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 1994-08-25 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:NSIAD-94-207 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-207 P0b002ee18039b782 f:ns94207 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-207 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-207 NSIAD-94-207 Army procurement Military inventories Military appropriations Property and supply management Inventory control systems Military cost control Army supplies Procurement policies Combat readiness Ground warfare Letter Report NSIAD After the Defense Department (DOD) Comptroller told the Army that it could use inventory not needed for peacetime missions to satisfy unfilled war reserve requirements, the Army estimated that it could reduce its unfilled war reserve requirements by nearly $187 million at its five inventory control points. GAO found that this estimate was understated and that the Army could actually meet $497 million of its unfilled war reserve requirements by using such inventory. Although GAO tried to reconcile the difference between the Army's and GAO's estimates, computer programming errors prevented Army officials from reconstructing the methodology used to arrive at their estimate. Army officials agreed that GAO's approach was correct. DOD officials said that before the Army could transfer this inventory to the war reserve category, DOD would have to change its policy to allow the Army to exceed the $2.9 billion ceiling on protected war reserve inventory. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-207/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-207.htm GAO/NSIAD-94-207 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-207 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-94-207; Army Inventory: Unfilled War Reserve Requirements Could Be Met With Items From Other Inventory; Army procurement Military inventories Military appropriations Property and supply management Inventory control systems Military cost control Army supplies Procurement policies Combat readiness Ground warfare Public Law 103-139