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B-133170 1 (1978-03-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobachkj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A .508 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 2o048 B-133170 Mach 15, 1978 The Honorable John C. Stennis Chairman, Committee on Armed Services United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: This is an interim response to the interest displayed by your staff in our ongoing work on the Navy's ship maintenance program. We reported on how the Navy's intermediate ship main- tenance program could be improved (LCD-77-412, September 23, 1977), and have discussed with your staff our work on naval shipyard operations which is scheduled to be issued as a report to the Congress in the near future. We also discussed possible additional efforts involving the Navy's ship main- tenance program. Your staff informed us that it would be helpful to them if we could provide (1) an assessment of the baseline data the Department of Defense plans to use in its report to the Congress on relating material readiness requirements for ships to resource needs and (2) a description and comparison of Navy and commercial ship maintenance strategies. We found that the state-of-the-art in defining, measuring, and reporting readiness is in a state of flux. Improvements have been made, and further actions .are Underway; however, since these actions will not be completed in the near future, the Department of Defense plans to rely on material readiness -. measurement systems currently in place to satisfy the require- ments of the 1978 Defense Appropriation Authorization Act. On the basis of previous GAO reports concerning readiness, we believe that the data developed by the Navy on ship material readiness do not meet the requirements set forth in the Authorization Act (Enclosure I contains more detailed information which was also discussed with your staff on February 17, 1978). * . ~ 'sfr r..'7

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