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 2006-11-16 monographic deposited born digital 27 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-208T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-208T P0b002ee18039fe9a f:d07208t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-208T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-208T GAO-07-208T Cost analysis Cost effectiveness analysis Data collection Defense cost control Defense economic analysis Financial management systems Internal controls Program evaluation Program management Travel Travel costs Program implementation Defense Travel System Testimony A63444 In 1995, the Department of Defense (DOD) began an effort to implement a standard departmentwide travel system. The Defense Travel System (DTS) is envisioned as DOD's standard end-to-end travel system. This testimony is based on GAO's September 2006 related report. Today's testimony highlights GAO's key findings with regard to the following objectives: (1) Were the two key assumptions made in the September 2003 economic analysis reasonable? (2) Was DOD taking action to ensure full utilization of DTS and gathering the data needed to monitor DTS utilization? and (3) Has DOD resolved several functional problems associated with weak system requirements and testing? To address these objectives, GAO (1) reviewed the September 2003 DTS economic analysis, (2) analyzed DTS utilization data, and (3) analyzed DTS flight information. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-208T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-208T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-208T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-208T.pdf GAO-07-208T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-208T Testimony GAO-07-208T; Defense Travel System: Estimated Savings Are Questionable and Improvements Are Needed to Ensure Functionality and Increase Utilization; Cost analysis Cost effectiveness analysis Data collection Defense cost control Defense economic analysis Financial management systems Internal controls Program evaluation Program management Travel Travel costs Program implementation Defense Travel System Volume 118 Page 1811 118 Stat. 1811 Public Law 108-375