Military base realignments and closures : updated costs and savings estimates from BRAC 2005 / [Brian J. Lepore].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Lepore, Brian J.

Contributor:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Reorganization--Costs.

United States.

United States. Department of Defense.

Military base closures--United States--Costs.

Military base closures.

United States--Armed Forces--Military construction operations--Costs.

Military base closures--Costs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (50 pages)

Other Title:

Updated costs and savings estimates from Base Realignment and Closure 2005

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2012]

Summary:

Our analysis of DOD's fiscal year 2011 update relating to the BRAC 2005 budget submission to Congress shows that one-time implementation costs grew from $21 billion originally estimated by the BRAC Commission in 2005 to about $35.1 billion, an increase of about $14.1 billion, or 67 percent, largely due to increased construction costs. We compared the BRAC Commission's 2005 estimates to DOD's fiscal year 2011 budget submission and found that 14 of 182 BRAC recommendations accounted for about 72 percent of the cost increase, or about $10.2 billion. Our analysis of those 14 recommendations shows that increased construction costs resulted primarily from additional building projects and additions to planned projects, which DOD deemed necessary after implementation began. For example, one-time costs for realigning the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency more than doubled from $1.1 billion to $2.6 billion, with military construction accounting for nearly $726 million of that increase due to additional supporting facilities the agency identified as essential to the mission. Overall, military construction costs for the BRAC 2005 round increased 86 percent, from $13.2 billion estimated by the BRAC Commission to $24.5 billion according to DOD's fiscal year 2011 BRAC budget, while over the same time period, general inflation increased by 13.7 percent. In contrast, military construction costs for the four prior BRAC rounds combined amounted to less than $7 billion. Other reasons for implementation cost increases included increased operation and maintenance costs, such as for furnishings to outfit new and renovated buildings and information technology needed to equip additional facilities, and higher environmental restoration costs.

Notes:

Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 2, 2012).

"June 29, 2012."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-12-709R."

OCLC:

797966279