Defense Infrastructure
Enhancing Performance Through Better Business Practices Gao ID: T-NSIAD/AIMD-95-126 March 23, 1995The Defense Department (DOD) faces huge challenges in effectively managing its diverse operations as it downsizes its forces and activities. Critical to the downsizing process is having meaningful and reliable financial information so that DOD can make informed decisions. This testimony presents examples of DOD's progress in reducing the infrastructure and identifies ways management and business practices. To the extent that infrastructure resources are used inefficiently, they are unavailable for the other defense needs.