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GAO-06-319R 1 (2006-01-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaszj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: S=GAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 January 27, 2006 The Honorable John Warner Chairman The Honorable Carl Levin Ranking Minority Member Committee on Armed Services United States Senate Subject: Defense Trade Data Defense trade impacts many issues of importance to the Department of Defense (DOD), including maintaining a healthy supplier base, protecting critical technologies, ensuring access to a secure supply of defense-related items and services, managing technology transfers, and increasing interoperability with allies. A critical element to guide decision makers is access to comprehensive and reliable data. The Committee, through its report on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, directed GAO to identify and assess defense trade data. In response, we (1) identified defense trade data available from U.S. government sources and their limitations, and (2) determined defense trade balances as indicated by the data for years 2000 through 2004. For this review, we defined defense trade as the buying and selling of defense articles and services between the United States and foreign entities. To identify data sources and limitations, we interviewed agency officials of the Departments of Defense, State, Commerce (Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis), and Homeland Security (Customs and Border Protection) and reviewed past GAO and agency reports. To determine defense trade balances, we analyzed data from the Departments of Defense, Commerce, and State and considered their limitations. To assess data reliability, we performed electronic testing of required data elements, interviewed knowledgeable agency officials, and reviewed existing information about the data system. In addition, where applicable, we compared data to published data. Those data sets that we determined to be sufficiently reliable indicators of GAO-06-319R Defense Trade Data

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