In May 2010, the Secretary of Defense announced a department-wide initiative with the goal of achieving efficiencies and reducing excess overhead costs while reinvesting those savings in sustaining DOD's force structure and modernizing its weapons portfolio. The Secretary tasked the military departments and SOCOM to find estimated savings of about $100 billion over the period of fiscal years 2012 to 2016. For fiscal years 2013 and 2014, DOD identified additional efficiency initiatives. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 mandated that GAO assess the extent to which DOD has tracked and realized savings proposed pursuant to the initiative to identify $100 billion in efficiencies. As the second report in response to this mandate, this report addresses 1) DOD's progress in adjusting its approach to tracking and reporting on the implementation of its efficiency initiatives since GAO's December 2012 report, and 2) the extent to which DOD is evaluating the impact of its initiatives.
Alternative title
Action needed to improve evaluation of initiatives
Background -- DOD has taken steps to further refine its approach to track and report on its efficiency initiatives -- Military departments and SOCOM vary in the extent and nature of their efforts to evaluate the impact of their efficiency initiatives -- Conclusions.
Call number
GPO Internet GA 1.13:GAO-14-134
Note
"January 2014."
"GAO-14-134."
Bibliography (note)
Includes bibliographical references.
Author
United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body.
Title
Defense efficiencies : action needed to improve evaluation of initiatives : report to congressional committees.
Publisher
[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2014.
Type of content
text
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
text file PDF
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Source of description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed January 22, 2014).