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 1996-12-20 monographic deposited born digital 24 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-97-45 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-45 P0b002ee180387571 f:ns97045 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-45 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-45 NSIAD-97-45 Military reserve personnel Appropriated funds Post exchanges Financial analysis Defense cost control Sales taxes DOD Surcharge Collections Fund DOD Reserve Components Survey DOD Commissary Patron Demographic Survey Letter Report NSIAD Commissaries are stores that sell groceries and household supplies to members of the military, retirees, and their dependents. The Defense Commissary Agency manages all service commissaries worldwide and has received an average of about $1 billion in federal support annually during the past five years. The Defense Department (DOD) has proposed allowing reservists unlimited access to commissaries three times in the recent past. DOD officials view this policy change as a low- or no-cost way to increase military service benefits. This report discusses the (1) evolution of the policy on military reservists' access to the commissaries and proposals to change that policy, (2) sources of the Defense Commissary Agency's funding, and (3) information needed to analyze the impact on appropriated funds of granting military reservists unlimited access to the commissary system. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-45/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-45.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-45/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-45.pdf GAO/NSIAD-97-45 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-45 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-97-45; Defense Management: Estimating Impact of Changes to Commissary Access Policy; Military reserve personnel Appropriated funds Post exchanges Financial analysis Defense cost control Sales taxes DOD Surcharge Collections Fund DOD Reserve Components Survey DOD Commissary Patron Demographic Survey Conf. Rept. 104-261