DoD’sJuly 2012 submission to Congress following its most recent Quadrennial Roles and Missions Review did not provide sufficiently detailed information about most of the statutorily required elements of the assessment, GAO has said in calling for a better assessment of future roles and missions.
DoD’s submission included the results of a 2011 review that led to the January 2012 release of a new strategic guidance document as well as theQuadrennial Roles and Missions Review report. However, neither document provides all the information required by the roles and missions assessment, including identifying the DoD components responsible for providing the identified core competencies and capabilities and identifying plans for addressing any unnecessary duplication or capability gaps, according to GAO-14-668.
It said that in assessing roles and missions DoD did not develop or document a planned approach that included the principles or assumptions used to inform the assessment, the department included only limited internal stakeholder involvement, and it did not develop a schedule to gauge progress for conducting the assessment and completing the report.
GAO called on the department to develop a comprehensive process that includes a planned approach, involvement of key internal and external stakeholder involvement, and time frames, when conducting future assessments.
