Government Property

DOD's Management of the Property It Furnishes to Contractors Gao ID: NSIAD-88-151 May 26, 1988

GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) management of government property furnished to DOD contractors to determine the: (1) effectiveness of DOD implementation of the government policy of relying on contractors to provide the property needed for government contracts; (2) adequacy of management controls over contractor requisitions; and (3) adequacy of government oversight of property in contractors' possession.

GAO found that DOD: (1) did not effectively implement the policy of relying on contractors to provide materiel for government contracts; (2) either did implement or inadequately implemented regulations designed to control contractors' materiel requisitions; (3) did not adequately enforce federal acquisition regulations requiring contractors to account for government-owned property in their possession and the government to oversee contractors' materiel management; and (4) made slow progress in developing and implementing financial property accounting systems.

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