Differences In The Services' Military Family Housing Programs Hinder Good Management
Abstract
During hearings on the fiscal year 1980 military family housing budget request, the House Committee on Appropriations pointed out that there was considerable variation among the military services in the cost of operating and maintaining family housing units. At the 1981 hearings the committee found no evidence that the Department of Defense (DOD) had reviewed its concerns. Consequently, the committee requested a GAO study of this subject to be available for the fiscal year 1982 hearings on military family housing. In subsequent meetings with committee staff, the initial request was expanded and GAO agreed to determine the reasons for operations and maintenance unit cost variances among the services, the budget process DOD and each service uses in developing the military family housing operations and maintenance budget request, and the controls governing appropriated military family housing operations and maintenance funds use. In fiscal years 1980 and 1981, DOD was appropriated $1.5 billion and $1.6 billion, respectively, to operate and maintain about 387,000 family housing units worldwide.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 05, 1981
- Accession Number
- AD1176854
Entities
People
- Milton J. Socolar
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office