Military Housing: Opportunities Exist to Better Explain Family Housing O and M Budget Requests and Increase Visibility Over Reprogramming of Funds
Abstract
The military services have owned and operated much housing on their installations but increasingly are privatizing housing, relying on the private sector to manage the renovation, construction, and maintenance of existing and new homes for military families. Funding to operate and maintain existing government-owned housing is provided through the family housing operation and maintenance (O and M) appropriations. The amount of funding required varies based on a number of factors, including how quickly privatization occurs to reduce requirements for government-owned housing. As requested, this report discusses the (1) services assumptions and methods used to develop budget requests and how well their budget justifications explain the impact of privatization on family housing O and M funds and (2) the extent to which Congress has visibility over the services reprogramming. GAO is making several recommendations to better explain the budget requests for family housing O and M and increase visibility over service reprogramming of funds between the accounts and a matter for congressional consideration related to visibility of fund movements. In written comments on a draft of this report, DOD agreed with the recommendations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- AD1179142
Entities
People
- Barry W. Holman
- Daniel Chen
- James Reynolds
- Jane Hunt
- Laura Talbott
- Mark Little
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office