Excess Facilities: DOD Needs More Complete Information and a Strategy to Guide Its Future Disposal Efforts
Abstract
GAO has designated the Department of Defense's (DoD) management of support infrastructure as a high risk area, in part because of challenges in reducing excess infrastructure. Operating and maintaining excess facilities consumes resources that could be eliminated from DoD's budget or used for other purposes. In response to direction in House Report 111-491, GAO reviewed DoD's achievements in the following areas: (1) progress toward meeting demolition program targets for fiscal years 2008 through 2013; (2) facility utilization information -- a source for identifying additional excess facilities; and (3) plans for managing and disposing of excess facilities after fiscal year 2013. GAO analyzed information on excess facilities, completed demolitions, and underutilized facilities in DoD's real property inventory database; reviewed DoD's plans for demolition after the on-going program ends; and conducted site visits to selected military installations. To better focus and manage its future disposal efforts, GAO recommends that DoD calculate and record complete and accurate utilization data for all facilities and develop strategies and measures to enhance the management of excess facilities after the current demolition program ends. In written comments on a draft of this report, DoD generally agreed with GAO's recommendations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA549065
Entities
People
- Brian J. Lepore
- Cynthia Grant
- Gina Hoffman
- Hiwotte Amare
- Joanne Landesman
- John Edwards
- Laura Durland
- Michael Willems
- Stephanie Santoso
- Susan Mason
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office