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DOCUMENT RESUMNE
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(Military Feadlires Reporting Imprcvemeents]. LCD-77-442;
B-146896. December 21, 1977. 3 pp. + 2 enclosures (15 pp.).
Repor: to Secretary, Department oi Defense; by Frad J. Shafer,
Director, Logistics and Communications Div.
TsSU, Area: Military Preparedness Plans: Military Communications
and Information Processing Needs (803).
cortact: Logistics and Communications Div.
Budq=t Function: National Defense: Defense-relatei Activities
(05S4).
Organization Concerned: Department of the Navy; Department of
the Army; Department of the Air Force.
Congressional Pslevance: House Committee on Armed Services;
Senate Committee on Armed Servi'es.
Au~h..-i~v: Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act
of 1978.
Previous GAO reviews of military readiness reporting
idenifi~d the following problem areas: the interpretation of
readiness reporting criteria was nct uniform; the condition 3f
eqipmen~t was not properly re2orted; the reporting system did
not alequately reflect capability for each mission; and the
reports did nct always contain adeqate information.
F-rnrinas/Conclusions: The state-of-the-art in defining,
mzasuring, and reporting readiness is in a state of flux.
improvements have been made, and actions are underway for
further improvements. The Army is in the process of implementing
major n.7w reporting procedures, the Navy has developed a
long-range plan to revamp its reporting system, and the Air
Force has implemented a new system and is trying to improve it.
Th- inability of readiness reporting to relate readiness to
funl lng requirements was noted. Recent congressional action
requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report on the
quarntifiable and measurable material readiness requirements for
+he armel fcrces. Subsequent budget submissions must include
data reiting thc proposed appropriations t,- thesp established
rT-Zuiremcnnts. Current objectives set forth by the Department of
Defense arr to: (1) improve its ability to define and measure
:e~vness and relate changes i resources applied tc changes in
readiess experienced or projected; and (2) adjust the
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