• In its Jan. 11, 2010, report, “Defense Logistics Agency Contracts for M2 Machine Gun Spare Parts in Support of Operations in Southwest Asia,” the IG says the agency must “evaluate the metrics used to manage the product quality deficiency reporting process and update the agency’s Joint Product Quality Deficiency Report instruction.” Now, the IG says, there has been “extensive time required to develop, coordinate and implement the guidance.”

• While changes are being met to address concerns raised in the March 3, 2010 report, “Deferred Maintenance and Carryover on the Army Abrams Tank,” the IG says: “The proposed change has been incorporated into the revised financial management regulation, which will be published in the near future.”

More time is also needed to “finalize guidance” to address issues raised in a December 2010 report on contracts supporting the U.S. Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance UAV program. In that report, the IG said documentation needs to “be modified to include necessary surveillance and inspection requirements.”