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 2005-09-06 monographic deposited born digital 55 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-427 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-427 P0b002ee18038eb7c f:d05427 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-427 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-427 GAO-05-427 Air Force supplies Army supplies Defense capabilities Equipment inventories Equipment maintenance Internal controls Inventory control Military inventories Military materiel Naval supplies Program evaluation Program management Risk assessment Strategic planning Other Written Product A35680 The importance of prepositioned stocks to the U.S. military was highlighted during recent operations in Iraq, as much of the equipment and supplies stored at land sites in the region and aboard prepositioning ships were used to support operations. Long-standing problems in the Department of Defense's (DOD) prepositioning program are systematic of the inventory management issues, and more recently supply chain management issues, that GAO has considered as high-risk areas since 1990. GAO was asked to review the risks facing DOD's prepositioning programs, including an assessment of (1) the near-term operational risk given the continuing use of these stocks, (2) the sufficiency of DOD and service-level oversight of these prepositioning programs, and (3) whether DOD has developed a coordinated plan for the future of the department's prepositioning programs that would meet the goals of the recently published defense strategy. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-427/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-427.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-427/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-427.pdf GAO-05-427 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-427 Other Written Product GAO-05-427; Defense Logistics: Better Management and Oversight of Prepositioning Programs Needed to Reduce Risk and Improve Future Programs; Air Force supplies Army supplies Defense capabilities Equipment inventories Equipment maintenance Internal controls Inventory control Military inventories Military materiel Naval supplies Program evaluation Program management Risk assessment Strategic planning Public Law 103-62 Public Law 108-375