Accession Number:

ADA370780

Title:

DEFENSE INVENTORY: Improved Management Framework Needed to Guide Air Force Best Practice Initiatives

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIV

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1999-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

26.0

Abstract:

In this report, we discuss our evaluation of the Air Forces best practices implementation schedule for the acquisition and distribution of secondary inventory items, which the Secretary of the Air Force submitted to the Congress on July 19, 1999.2 Specifically, we 1 determined the extent to which the schedule responds to the provisions of the act and 2 identified specific elements of a management framework needed for effective implementation and oversight of the Air Forces best practice initiatives.

Descriptors:

• *MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL
• *INVENTORY
• AIR FORCE
• CONGRESS
• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• ACQUISITION
• INVENTORY CONTROL

Subject Categories:

• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE