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Strategic Defense Initiative Program: Controls Needed Over Construction and Operational Support Funds

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date July 24, 1986
Report No. NSIAD-86-145
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Summary:

GAO studied the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization's (SDIO) plans for constructing facilities for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) program, specifically whether SDIO had adequate management controls in place to identify, plan, review, approve, and notify Congress of SDIO-funded construction projects.

GAO found that: (1) SDIO failed to notify Congress in advance of funds it spent on a construction project that Congress did not previously authorize; (2) SDIO failed to notify Congress in advance of funds it spent on a construction project at a contractor-owned, and contractor-operated facility it undertook with research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) funds; (3) agencies improperly used RDT&E funds for projects involving SDI research; and (4) SDIO used SDI research funds to repair a roof and maintain facilities without congressional knowledge.

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