United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1997-12-30 monographic deposited born digital 16 p. GA 1.13:AIMD-98-25 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-25 P0b002ee180384b9c f:ai98025 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-25 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-25 AIMD-98-25 Maintenance costs Aircraft maintenance Financial statements Accounting procedures Federal agency accounting systems Reporting requirements Naval aircraft Financial management Maintenance standards F-14 Aircraft Letter Report AIMD GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to develop guidance for disclosing deferred maintenance on aircraft, focusing on deferred maintenance on mission assets of Navy aircraft.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) the development of DOD and Navy policy and implementing guidance for deferred maintenance is essential to ensure consistent reporting among the military services and to facilitate the preparation of accurate DOD-wide financial statements, particularly since the new accounting standard provides extensive management flexibility in implementing the disclosure requirement; (2) Navy officials stated that they were reluctant to develop procedures to implement the required accounting standard until DOD issues overall policy guidance; (3) GAO's September 30, 1997, letter points out the need for accelerating DOD plans to issue implementing guidance to the military services; (4) DOD and Navy officials have expressed numerous views as to how to apply the deferred maintenance standard to aircraft; (5) since numerous views exist, GAO believes it is even more important for clear guidance to be developed; (6) the opinions ranged from including only maintenance needed on grounded aircraft to including all maintenance needs identified during aircraft inspections; (7) in formulating the DOD and Navy guidance, GAO believes key issues must be resolved to allow for consistent reporting within the Navy, among the military services, and from year to year, including: (a) what constitutes acceptable operating condition in aircraft; and (b) when unperformed maintenance on aircraft becomes deferred maintenance; (8) in addition, DOD needs to address in its implementing guidance: (a) whether the deferred maintenance standard should be applied to certain groups of assets, such as equipment (for example, aircraft engines) for which there is no current operational requirement; and (b) whether the reported deferred maintenance should differentiate between critical and noncritical and, if so, what constitutes critical. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-25/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-25.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-25/pdf/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-25.pdf GAO/AIMD-98-25 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-98-25 Letter Report GAO/AIMD-98-25; Financial Management: Issues to Be Considered by DOD in Developing Guidance for Disclosing Deferred Maintenance on Aircraft; Maintenance costs Aircraft maintenance Financial statements Accounting procedures Federal agency accounting systems Reporting requirements Naval aircraft Financial management Maintenance standards F-14 Aircraft