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GAO-07-929R 1 (2007-07-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptavnd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: S=GAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 July 6, 2007 The Honorable Christopher Shays Ranking Member Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs Committee on Oversight and Government Reform House of Representatives The Honorable Dennis J. Kucinich House of Representatives Subject: Sales of Sensitive Military Property to the Public Each year the Department of Defense (DOD) sells millions of dollars worth of excess property to the public through a Web site run by its contractor, Government Liquidation. Before excess property can be sold on this site, it is DOD policy to screen the property to ensure it cannot be reutilized by the department in another location or that its sale would not result in sensitive military property becoming publicly available. DOD assigns demilitarization codes to sensitive military property so that, when the property is no longer in use, it is recognized and disposed of properly. However, on several prior occasions-most recently at a July 2006 hearing-we reported that management control breakdowns in DOD's excess property reutilization program resulted in the sale of sensitive military property to the public through the liquidation Web site,' including property subject to demilitarization controls (demil-required property) such as F-14 aircraft parts. One country with operational F-14s, Iran, is known to be seeking these parts. If such parts were publicly available, it could jeopardize national security. At the July 2006 hearing, DOD officials testified that they would take action to prevent the improper sale of sensitive military property, including demil-required property. Given the seriousness of the security risk posed by the sale of sensitive military property to the public, you requested that we investigate whether (1) demil- required property was still being sold on DOD's contractor-run liquidation Web site and (2) whether DOD has taken steps to prevent further improper sales of sensitive items, including controlled and demil-required property. 'GAO, DOD Excess Property: Control Breakdowns Present Significant Security Risk and Continuing Waste and Inefficiency, (GAO-06-981T (Washington, D.C.: July 25, 2006). GAO-07-929R Sales of Sensitive Military Property to the Public

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