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Defense Reorganization: DOD Establishment and Management of Defense Agencies

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 27, 1992
Report No. NSIAD-92-210BR
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Summary:

This briefing report reviews the Defense Department's (DOD) implementation of provisions of the Goldwater-Nichols DOD Reorganization Act of 1986 dealing with defense agencies. That legislation (1) states that a single DOD agency may be designated to perform a supply or service activity that is common to more than one military department, (2) requires that the overall supervision of each defense agency so designated be assigned to either a civilian office within the Office of the Secretary of Defense listed in the act or to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, (3) spells out how the Joint Chiefs of Staff should oversee the combat support agencies, and (4) requires periodic reviews to be done.

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