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NSIAD-84-82 1 (1984-03-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnhq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ,) 3*756 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NATIONAL SECURITY AND MARCH 28, 1984 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION B-21 1771 123756 The Honorable Caspar W. Weinberger The Secretary of Defense Subject: Test Transfer of Consumable Supply Items to the Defense Logistics Agency from the Military Services (GAO/NSIAD-84-82) Dear Mr. Secretary: At the request of the Chairmen, Subcommittees on Defense, Senate and House Committees on Appropriations, we reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD's) test transfer of about 200,000 consumable items to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) from the military services. Before the test transfer, DLA managed about 2 million consumable items and the services managed about 1.4 million consumables, which had been coded for service retention under existing management criteria. Some consumables are con- sidered essential for the operations of weapon systems. We also evaluated the cost and military readiness impact of return- ing items, including weapon system essential items, to the serv- ices. In addition, we evaluated the methodology of the transfer to determine if the test should be terminated and weapon system management sensitive items should be returned to the services. Consumable items are those which are consumed in use or replaced after their use because they either cannot be repaired or it is uneconomical to do so. They include parts for air- craft, ships, tanks, etc. In summary, we found that: --The items transferred to DLA were not selected in a statistically valid manner. Therefore, items trans- ferred are not statistically representative of the 1 million consumable items that were not transferred. Accordingly, test results cannot be projected to the remaining consumable items. (943547)

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