Defense infrastructure : additional information is needed to better explain the proposed 100,000-acre expansion of the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site : report to congressional committees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Contributor:

Lepore, Brian J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (Colo.).

Military training camps--Colorado.

Military training camps.

Land use--United States.

Land use.

Disclosure of information--United States.

Disclosure of information.

Colorado.

Colorado--Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site.

United States.

Physical Description:

ii, 41 pages : digital, PDF file

Other Title:

Additional information is needed to better explain the proposed 100,000-acre expansion of the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]

Summary:

Recently, the Army forecast that it would experience a 4.5-million-acre training land shortfall by 2013 and proposed to purchase additional land adjacent to certain existing training ranges. In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Army's approach for acquiring training land. This report (1) evaluates the Army's approach to the acquisition of training land, (2) describes the Army's consideration of alternatives and assessment of the environmental and economic effects, and (3) analyzes the Army's effectiveness in communicating its approach for making decisions to pursue these acquisitions before the Office of the Secretary of Defense's (OSD) approval. GAO reviewed the Army strategic plan for training lands and other relevant documents, and focused on all five land acquisitions since 2002 at Fort Irwin, California; three training sites in Hawaii; and the proposed expansion of the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site in Colorado. GAO recommends that (1) the Army develop and implement a process to update periodically its strategic plan for training ranges to reflect current needs and (2) OSD and the Army jointly review their strategies for communicating major land acquisitions and agree on a common practice that would address concerns about early disclosure and provide the Army and the other services some flexibility to engage the public. DOD generally agrees with the recommendations to view the full product, including and the Army jointly review their strategies for communicating major land acquisitions and agree on a common practice that would address concerns about early disclosure and provide the Army and the other services some flexibility to engage the public.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on Mar. 2, 2009).

"GAO contact, Brian J. Lepore"--Page 54.

"January 2009."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-09-171."

OCLC:

311598437