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Defense Outsourcing: Challenges Facing DOD as It Attempts to Save Billions in Infrastructure Costs

T-NSIAD-97-110 Published: Mar 12, 1997. Publicly Released: Mar 12, 1997.
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GAO discussed the Department of Defense's (DOD) goal to save billions of dollars by outsourcing work to the private sector and through other initiatives for activities which DOD generally refers to as its support infrastructure, focusing on: (1) DOD's past experience in achieving infrastructure savings; (2) key infrastructure areas that offer the greatest potential for savings; and (3) challenges DOD faces in reaching goals to reduce infrastructure in the future.

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