Military Base Closures: Updated Status of Prior Base Realignments and Closures
Abstract
As the Department of Defense (DoD) prepares for the 2005 base realignment and closure (BRAC) round, questions continue to be raised about the transfer and environmental cleanup of unneeded property arising from the prior four BRAC rounds and their impact on cost and savings and on local economies. This report, which is being issued to the defense authorization committees that have oversight responsibility over defense infrastructure, describes DoD's progress in implementing prior BRAC post-closure actions. The report addresses the following: (1) the transfer of unneeded base property to other users, (2) the magnitude of the net savings accruing from the prior rounds, (3) estimated costs for environmental cleanup of BRAC property, and (4) the economic recovery of communities affected by base closures. Although GAO is making no recommendations in this report, it believes its prior recommendation on the need for a DoD-wide systematic approach for updating savings estimates for the 2005 round, along with an oversight mechanism to ensure that updates are accomplished, remains valid. DoD provided technical comments on a draft of this report and concurred with the need to improve accounting for savings from the 2005 BRAC round.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA436001
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office