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 1994-06-02 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:NSIAD-94-130 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-130 P0b002ee1803880e2 f:ns94130 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-130 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-130 NSIAD-94-130 Army procurement Procurement practices Equipment contracts Inventory control Military cost control Procurement cancellation Inventory control systems Military inventories M1 Tank Saudi Arabia Desert Storm Letter Report NSIAD GAO reviewed the termination of planned procurements at the Tank-Automotive Command (TACOM), one of the Army's national inventory control points, and found that TACOM was missing opportunities to terminate or reduce planned procurements. Item managers and procurement specialists did not always confer before awarding contracts. Without communication, procurement personnel may be unaware of new considerations that could affect the need for the procurement. Item managers, in deciding whether to implement the requirement system's recommended commitment termination or reduction, often changed the requirements data to bring the requirements and inventory into balance. In other instances, item managers relied on invalid, out-of-date, or unverified data in deciding whether to implement the system's recommendation. GAO's analysis of 31 sample items randomly selected from the universe of 136 items that were in long supply and had items due as of September 1993 found that procurements valued at nearly $800,000 could have been terminated. Procurements could be reduced as much as $21.5 million annually if September 1993 was a representative month and if the recommended commitment cutbacks were made when they first appeared. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-130/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-130.htm GAO/NSIAD-94-130 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-130 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-94-130; Army Inventory: More Effective Review of Proposed Inventory Buys Could Reduce Unneeded Procurement; Army procurement Procurement practices Equipment contracts Inventory control Military cost control Procurement cancellation Inventory control systems Military inventories M1 Tank Saudi Arabia Desert Storm