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GAO-09-694R 1 (2009-05-29)

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       Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548


          May 29, 2009

          Congressional Committees

          Subject: Defense Management: Observations on DOD's Analysis of Options for Improving
          Corrosion Prevention and Control through Earlier Planning in the Requirements and
          Acquisition Processes

          This report formally transmits the attached briefing in response to section 1041 of the
          Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (see enclosure I).
          The act requires the Comptroller General to review the Department of Defense's report on
          options for improving corrosion prevention and control, including the methodology used to
          assess the potential options, and provide the results to the House and Senate Armed Services
          Committees within 60 days after submission of the Department of Defense report. On
          April 29, 2009, we provided the briefing to staff of your committees to satisfy the mandate
          and 60-day reporting requirement.

          We are sending copies of this report to the appropriate congressional committees. We are
          also sending copies to the Secretary of Defense; the Deputy Secretary of Defense; the Under
          Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics); the Secretaries of the Army,
          Navy, and Air Force; and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. This report will also be
          available at no charge on our Web site at htt://www gao.gov. Should you or your staffs have
          any questions concerning this report, please contact me at (202) 512-8365 or solisw@gaogov.
          Contact points for our Offices of Congressional Relations and Public Affairs may be found on
          the last page of this report. Key contributors to this report were Tom Gosling, Assistant
          Director; Janine Prybyla; Matt Spiers; and Allen Westheimer.













          William M. Solis
          Director, Defense Capabilities and Management


GAO-09-694R Defense Management


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