GAO: Naval Academy leads in sexual assaults (Navy Times)

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<p>[GAO:</a> Naval Academy leads in sexual assaults - Navy News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Navy Times](<a href=“http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/02/navy_250208_sexassault/]GAO:”>http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/02/navy_250208_sexassault/)</p>

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A congressional study found that the Naval Academy leads its sister service academies in the number of reported incidents of sexual harassment and assault but goes on to say that a lack of uniform reporting standards makes comparisons difficult to make.</p>

<p>“That could be misleading. It could lead to an unfair comparison,” said Brenda Farrell, director of the Government Accountability Office’s Defense Capabilities and Management office, citing different definitions and practices used by the service academies.</p>

<p>For instance, the report calls for the Defense Department to “clearly articulate data reporting requirements, to include common terminology” for each service academy and recommended that the department create “service-wide performance metrics for sexual harassment and assault programs,” and that the Coast Guard Academy follow the same reporting requirements…

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