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B-163058 1 (1973-10-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaafvj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTrROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED SA4 WASHINGTON. D.C. 20546 STTS1^ U5' B- 163058 OCT 3 0 1973 The Honorable F. Edward lebert rman, Committee on Armed Services lU1i\IlII\1fllI House of Representatives LM096039 r,. Dear Mr. Chairman: This is in response to a request from your office for a brief history, including our past and present recommendations and Department of Defense (DOD)) actions taken in response to our recommendations, of the DOD Selected AcquisitionReport (SAR). As you know, the SAR improvements resulted not only from our recommendations but also from those of the Armed Services and Appropriations Committees of the Congress as well as DOD >- actions. The SAR improvements that we believe warrant early consideration by your Committee and DOD follow. 1. Precise criteria should be established for adding and deletinlg_ _maJo r c-qvi-si-tions. (See pp. 9 and 10.) 2. Planning and development estimates that may change should not be deleted for any reason. SARs should contain a record of all estimates so that there is total visibility and trackability from the program's inception. (See p. 10.) 3. There is an undue delay in submitting SARs to top man- agement through DOD. For several years SARs have been submitted to the Congress nearly 3 months after the as of dates. (See pp. 3, 4, and 9.) 4. All program costs should be included. A number of systems under development include only research and development costs. Pro~curcmegtcKmts are excluded. Costs for these systems are therefore understated on SARs, and other systems are kept below the dollar criteria for consideration for SAs. (See p. 11.) 5. SARs should show a comparison of cost incurred, sched- ule milestones attained, and technical performance accomplished with what was planned for the same pe- riod of time and costs budgeted. (See p. 9.) foc76 37 (ES Ogg PO ENT MAABI-E 0

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