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 2003-06-17 monographic deposited born digital 30 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-639 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-639 P0b002ee18038d91a f:d03639 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-05-04 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-639 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-639 GAO-03-639 Defense cost control Environmental monitoring Environmental policies Military cost control Military policies Policy evaluation Environmental law Other Written Product A06901 The Department of Defense (DOD) and its military services are responsible for complying with a broad range of environmental laws and other requirements that apply to the lands they manage, including more than 425 major military installations covering about 25 million acres across the United States. Through its environmental quality program, DOD spends about $2 billion per year to comply with these requirements. Although the services have made significant improvements in environmental management in recent years, DOD has not reached full environmental compliance. In response to the Senate Armed Services Committee's report on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, we assessed how DOD and the services identify, prioritize, and fund their environmental quality activities to determine whether the most important and appropriate activities are funded. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-639/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-639.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-639/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-639.pdf GAO-03-639 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-639 Other Written Product GAO-03-639; Environmental Compliance: Better DOD Guidance Needed to Ensure That the Most Important Activities Are Funded; Defense cost control Environmental monitoring Environmental policies Military cost control Military policies Policy evaluation Environmental law