United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2000-06-23 monographic deposited born digital 46 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-00-89 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-89 P0b002ee180372a44 f:ns00089 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-89 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-89 NSIAD-00-89 Defense budgets Defense cost control Logistics Combat readiness Privatization Reengineering (management) Strategic planning Department of Defense contractors Program management Technology transfer DOD Financial Management Improvement Plan DOD Strategic Logistics Plan LPD-17 Amphibious Ship Apache Helicopter Abrams Tank H-60 Helicopter DOD Joint Logistics Warfighter Initiative Test Letter Report NSIAD

Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed, the Department of Defense's (DOD) logistics of reengineering initiatives, focusing on: (1) what actions are underway and how complete the Department's plans for reengineering are; (2) what the potential effect of the reengineering effort is on combat forces; and (3) what factors could limit the achievement of reengineering goals.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) DOD has taken significant steps towards reengineering its logistics processes; (2) however, many aspects of the overall plan are incomplete, raising questions about whether the overall goals of improved service and lower costs will be achieved; (3) key steps DOD has taken include establishing a special office responsible for coordinating implementation of the reengineering effort and overseeing efforts to link hundreds of ongoing service-sponsored logistics reengineering initiatives to DOD's overall reengineering plans; (4) DOD has also established 30 pilot programs to test various reengineering concepts; (5) however, it has not developed an overarching plan that integrates individual service efforts into a single DOD-wide implementation strategy; (6) plans to test, evaluate, and fully implement reengineered support strategies DOD-wide by the end of 2005 face a number of challenges, making it unlikely that the pilot programs will be able to provide key information in time to support interim decision-making deadlines; (7) pilot test plans have not been fully developed, in others, test results may be delayed; (8) because, many of the 30 pilot programs have multiple objectives, it will be difficult to link results and savings to specific reengineering concepts; (9) DOD has not estimated the total costs of completing logistics reengineering or developed a supporting budget plan; (10) without such an investment strategy, there may not be sufficient funds to adequately test the reengineering concepts being piloted and to implement the results on a DOD-wide basis; (11) it is too early to assess the impact of reengineering logistics support on combat forces; (12) officials representing combat forces have brought up a number of concerns, including the effects of having large numbers of private contractors, on or near the battlefield to provide logistics support, the ability of contractors to meet the surge in demand resulting from intensifying military operations, and the effects of outsourcing on the number of positions available to military personnel returning to the United States from overseas assignments or at-sea deployments; (13) DOD is in the early phases of developing its Joint Logistics Warfighter Initiative test that may be useful in assessing the impact of various logistics reengineering efforts on combat forces in an operational environment; and (14) several factors, if not addressed, could limit DOD's ability to achieve its reengineering goals of improved service and lower costs. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-89/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-89.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-89/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-89.pdf GAO/NSIAD-00-89 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-00-89 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-00-89; Defense Logistics: Actions Needed to Enhance Success of; Defense budgets Defense cost control Logistics Combat readiness Privatization Reengineering (management) Strategic planning Department of Defense contractors Program management Technology transfer DOD Financial Management Improvement Plan DOD Strategic Logistics Plan LPD-17 Amphibious Ship Apache Helicopter Abrams Tank H-60 Helicopter DOD Joint Logistics Warfighter Initiative Test Title 10 Section 2464 Title 10 Section 2466 Title 10 Section 2469 10 U.S.C. 2464 10 U.S.C. 2466 10 U.S.C. 2469 Public Law 106-65