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PLRD-83-44 1 (1983-02-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmwd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -, UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE \2., /WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548' PRCCUREMENT, LOGtSTICS, AND READ4NESS DIVISION 120784 The Honorable Vincent Puritano 4 1983 Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Improvements in the Data Submitted to the Congress to Justify Transportation Funding Requirements (GAO/PLRD-83-44) We have reviewed the data the Army, Navy, and Air Force submit to the Congress each year to justify their budget esti- mates for operation and maintenance (O&M) transportation fund- ing. For fiscal year 1983, the combined Department of Defense (DOD) request was for $2.15 billion, about 70 percent of which was to be used to reimburse the three transportation single managers--the Military Sealift Command, the Military Airlift Command, and the Military Traffic Management Command. The remainder was to be used to buy commercial freight transporta- tion services or to exercise management over the procurement and use of transportation services. We found that the data the military services provided to the Congress (1) lacked uniformity in interservice descriptions of requirement categories and in how those categories are quantified, (2) gave an incomplete picture of the total number of transportation units for which funding is being requested because all requirements are not shown in common terms, and (3) omitted most explanations of why the requested funding level is needed. In our opinion the data submitted to the Congress makes it difficult to assess the reasonableness of the funding levels the military services are requesting. We could not, for example, make meaningful interservice comparisons in any year nor could we make adequate comparisons of any one service from one year to the next. Budget review and funding decisions both in DOD and in the Congress could be enhanced by submission of better descriptions of funding needs. In this regard, we offer several suggestions for your consideration. (943358)

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