Accession Number:

ADA235163

Title:

Consolidating DoD Housing and Allowance Data Collection

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT INST BETHESDA MD

Personal Author(s):

• Brown, Douglas M.
• Hathaway, James L.

Report Date:

1991-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

94.0

Abstract:

Data on Service members housing costs are collected for four primary purposes to determine the eligibility for basic allowance for quarters payments to determine the eligibility for, and amount of, variable housing allowances or overseas housing allowance payments to determine housing deficits at military installations and to calculate the appropriate variable housing allowance ceilings for an installation. We identified 14 different data collection forms now being used by DoD and the Military Services. The information on those forms is required for the four major purposes and clearly overlaps. It is collected from Service members several times in fact, the military spends more than 2 million manhours annually on filling out and processing forms - just for housing and allowances. We found that much of the data collected are redundant, some are unnecessary, and some are readily available from other sources collecting the same data using different methods and agents can result in inconsistent and erroneous analyses. The Finance Office should be the primary sponsor of the form and the data. DoD could realize additional savings by integrating the data collection process into a single automated system.

Descriptors:

• *HOUSING(DWELLINGS)
• MILITARY PERSONNEL
• MILITARY FACILITIES
• AUTOMATION
• VARIABLES
• OVERSEAS
• DEFICIENCIES
• DATA ACQUISITION
• FINANCE
• FORMS(PAPER)
• MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
• COSTS

Subject Categories:

• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Structural Engineering and Building Technology
• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE