GAO Recommends Greater Transparency, Accountability in Missile Defense Acquisition

摘要

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in 2009 made progress in testing and fielding systems, but backtracked in the areas of transparency and accountability, a congressional watchdog agency found.rnRecent organizational and programmatic changes at the MDA have not been accompanied by needed improvements to its acquisition practices, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office's (GAO) Feb. 25 report, "Missile Defense Transition Provides Opportunity to Strengthen Acquisition Approach." The GAO has been providing annual assessments of the agency's progress since 2002.