Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment

Recent Reports

Procurement Technical Assistance Program: Opportunities Exist for DOD to Enhance Training and Collaboration

DOD Utilities Privatization: Improved Data Collection and Lessons Learned Archive Could Help Reduce Time to Award Contracts

Weapon System Sustainment: DOD Needs a Strategy for Re-Designing the F-35's Central Logistics System

Defense Logistics Agreements: DOD Should Improve Oversight and Seek Payment from Foreign Partners for Thousands of Orders It Identifies as Overdue

Military Depots: DOD Can Benefit from Further Sharing of Best Practices and Lessons Learned

Military Aviation Mishaps: DOD Needs to Improve Its Approach for Collecting and Analyzing Data to Manage Risks

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1 Open Recommendations

Agency Affected	Recommendation	Status
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment	The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment should direct the Principal Director, Defense Pricing and Contracting, to identify options for collecting additional information on the extent and nature of delays that contracting officers experience in obtaining cost or pricing data for sole-source spare parts contracts. (Recommendation 1)	Open DOD concurred with the recommendation. DOD established a working group of subject matter experts, which completed a white paper in October 2023 on options for collecting information on the extent and nature of delays in obtaining cost or pricing data for sole source spare parts contracts. Based on the white paper, DOD communicated they plan to issue additional guidance. GAO will consider closing the recommendation after the department has issued the guidance.