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GAO-12-823R 1 (2012-09-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacglf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 September 10, 2012 Congressional Committees Subject: Defense Management: The Department of Defense's Annual Corrosion Budget Report Does Not Include Some Required Information In 2012, the Department of Defense (DOD) estimates that corrosion costs the Department about $20.9 billion annually. Corrosion can negatively affect all military assets, including both equipment and infrastructure, and is defined as the deterioration of a material or its properties due to a reaction of that material with its environment.1 Corrosion also affects military readiness by taking critical systems out of action and creating safety hazards. Section 2228 of Title 10 of the United States Code requires DOD, as part of its annual budget submission, to submit a report to Congress on corrosion funding. In the report, DOD is to include (1) funding requirements for its long-term corrosion reduction strategy, (2) the return-on- investment (ROI) that would be achieved by implementing the strategy, (3) the current and previous fiscal year funds requested in the budget compared to funding requirements, (4) an explanation if funding requirements are not fully funded in the budget, (5) the amount of funds requested for both the current and previous fiscal years in the budget for each project or activity described in DOD's long-term strategy compared to the funding requirements for the project or activity, and (6) a copy of the annual corrosion report most recently submitted by the corrosion control and prevention executive of each military department as an annex to its report. The military departments' reports are to include recommendations pertaining to the department's corrosion control and prevention program and related funding levels to carry out all of the duties of the corrosion control and prevention executive.2 Section 2228 also requires us to analyze DOD's budget submission and report and provide an assessment to the congressional defense committees within 60 days after the submission of the budget for the fiscal year,3 which this year occurred on February 13, 2012. DOD submitted its annual report to Congress on May 21, 2012, and we received the report on May 23, 2012. Our objectives were to (1) determine the extent to which DOD's corrosion report included the mandated elements, (2) assess the extent to which DOD's Corrosion Prevention and Control (CPC) funding request met total estimated CPC funding requirements for activities and 110 USC § 2228(0(1). Corrosion includes such varied forms as rusting; pitting; galvanic reaction; calcium or other mineral buildup; degradation due to ultraviolet light exposure; and mold, mildew, or other organic decay. 2pub. L. No. 110-417, § 903 (2008). 3Section 2228(e)(2). GAO-12-823R Defense Management Page 1

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