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 48 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-229T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-229T P0b002ee1803719d3 f:d07229t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-229T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-229T GAO-07-229T Accountability Defense cost control Defense procurement Enterprise architecture Financial management Financial management systems Financial statement audits Internal controls Policy evaluation Strategic planning Policies and procedures Waste, fraud, and abuse Testimony A63448 Of the 26 areas on GAO's high-risk list of federal programs or activities that are at risk for waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement, 8 are Department of Defense (DOD) programs or operations and another 6 are governmentwide high-risk areas that also apply to DOD. These high-risk areas relate to most of DOD's major business operations. DOD's failure to effectively resolve these high-risk areas has resulted in billions of dollars of waste each year, ineffective performance, and inadequate accountability. At a time when DOD is competing for resources in an increasingly fiscally constrained environment, it is critically important that DOD get the most from every defense dollar. DOD has taken several positive steps and devoted substantial resources toward establishing key management structures and processes to successfully transform its business operations and address its high-risk areas, but overall progress by area varies widely and huge challenges remain. This testimony addresses DOD's efforts to (1) develop a comprehensive, integrated, enterprisewide business transformation plan and its related leadership approach and (2) comply with legislation that addresses business systems modernization and improving financial management accountability. The testimony also addresses two sections included in recent legislation and other DOD high-risk areas. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-229T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-229T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-229T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-229T.pdf GAO-07-229T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-229T Testimony GAO-07-229T; Defense Business Transformation: A Comprehensive Plan, Integrated Efforts, and Sustained Leadership Are Needed to Assure Success; Accountability Defense cost control Defense procurement Enterprise architecture Financial management Financial management systems Financial statement audits Internal controls Policy evaluation Strategic planning Policies and procedures Waste, fraud, and abuse Volume 115 Page 1012 115 Stat. 1012 Volume 119 Page 3136 119 Stat. 3136 Volume 120 Page 2083 120 Stat. 2083 Public Law 108-136 Public Law 108-375 Public Law 109-364