PBL GAO & DoD IG Reports

Since the adoption of Performance Based Life Cycle Product Support (also called Performance Based Logistics or PBL) strategies by the Department of Defense in 1998, there have been a number of evaluations of the approach (or evaluations of other aspects of weapon system product support that potentially involve or have implications for PBL arrangements) by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the DoD Inspector General (IG) as well as other similar audit or inspection organizations, including:

• DoD IG Report "Consolidation Needed for Procurements of DoD H-60 Helicopter Spare Parts" (Redacted) (Report No. DODIG-2017-002) (12 Oct 16)
• DoD IG Report “Navy Needs to Establish Effective Metrics to Achieve Desired Outcomes for SPY‑1 Radar Sustainment (Redacted) (Report No. DODIG-2016-116) (1 Aug 16)
• DoD IG Report “Spare Parts Audits: Additional Guidance is Required” (Report No. DoDIG-2015-103) (31 Mar 15)
• DoD IG Report  “U.S. Air Force May Be Paying Too Much for F117 Engine Sustainment (Report No. DODIG-2015-058) (22 Dec 14)
• DoD IG Report "Naval Supply Systems Command Needs to Improve Cost Effectiveness of Purchases for the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System" (Report No. DOGIG-2015-053) (19 Dec 14) (Note: This report is FOUO)
• DoD IG Report "Improvement Needed for Inventory Management Practices on the T700 Technical, Engineering, and Logistical Services and Supplies Contract" (Report No. DoDIG-2015-050) (10 Dec 14)
• DoD IG Report "Excess Inventory Acquired on Performance-Based Logistics Contracts to Sustain the Air Force's C-130J Aircraft (Redacted) (Report No. DoDIG-2014-119) (22 Sep 14)
• DoD IG Report "Improved Management Needed for the F/A-18 Engine Performance-Based Logistics Contracts" (Report No. DoDIG-2014-064) (25 Apr 14) (Note: This report is FOUO)
• U.S. Department of Defense Agency Financial Report for FY 2013 (Addendum A) (See also Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR)) 
• DoD IG Audit Report “Boeing Overstated Contract Requirements for the CH-47F Helicopter (Report No. DODIG-2013-103)” (16 Jul 13) (Note: This report is FOUO)
• GAO-13-634 “Goals and Associated Metrics Needed to Assess Progress in Improving Service Acquisition" (27 Jun 13) 
• Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (IG) FY 2013 Audit Plan (November 2012)
• DoD IG Report “Better Cost-Control Measures Are Needed on the Army's Cost-Reimbursable Services Contract for Logistics Support of Stryker Vehicles (Report No. DODIG-2012-102)” (18 Jun 12)
• GAO-12-558 "Further Action Needed to Improve DOD's Insight and Management of Long-term Maintenance Contracts" (31 May 12)
• DoD IG Report “Use of Defense Logistics Agency Excess Parts for High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle Depot Repairs Will Reduce Costs (Report No. DODIG-2013-073)” (25 Apr 12)
• DoD IG Report “Changes Are Needed to the Army Contract With Sikorsky to Use Existing DoD Inventory and Control Costs at the Corpus Christi Army Depot (Report No. DODIG-2012-00)” (3 Nov 11)
• GAO-11-469 "DoD Should Clarify Requirements for Assessing and Documenting Technical-Data Needs" (11 May 11)
• GAO-11-318SP "More Comprehensive and Complete Cost Data Can Help DoD Improve the Cost-Effectiveness of Sustaining Weapon Systems (1 Feb 11)
• GAO-11-8 “Enhanced Training Could Strengthen DOD’s Best Value Tradeoff Decisions” (Oct 10)
• GAO-10-717 "DoD Needs Better Information and Guidance to More Effectively Manage and Reduce Operating and Support Costs of Major Weapon Systems" (20 Jul 10)
• DoD IG Report “Public-Private Partnerships at Air Force Maintenance Depots (Report No. D-2010-067)” (10 Jun 10)
• GAO-09-150 “Lack of Key Information May Impede DOD's Ability to Improve Supply Chain Management” (12 Jan 09)
• GAO-09-41 "Improved Analysis and Cost Data Needed to Evaluate the Cost Effectiveness of Performance Based Logistics" (Dec 08)
• United Kingdom (UK) National Audit Office Report "Transforming Logistics Support for Fast Jets" - UK Comptroller & Auditor General (Jul 07)
• DoD IG Audit Report “Implementation of Performance-Based Logistics for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Report No. D-2006-105) (9 Aug 06)
• DoD IG Report “H-60 Seahawk Performance-Based Logistics Program (D-2006-103)” (1 Aug 06)
• DoD IG Report "Procurement Procedures Used for C-17 Globemaster III Sustainment Partnership Total System Support" (Report No. D-2006-101) (21 Jul 06)
• GAO-06-839 "DoD Should Strengthen Policies for Assessing Technical Data Needs to Support Weapon Systems" (14 Jul 06)
• GAO Testimony 06-478T "Defense Acquisitions: Business Case and Business Arrangements Key for Future Combat System's Success" (1 Mar 06)
• GAO-06-209 Army Needs to Strengthen Internal Controls for Items Shipped to Repair Contractors (13 Dec 05)
• GAO-05-966 "DoD Needs To Demonstrate That Performance-Based Logistics Contracts Are Achieving Expected Benefits" (Sep 05)
• GAO-05-736 "Share-in-Savings Initiative Not Yet Tested" (Jul 05)
• GAO-04-715 “Opportunities to Enhance the Implementation of Performance-Based Logistics” (Aug 04)
• DoD IG Report “The Military Departments’ Implementation of Performance-Based Logistics in Support of Weapon Systems (D-2004-110)” (23 Aug 04)
• GAO-03-707 "The Department Needs a Focused Effort to Overcome Critical Spare Parts Shortages" (27 Jun 03)
• GAO-03-708 "Navy Logistics Strategy and Initiatives Need to Address Spare Parts Shortages" (27 Jun 03)
• GAO-03-423 "Public-Private Partnerships Have Increased, but Long-Term Growth and Results Are Uncertain" (10 Apr 03)
• GAO-03-57 "Setting Requirements Differently Could Reduce Weapon Systems' Total Ownership Costs" (11 Feb 03)
• GAO-02-1049 "Guidance Needed for Using Performance-Based Service Contracting" (23 Sep 02)
• GAO-02-306 "Opportunities to Improve the Army's and Navy's Decision-making Process for Weapons Systems Support" (28 Feb 02)