Military Base Closures: Overview of Economic Recovery, Property Transfer, and Environmental Cleanup
Abstract
I am pleased to be here today to present our observations on the Department of Defenses (DOD) four rounds of base realignments and closures (BRAC) in 1988, 1991, 1993, and 1995. My comments today are based on work we have done in recent years tracking DODs implementation of the BRAC Commissions recommendations and on the preliminary results of our ongoing work on the status of prior BRAC rounds to include estimated costs and savings, economic impacts, property transfers, and environmental cleanup. We recently issued an update on DODs estimated costs and savings from the former BRAC rounds. 1 Attachment I lists selected reports we and others have completed on the status and implementation of DODs base realignments and closures. Today I want to address (1) the economic recovery of communities affected by base closures, (2) progress in implementing the recommendations of the BRAC Commissions and transferring unneeded BRAC property to other users, and (3) progress in accomplishing environmental cleanup at base closure sites.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA393644
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office