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LCD-78-241 1 (1979-01-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaylh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 60O1gITI AND0 COMMUNICATIONE 111 11 B-158712 108332 JANUARY 9, 1979 The Honorable Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. The Secretary of the Army Dear Mr. Secretary: On January 17, 1978, Congressman Aspin requested that we review the U.S. Army operations in Europe to determine if the Army has encouraged its officers to personally drive administrative use-type vehicles under a U-drive-it policy or if officers are assigned vehicles with enlisted personnel as drivers. If enlisted personnel were used as drivers on other than a miniscule scale, he asked if this practice occurred with the acquiescence of higher authority and what remedies would be appropriate. We found that a U-drive-it policy has not been ade- quately emphasized in regulations and that such a program had not been fully implemented by the Army in Europe. It is a common practice to dispatch administrative-use vehicles and to use enlisted personnel as drivers. Even when cars are provided on a U-drive-it basis, the requesting unit can assign a soldier as a chauffeur for the vehicle. In both situations, the drivers have idle time waiting while their passengers conduct business. For example, during a recent 1-week period, in March 1978 about 120 taxi trips were pro- vided to officers of the two Corps Headquarters in Germany and the drivers averaged over 3-hours waiting per trip. Also some groups appear to have been assigned more vehicles than needed. A number of vehicles permanently assigned to units appear to have been assigned, in part, on the basis of personal convenience rather than actual require- ments. These matters are discussed in detail in the attached appendix. We recognize that some general officers and other com- mand officials perform work while enroute and may require chauffeur service and that parking problems, traffic con- ditions, lack of familiarization with the area may present 00320- (943455)

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