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GAO: DOD Needs to Improve Its Use of Performance Information to Manage the Program

August 1, 2017

Pursuit's Take

The Department of Defense administers the Foreign Military Sales program, which sells military equipment and services to foreign partners and allies to help them improve their national security—and by extension, U.S. national security.

Congress has been concerned about how long foreign partners are waiting for the items and services they need.

While DOD has improved its responsiveness, it continues to fall short of its goals and has not assessed why. DOD also doesn’t collect data on how long it takes to deliver the first item.

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