National Defense Stockpile: Relocation of Stockpile Materials
Abstract
At the time of our review, the Office of the National Defense Stockpile in the General Service Administration's (GSA) Federal Property Resources Service was responsible for the storage and maintenance of the National Defense Stockpile. The stockpile currently contains 92 critical and strategic stockpile materials located at 102 storage depots around the country. GSA owns 23 of these depots and leases the remainder from other agencies or private enterprises. In August 1986, GSA'S Public Building Service completed a study that identified ways to reduce the inventory of GSA-owned warehouse space. The study recommended selling 1.9 million square feet of stockpile-occupied warehouse space by September 30, 1987, and identified several warehouses for immediate disposal. One of these was the depot in New Bedford, Mass. The study team did not visit New Bedford, and its report did not discuss the impact of selling the New Bedford depot on an unmanned satellite facility at Davisville, R.I. Although the unmanned site was part of New Bedford's management responsibility, the site was not included in the study because it did not contain a GSA-owned warehouse. After additional study and discussion within the Federal Property Resources Service, the GSA Administrator approved a recommendation to relocate stockpile material and dispose of several facilities, including the New Bedford and Davisville depots. The New Bedford depot was sold on October 21, 1987, and the Davisville facility is currently in the process of being closed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- AD1149627
Entities
People
- Martin M. Ferber
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office