United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2002-06-06 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-02-475 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-475 P0b002ee180377dad f:d02475 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-475 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-475 GAO-02-475 Leases Military budgets Military cost control Military expense allowances Military facilities Military housing Real property Other Written Product A03503

The military services face significant challenges in addressing facility sustainment, restoration, and modernization needs with limited funds. These challenges are magnified by the 20 to 25 percent of the Department of Defense's (DOD) real property that it views as not being needed to meet current mission requirements, but that adds to costs. To reduce these costs and acquire additional resources to maintain its facilities, DOD has developed a multi-part strategy involving base realignment and closure, housing and utility privatization, competitive sourcing of non-inherently governmental functions, and demolition of facilities that are no longer needed. While the services continue to use the leasing authority provided for traditional type of leases, they have made limited efforts to use the expanded leasing authority enacted by Congress in fiscal year 2001. The services have identified a number of impediments that have limited the use of the expanded leasing authority and that could adversely affect the program in the future. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-475/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-475.htm GAO-02-475 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-475 Other Written Product GAO-02-475; Defense Infrastructure: Greater Management Emphasis Needed to Increase the Services' Use of Expanded Leasing Authority; Leases Military budgets Military cost control Military expense allowances Military facilities Military housing Real property Title 10 Section 2667 Title 10 Section 2814 10 U.S.C. 2667 10 U.S.C. 2814 Title 31 Section 720 31 U.S.C. 720