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Army Equipment: Distribution and Documentation Problems Impede Operations

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Jan. 13, 1989
Report No. NSIAD-89-71
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Summary:

GAO assessed the appropriateness of the Army's corrective actions regarding force modernization and its equipment distribution and documentation system.

GAO found that: (1) although the Army initiated some actions to improve its equipment distribution system, there were disparities between the distribution of equipment to units and units' authorization documents; (2) Army commanders were unable to make full use of equipment due to problems in requisitioning required repair parts and related support items; (3) the Army did not report its equipment distribution and documentation problems as a material weakness in its fiscal year (FY) 1987 annual assurance statement on internal controls; and (4) there was no evidence that the Army complied with a regulatory requirement that it review internal control checklists to ensure controls over equipment distribution and documentation.

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