Medical and Public Health Law Site TITLE: DoD 4140.32-M, "Defense Inactive Item Program",
08/1992 SUMMARY: This manual, which is published under the authority of
DoD Directive 4140.32, Defense Inactive item Program provides uniform DoD–wide
procedures whereby inactive iterns are selected and considered for elimination as items of
supply from the supply system and from active catalogging records on a progressive and
systematic basis. Items which are no longer needed to support the mission of DoD activities, other
Federal agencies, or the International Logistics Programr needlessly consume warehouse
space, personnel resources, and machine time with serious adverse effect upon the total
supply operation. Thereforer responsible DoD managers at every level and the General
Services administration (GSA), by agreement with that Agency, will be expectecd to place
serious continuing emphasis on the purging of unneeded items from the materiel inventory
and active cataloging records. FILES: Select a Format OPR: USD(AT&L), 703-697-7261
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