DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE: A Departmentwide Framework to Identify and Report Gaps in the Defense Supplier Base Is Needed
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE: A Departmentwide Framework to Identify and Report Gaps in the Defense Supplier Base Is Needed
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国防部：需要一个全部门框架来识别和报告国防供应商基础中的差距
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2008
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Karen Sloan
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Ann Calvaresi;J. Neumann;T. Copp;Lisa Gardner;Michael J Hanson;I. Jefferies;Marie L. Ahearn;Jean McSween;Karen Sloan
摘要：国防部 (DOD) 依靠数千家供应商提供武器、设备和原材料，以满足美国的国家安全目标。然而，国防工业全球化程度的提高以及国防供应商基础向少数主要承包商的整合减少了竞争，并且零部件和子系统的单一来源供应商变得更加普遍。在这份报告中，政府问责局 (1) 评估了国防部监控其国防供应商基础健康状况的努力，(2) 确定了国防部如何识别和解决其供应商基础中可能存在的差距。为了开展工作，GAO 审查了供应商相关的法律、法规和指南；会见了国防部工业政策办公室的官员、国防承包商和其他国防部官员；并对国防部 20 名主要武器采购项目官员进行了调查，了解供应商之间潜在的差距。美国政府问责局建议国防部充分应用标准来识别和监控供应商的担忧，并制定报告要求，规定何时提高对供应商差距的担忧。国防部同意全面应用和发布提高供应商担忧的标准，但不同意主承包商需要正式报告要求。我们认为，国防部需要一种机制来确保信息根据需要流向项目办公室和国防部内更高级别。
Abstract : The Department of Defense (DOD) relies on thousands of suppliers to provide weapons, equipment, and raw materials to meet U.S. national security objectives. Yet, increased globalization in the defense industry and consolidation of the defense supplier base into a few prime contractors has reduced competition and single-source suppliers have become more common for components and subsystems. For this report, GAO (1) assessed DOD's efforts to monitor the health of its defense supplier base, and (2) determined how DOD identifies and addresses gaps that might exist in its supplier base. To conduct its work, GAO reviewed supplier-base related laws, regulations, and guidelines; met with officials from DOD's Office of Industrial Policy, defense contractors, and other DOD officials; and surveyed 20 major DOD weapon acquisition program officials on potential supplier-base gaps. GAO is recommending that DOD fully apply criteria to identify and monitor supplier-base concerns and create reporting requirements for when to elevate concerns about supplier-base gaps. DOD agreed to fully apply and publish criteria for elevating supplier-base concerns, but does not agree that formal reporting requirements are needed for prime contractors. We maintain that DOD needs a mechanism to ensure that information flows to the program office and higher levels within DOD as needed.