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B-161507 1 (1973-09-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobablbs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: R95rR CTED- NOt tO be Ireleased ou 0 100 . 1 Acco i.t-g Qjff e~ce~Ptr the basis of e l by the Office of C ngressional Relatons, a recor > . as kept by the Distribution Section, Pubication r anch COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATE A WASHINGTON. [D.C. 201480 RELEASED B-161507 SEP 2 0 1973 The Honorable Henry M. Jackson Chairman, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations ' Committee on Government Operations United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: During its investigation of disposal operations in Europe, the staff of your Subcommittee noted what appeared to be significant weaknesses in the U.S. Army Supply System. Tactical vehicle repair parts recently received from the United States were apparently being sent from Army depots to By letter dated December 8, 1972, the Chief Counsel for the Subcommittee requested us to review the U.S. Army'-s prac- tices and procedures for initiating and directing the disposal f items frZjjtj. PDIpy system u e Accordingly, we made our review at the (1) U.S. Army Materiel Management Agency, Europe, which manages the Army's depot stocks in Europe,. (2) Kaiserslautern Army Depot, which is the largest Army depot in the European theater, and (3) Germersheim Army Depot, at which the Subcommittee staff had noted the problem. During 1972 the Army Materiel Management Agency sent 36,000 disposal orders to the two depots for items having a total acquisition cost of approximately $12.5 million. We statistically tested selected transactions and reviewed the supply histories of the items involved to ascertain whether (1) like items had been recently received from the United States, (2) the items were still needed, and (3) the items sent to disposal activities were in better condition than like items retained in stock. We also subjectively selected and examined additional disposal actions for automotive and weapons-type items. This selection was made so as to include in our examination a 96~bE O0 6~

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