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Navy Infrastructure: Site Selection Process for the Northeast Regional Command Contained Weaknesses

NSIAD-98-230 Published: Sep 28, 1998. Publicly Released: Sep 28, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) the Navy's site selection process for its northeast regional command; (2) the extent to which the Navy fully evaluated the costs and implications of establishing a new command at the Naval Weapons Station (NWS) Earle, New Jersey, versus the Naval Submarine Base (NSB) New London, Connecticut or the Naval Undersea Warfare Center located at Newport, Rhode Island; (3) the extent to which the Navy followed its criteria for establishing shore activities and the extent to which it fully analyzed prospective costs of the three sites; and (4) location and infrastructure factors that would affect costs and operations of the new command at each of the three locations.

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Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should require the Secretary of the Navy to review and more fully assess the prospective headquarters location for the Commander, Navy Region Northeast, against the Navy's decisionmaking criteria, taking into consideration issues and questions raised in this report.
Closed – Implemented
The Navy completed action on GAO's recommendation on August 3, 1999.

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