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Military Readiness: Congress Needs Better Tools for Effective Oversight

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 18, 1998
Report No. T-NSIAD-98-124
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Summary:

The Defense Department's (DOD) quarterly readiness reports to Congress provide only a vague description of readiness problems and planned remedial actions. As a result, the reports are not as effective as they could be as a congressional oversight tool. Although DOD is required to expand on these reports by adding indicators, GAO questions DOD's plans for implementing this expanded reporting requirement. DOD could strengthen its readiness reporting to Congress by (1) providing more specific descriptions and supporting information for the key readiness deficiencies and planned remedial actions identified in its quarterly report and (2) improving its current plans for adding readiness indicators to the quarterly report.

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