into the manner in which the' Joint Personal Property Shipping Office, Hawaii, was established and the effects thatit would have on subsequent staffing and operations.The review was made in January 1971 after the estab- iT sienitof the Joint Office, but prior to its activation. In December 1967, GAO recommended that the Commander in Chief, Pacific (CINCPAC), review the feasibility of consolidating the five separate military household goods shipping offices on Okinawa into a single office and reevaluate an earlier, inconclu- sive study that had been made concerning a similar consolidation in Hawaii. The recommendation was based on the opinion that such consolidations should result in more economical use of administra- tive personnel and in improvement of carrier operations through the increased volume of consolidated shipments. CINCPAC made the review we recommended and found the consoli- dations to be feasible at both locations. He directed that plans for the joint offices be formulated. The plan for the Joint Per- sonal Property Shipping Office, Hawaii, was approved by the Depart ment of Defense in May 1970, and an activation date of February 1, 1971, was set. The office was to be under Navy control because the Navy was the principal shipper of personal property in Hawaii. A similar plan for consolidation under unified command control on Okinawa, however, was disapproved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in November 1970. The reasons given for the disapproval were that (1) such administrative functions were not appropriate to unified command control and (2) the consolidation plan did not indicate any cost saving to be derived from the reorganizati o. 50 TH ANNIVERSARY 1921 -1971

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