United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-05-17 monographic deposited born digital 10 p. GA 1.13:GAO-01-604 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-604 P0b002ee18037fabc f:d01604 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-604 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-604 GAO-01-604 Electronic equipment Radio frequency allocation Procurement regulations Defense procurement Other Written Product A01014 The Department of Defense (DOD) has become increasingly aware that the use of more commercial and military electronic systems aboard ships, aircraft, and vehicles can cause unintended electromagnetic interactions among systems, resulting in adverse operational impacts. Such unintended interactions are called electromagnetic environmental effects and many interference incidents have already occurred that have limited mission effectiveness. The new procurement procedures established by DOD are reasonable and, if successfully implemented, could help prevent problems related to radio frequency interference. However, evaluation of the impact of these new procedures cannot be accomplished until DOD has had a chance to apply its revised guidance to systems as they go through each acquisition decision milestone. DOD would then be able to demonstrate that the new procedures have (1) resulted in the review of relevant documents at each decision milestone to identify potential frequency problems, (2) been or will be successful in helping to prevent interference problems, and (3) resulted in improvement of the acquisition process. No DOD system has undergone the new procedures for all decision milestones at the time of GAO's review. According to DOD officials, the first of three pilot programs using the new acquisition guidance should be completed by January 2002. Consequently, the recent changes in DOD's new procedures precluded GAO's assessment of their effectiveness at this time. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-604/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-604.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-604/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-604.pdf GAO-01-604 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-604 Other Written Product GAO-01-604; Defense Spectrum Management: New Procedures Could Help Reduce Interference Problems; Electronic equipment Radio frequency allocation Procurement regulations Defense procurement H. Rept. 106-945