Test and Evaluation

The Director, Operational Test and Evaluation's Role in Test Resources Gao ID: NSIAD-90-128 August 27, 1990

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the tasks of the Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), focusing on the Director's: (1) role as chairman of the Test and Evaluation Committee; and (2) use of early operational assessments.

GAO found that: (1) the Deputy Secretary of Defense appointed the director as chairman of the Test and Evaluation Committee to be responsible for planning, programming, and budgeting for development test resources; (2) DOT&E statutes did not prohibit its use of early operational assessments; (3) the director attempted to redefine the Department of Defense's (DOD) perspective on test and evaluation and to emphasize the use of early operational assessments; and (4) performing early operational assessments when production representative test articles are not available could fill a void in the availability of actual operational test and evaluation results.

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