However, Army regulations related to TAA primarily focused on the validation and management of planning factors. In 1994, the Army revised its regulations to improve the management of planning factors. Commands and schools were requested prior to the TAA workshops to review and validate logistics data. Additional Procedures Needed to Ensure Data Are Validated

The Army’s revised regulation governing the development and validation of logistical data for the TAA process is an improvement. Also, as part of the TAA process, Army components identify theater-unique requirements that may be different from current doctrinal rules. DOD noted that CASCOM is in the process of establishing procedures to improve the validation of data used in TAA. GAO Comments

1. We continue to believe that the Army’s Total Army Analysis (TAA) process did not ensure valid data, based on the problems we found with the process. 2. 3.
Why GAO Did This Study

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Army's Total Army Analysis (TAA) process, focusing on whether its results are based on valid logistical data assumptions.

What GAO Found

GAO found that: (1) the Army lacks adequate procedures to govern the development and review of logistical data used in the TAA process; (2) until recently, Army regulations only focused on the management and validation of planning factors, and those regulations were not followed; (3) the Army has revised its regulations to require that all logistical TAA data be validated and that the process be centrally managed, but further guidance is needed to ensure the validity of all data and sufficient oversight of the process; and (4) Army programmers sometimes use data and assumptions in the TAA process that differ from what Army component planners use for war plans, which can result in vastly different requirements.