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July 21, 2015 By AMK

DoD components’ fragmented SATCOM purchases needlessly increase costs, says GAO

Defense Department components are breaking rules by independently buying commercial bandwidth for satellite communications, which is costing the DoD money, according to a July 17 Government Accountability Office report.

GAO-GovernmentAccountabilityOffice-SealIn the report, GAO says that historically, commercial satellite communications, or SATCOM, were used only to augment military capability, but DoD has become increasingly reliant on commercial SATCOM to support military operations.

The DoD requires that all of its components procure commercial SATCOM through the Defense Information Systems Agency, or DISA, but GAO found that some components are independently procuring SATCOM to meet their individual needs.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.fiercegovernment.com/story/dod-components-fragmented-satcom-purchases-needlessly-increase-costs-says-g/2015-07-21

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: acquisition strategy, DoD, SATCOM

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