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 1996-04-18 monographic deposited born digital 17 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-96-106 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-106 P0b002ee180395575 f:ns96106 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-106 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-106 NSIAD-96-106 Management consultants Defense contracts Defense procurement Contract costs Procurement regulation Defense cost control Cost analysis Contract monitoring Reengineering (management) Letter Report NSIAD Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) attempts to address the impact of its acquisition regulations and oversight requirements, known as cost drivers, on the costs of its purchases.<p/>GAO found that: (1) an independent study identified over 120 regulatory and statutory cost drivers that increased the price of DOD purchased goods and services by 18 percent; (2) as a result of this study, DOD created a working group to coordinate DOD-wide efforts to identify and address the cost drivers; (3) DOD has begun several reforms to reduce regulatory and oversight costs on its contractors; (4) in 1994, DOD established a reinvention laboratory to identify oversight cost drivers, assess the necessity of oversight, and establish process improvements to reduce oversight costs; and (5) while DOD expects some savings from its management and oversight requirements reforms, the actual savings may be substantially less than the 18-percent premiums and pays. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-106/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-106.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-106/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-106.pdf GAO/NSIAD-96-106 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-106 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-96-106; Acquisition Reform: Efforts to Reduce the Cost to Manage and Oversee DOD Contracts; Management consultants Defense contracts Defense procurement Contract costs Procurement regulation Defense cost control Cost analysis Contract monitoring Reengineering (management) Public Law 87-653 Public Law 104-106