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GAO-05-765R 1 (2005-08-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptarxb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: S=GAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 August 12, 2005 The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld The Secretary of Defense Subject: Defense Management: Munitions Requirements and Combatant Commander's Needs Still Require Linkage Dear Mr. Secretary: In October 2002 we reported' that inadequate linkage existed between near-term munitions needs of the combatant commanders and the purchases made by the military services. The Department of Defense (DOD) concurred with our recommendations and took steps to address them by rewriting the overarching DOD Instruction for determining munitions requirements.2 Related to our ongoing work on prepositioned stocks, we assessed whether DOD's efforts thus far and initiatives planned for the future will ensure the required linkage since successful implementation of operational war plans is contingent on the availability of the right mix and quantity of munitions. To make our assessment, we obtained and analyzed information from cognizant organizations within DOD, Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), Headquarters and subordinate units of the Military Services, and U.S. Forces Korea (USFK). We conducted our analysis of DOD's munitions requirements process in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. Results in Brief While the revised DOD Instruction established requirements to create the needed linkage between the combatant commander's munitions needs and the military services procurement decisions, limited implementation has been achieved. The Instruction, which was revised in October 2003, in response to our recommendation, identified key timeline dates and requirements for each of the DOD organizations involved in the process. The Instruction was modified to create a linkage between the combatant commander's munitions needs and the purchasing decisions of the military services. However, this linkage did not occur because there has been little, if any, compliance by DOD organizations with the Instruction's requirements. Our recent assessment of prepositioned munitions supporting the operational war plan of USFK revealed that key timeline dates were missed and required coordination with USFK was not accomplished. For instance, threat reports developed by the Defense Intelligence Agency that are used to identify key targets were late. As a result, USFK 'U.S. General Accounting Office, Defense Management: Munitions Requirements and Combatant Commanders'Needs Require Linkage, GAO-03-17 (Washington, D.C.: October 15, 2002). ' Department of Defense Instruction 3000.4, DOD Munitions Requirements Process, October 23, 2003. GAO-05-765R Defense Management

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