Defense Logistics Agency General Fund Equipment Account

This report is one in a series of reports on our assessment of the internal controls and the compliance of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) with laws and regulations relating to financial management at DLA (Project No. 6LA-2005). The Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-576) established requirements for Federal organizations to submit audited financial statements to the Director, Office of Management and Budget. The Government Management Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-356) required DoD and other Government agencies to prepare consolidated financial statements for FY 1996 and each succeeding year. The consolidated DoD financial statements for FY 1996 will include the financial statements for the DLA. For FY 1995, the Department of the Treasury required the DoD to prepare and submit adjusted trial balances. The consolidated DoD adjusted trial balances for FY 1995 included the adjusted trial balances for the DLA General Fund. This report discusses the DLA General Fund Equipment account, We have issued a final report on the general fund trial balance (Report No. 97-024) and a draft report on the preparation of the general fund financial statements. DLA reported total general fund assets valued at $1,807 million and general fund equipment valued at $411 million (22.7 percent) for yearend FY 1995, which becomes the beginning balance for FY 1996.