The Government Accountability Office has called on the Pentagon to implement joint oversight of military services’ pre-positioned stock programs to improve management of supplies across the world. The Department of Defense has been failing to synchronize how each service branch manages deployed supplies and equipment, which could lead to duplication of effort and inefficiency, GAO said in a new report issued Thursday.Â
GAO highlighted that DoD was unable to address some of the requirements set by the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014. The Pentagon failed to provide all the information required by the NDAA in program planning and that defense officials also let military services work on their own to implement their programs. GAO said the service branches to date manage their programs with little joint oversight.
To help improve management of military supplies, the government watchdog recommended that DoD provide the information required by the NDAA, a more detailed implementation plan and establish a joint oversight of pre-positioned stock programs. GAO added the Pentagon should also update Congress on the progress of its efforts.