Improvement Continues in DOD's Reporting on Sustainable Ranges, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Its Range Assessments and Comprehensive Plan
Abstract
DOD continues to make progress in addressing most of the elements of section 366. This year s report describes the progress DOD has made in implementing its range sustainment plan, as required by section 366. Further, DOD s 2008 sustainable ranges report has made progress in addressing the elements of section 366 required for DOD s original fiscal year 2004 report, but the report does not fully address three of these elements. The report updates improvements made in addressing four elements of the act required for DOD s fiscal year 2004 report: (1) the evaluation of the adequacy of resources to meet current and future requirements; (2) DOD s goals and milestones for tracking planned actions and measuring progress; (3) designation of offices within OSD and the military departments that are responsible for overseeing the implementation of DOD s sustainable ranges comprehensive plan; and (4) DOD s plans to improve its readiness reporting system. To address the adequacy of its current resources to meet current and future requirements, DOD established standardized criteria and identified common factors to assess range capabilities and encroachment, as we recommended in our 2007 report. DOD officials said that they worked closely with service officials to build a common set of capability attributes and encroachment factors and service-specific mission areas to evaluate them against. In addition, for the first time, DOD s sustainable ranges report also includes three elements of section 366 required to be included in DOD s fiscal year 2004 report: (1) an assessment of current and future training range requirements, (2) an evaluation of virtual and constructive assets to meet range requirements, and (3) projected funding requirements for implementing planned range sustainability actions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 15, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA491873
Entities
People
- Brian Lepore
- Harold Reich
- Jacqueline Mccoll
- Jason Jackson
- Joanne Landesman
- Katherine Lenane
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office