Accession Number:

AD1155782

Title:

Defense Inventory Management: Problems, Progress, and Additional Actions Needed

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Congressional Testimony]

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Hinton, Henry L. Jr

Report Date:

1997-03-20

Pagination or Media Count:

28

Abstract:

We are pleased to be here today to discuss defense inventory management tissues. We have identified defense inventory management as 1 of our 25 high-risk areas in the federal government because of vulnerabilities to waste, fraud, and abuse. As requested, our testimony will focus on 1 ahistorical overview of defense inventory management problems 2 measures taken by the Department of Defense DOD to improve inventory management and 3 the actions DOD needs to aggressively take, both near and long term, to solve long-standing inventory management problems.

Descriptors:

Subject Categories:

• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]