Military Bases: Closure and Realignment Savings Are Significant, but Not Easily Quantified

Abstract

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) cost and savings estimates for past base realignment and closure (BRAC) actions, focusing on the: (1) extent to which DOD is achieving actual savings from BRAC; and (2) adequacy of the DOD process for developing the cost and savings estimates reported in its annual budget submissions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 08, 1996
Accession Number
AD1153855

Entities

People

  • David R. Warren

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Base Closures
  • Budget Estimates
  • Budgets
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Development
  • Force Structure
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Maintenance
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Physics

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis