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 2004-11-09 monographic deposited born digital 22 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-17 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-17 P0b002ee1803748f0 f:d0517 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-17 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-17 GAO-05-17 Foreign military sales Foreign military sales agreements Foreign military sales policies Internal controls Military forces Spare parts Best practices Best practices reviews Other Written Product A13313

Under Department of Defense (DOD) policy, the export of classified and controlled spare parts must be managed to prevent their release to foreign countries that may use them against U.S. interests. GAO has issued a series of reports on the foreign military sales program in which weaknesses in the military services' internal controls were identified. This report highlights (1) a systemic problem that GAO identified in the internal controls of the military services' requisition-processing systems and (2) a potential best practice that GAO identified in one service that provides an additional safeguard over foreign military sales of classified and controlled parts. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-17/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-17.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-17/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-17.pdf GAO-05-17 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-17 Other Written Product GAO-05-17; Foreign Military Sales: DOD Needs to Take Additional Actions to Prevent Unauthorized Shipments of Spare Parts; Foreign military sales Foreign military sales agreements Foreign military sales policies Internal controls Military forces Spare parts Best practices Best practices reviews Title 31 Section 720 31 U.S.C. 720 Public Law 87-195 Public Law 90-629 Public Law 107-347