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AIMD-93-66R 1 (1993-09-30)

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G AO          General Accounting Office
              Washington, D.C. 20548

              Accounting and Information
              Management Division

              B-254934


              September 30, 1993

              Vice Admiral David M. Bennett
              Naval Inspector General
              Department of the Navy                                        150017

              Dear Admiral Bennett:

              At the request of the Chairman, Subcommittee on Readiness, House Committee on
              Armed Services, we are reviewing the effectiveness of the Navy inspectors general
              activities. Since our work to date has assessed certain aspects of the Naval Command
              Inspection Program (NCIP), your inspection staff requested us to comment on a draft
              revision of Instruction 5040.7K. This instruction prescribes the objectives, policies, and
              procedures that inspectors general staff are to follow when inspecting Navy units.

              We discussed a number of our observations of the draft instruction with the Director of
              the Inspection Division and members of his staff. The purpose of this letter is to
              summarize our observations and suggestions.

              OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES OF INSPECTIONS

              The objectives and policies of the NCIP are stated differently throughout the draft. For
              example, paragraph 6 emphasizes assessing readiness, effectiveness and efficiency, as
              well as the quantity, quality, and management of available resources as inspection
              objectives. Paragraph I la, on the other hand, emphasizes assessing the internal
              management, operation, and administration of a command. These variations in the
              wording of the objectives and policies paragraphs could result in command inspectors
              general inconsistently interpreting and implementing the instruction. While we are not at
              this time evaluating the NCIP objectives and policies, we suggest that you develop an
              initial section that clearly states inspection objectives and policies, then refer back to this
              section as needed to ensure that all users are provided consistent guidance.





                                                                      GAO/AIMD-93-66R Navy IG




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