Military Base Realignments and Closures: Transfer of Supply, Storage, and Distribution Functions from Military Services to Defense Logistics Agency

Abstract

Because of the broad congressional interest in the implementation of the 2005 BRAC round recommendations, we prepared this report under the Comptroller General's authority to conduct evaluations on his own initiative. Our work was in response to concerns raised by several congressional offices about possible inefficiencies and disruptions in depot maintenance production that could potentially generate higher costs at the department's depot maintenance activities and affect equipment readiness during a critical time for maintenance and support of our nation's warfighters. Our objectives were to determine (1) what efforts have been made to determine which supply-related functions will transfer to DLA, (2) what are the military services' key concerns in implementing the transfer of functions, (3) the extent to which DLA's plans establish a transfer process that minimizes disruptions in depot maintenance, and (4) what are the estimated costs and savings associated with implementing this transfer of functions. This review is one in a series of reviews on the implementation of the closures and realignments in the BRAC 2005 round that we have undertaken under the Comptroller General's authority to conduct evaluations on his own initiative. As part of that work, we are currently reviewing the cost and savings estimates for the larger SS&D recommendation, as well as the progress and challenges in implementing the recommendation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 26, 2007
Accession Number
ADA473633

Entities

People

  • Brian J. Lepore

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Base Closures
  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Department Of Defense
  • Distribution Functions
  • House Of Representatives
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Supply Chain
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.