DOD Manufacturing Technology Program--Management Is Improving But Benefits Hard To Measure

Gao ID: NSIAD-85-5 November 30, 1984

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO evaluated the level of success of the Department of Defense's (DOD) Manufacturing Technology (MT) Program, which was established to improve defense productivity and reduce acquisition costs.

GAO found that DOD officials often differ in their opinions as to the results of the program. GAO believes that, to judge program effectiveness in a balanced way, the various views of the program's benefits should be considered together with the constant criterion of whether it is achieving its major objective. Current program planning and project selection processes and planned actions relative to those processes could significantly impact program effectiveness. However, the problem remains that evaluation approaches continue to be fragmented, inconsistent, and inconclusive because of the lack of guidance on how such efforts should be accomplished.

Recommendations

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