Summary: GAO evaluated the Military Traffic Management Command's (MTMC) actions in response to previous GAO recommendations concerning the routing of small shipments of hazardous or sensitive cargo.
GAO found that MTMC has attempted to comply with earlier report recommendations by: (1) obtaining and issuing additional installation shipping and receiving data; (2) making and documenting cost comparisons; (3) making more disclosures of shipping requirements; (4) maintaining more distribution records; and (5) establishing standard operating procedures which assign responsibilities and define procedures for selecting carrier service on small shipments of ammunition, explosives, and weapons. However, GAO found that MTMC instructions and guidelines are sometimes incomplete, unclear, or not followed, resulting in: (1) the preclusion of the use of the lowest-cost air taxi service; (2) reliance on incomplete and conflicting information; (3) questionable cost analysis; and (4) inconsistent consideration of shipment time factors.
