GAO urges reform in Pentagon's efficiency review process

By Tony Bertuca / November 5, 2020 at 5:17 PM
The Government Accountability Office says it is unable to “assess the quality of the analysis” that led the Defense Department to claim $37 billion in efficiency-related savings because of “a lack of detailed documentation,” though it agrees DOD has made progress over previous years. “Due to inconsistencies between DOD’s reform initiatives and its definitions of reform, DOD may have overstated those savings that it accrued from reform efforts, rather than other efforts, such as cost-cutting or cost avoidance efforts,” GAO...

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