Military Bases: Opportunities for Savings in Installation Support Costs Are Being Missed
NSIAD-96-108
Published: Apr 23, 1996. Publicly Released: May 08, 1996.
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Highlights
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to promote interservicing, which includes one service's reliance on another for base support and greater reliance on intraservice consolidated support; and (2) opportunities that exist for military bases to save on installation support costs.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Defense | Given the potential for significant savings in base support costs through interservicing-type arrangements, the Secretary of Defense should identify options and take steps to minimize the impediments to interservicing. |
Closed – Implemented
OSD and the services are still identifying and taking actions to mitigate impediments to interservicing. However, major actions have been completed, such as: (1) a revised policy guidance, DODI 4000.19 (Interservice and Intragovernmental Support) issued in August 1995; (2) draft policy guidance, DODI 4100.33 (Commercial Activities Program Procedures), was issued the end of September 1999; additional interim guidance was issued on April 3, 2000; with the final instruction expected to be out by the end of the calendar year and will include guidance on interservicing; and (3) creation of a DOD installations home page in February 1997, which contains policies and guidance for interservice and intra-service support, and searchable databases for identifying sources of interservice and intra-service support and successful practices.
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| Department of Defense | Given the potential for significant savings in base support costs through interservicing type arrangements, the Secretary of Defense should emphasize interservicing as part of contracting out deliberations to maximize potential savings and efficiencies. |
Closed – Implemented
DOD indicates that it will emphasize interservicing as part of contracting deliberations and will include this emphasis in revised program guidance. This guidance, DOD Instruction 4100.33, was issued in draft in September 1999 and additional interim guidance was issued on April 3, 2000, with the final instruction anticipated to be out by the end of the calendar year.
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