Supply Inventory Management: Property Accountability at Research , Development, Test, and Evaluation Installations

摘要

Logistics personnel having a responsibility for property accountability should read this report. This report evaluates the Military Departments improvement in maintaining property accountability over personal property at research, development, test, and evaluation installations, Personal property at research, development, test, and evaluation installations includes military equipment and most other types of property, except for real property, consumable items, component parts of a higher assembly, and items that lose their individual identity through use. We previously reported that the Military Departments improperly stocked uncataloged material for research, development, test, and evaluation work. This report includes an assessment of the actions taken by the Military Departments to implement the recommendations in that report, Inspector General of the Department of Defense Report No. 97-183, 'Uncataloged Material at Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Installations,' June 30, 1997. As of January 9, 2002, there were at least 67 military installations performing research, development, test, and evaluation work.