Projects Undertaken by the Defense Evaluation Support Activity and Associated Contractor Support

摘要

The Defense Evaluation Support Activity is a DoD organization under the authority, direction, and control of the Director, Test, Systems Engineering, and Evaluation. As an independent test and evaluation organization, the Defense Evaluation Support Activity is separate and distinct from testing organizations within the Military Departments. It provides quick turnaround, specialized technology, and procedural evaluations to both DoD and non-DoD customers such as the Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of State, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and U.S. Customs Service. The Defense Evaluation Support Activity had eight primary contracts to help it meet its clients' test and evaluation requirements. The FY 1995 institutional funding for the Defense Evaluation Support Activity was $15 million and client funding was about $106 million. Our primary audit objective was to evaluate the appropriateness of projects the Defense Evaluation Support Activity undertook and the associated contractor support to accomplish those projects. We also evaluated the adequacy of the management control program as it related to the primary objective.