Household Goods: Administrative Changes Would Improve DOD's Do-It-Yourself Moving Program

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 1994-09-27 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:NSIAD-94-226 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-226 P0b002ee180395689 f:ns94226 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-226 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-226 NSIAD-94-226 Employee transfers Freight transportation operations Household goods Freight transportation rates Relocation allowances Transportation costs Cost effectiveness analysis Military cost control Employee incentives Military personnel DOD Do-It-Yourself Household Goods Moving Program Letter Report NSIAD Household Goods: Administrative Changes Would Improve DOD's Do-It-Yourself Moving Program GAO reviewed the Defense Department's (DOD) Do-It-Yourself program, a voluntary program in which military personnel move their own household goods or arrange to have them moved by a private company. Under the program, service members receive 80 percent of what it would have cost the government to ship the goods by a commercial carrier. The program is intended to save the government money while also providing extra income, in the form of a cash incentive, to participating members. GAO (1) assessed the extent to which service members were using the program, (2) determines whether DOD was adequately making service members aware of the program's benefits, and (3) ascertains whether DOD has sufficient controls to ensure that the program is cost-effective. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-226/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-226.htm GAO/NSIAD-94-226 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-226 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-94-226; Household Goods: Administrative Changes Would Improve DOD's Do-It-Yourself Moving Program; Employee transfers Freight transportation operations Household goods Freight transportation rates Relocation allowances Transportation costs Cost effectiveness analysis Military cost control Employee incentives Military personnel DOD Do-It-Yourself Household Goods Moving Program