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 2006-09-05 monographic deposited born digital 52 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-914 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-914 P0b002ee180397008 f:d06914 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-914 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-914 GAO-06-914 Contract oversight Defense budgets Energy costs Military budgets Privatization Program evaluation Program management Electric utilities Wastewater management Economic analysis Other Written Product A60206

Department of Defense (DOD) installations have about 2,600 electric, water, wastewater, and natural gas utility systems valued at about $50 billion. In 1997, DOD decided that privatization was the preferred method for improving utility systems, and Congress approved legislative authority for privatizing DOD's utility systems with Public Law No. 105-85. DOD estimates that some utility privatization contracts will cost over $100 million. In a May 2005 report, GAO identified several management weaknesses in DOD's implementation of the program. The Fiscal Year 2006 National Defense Authorization Act required GAO to evaluate and report on changes to the utility privatization program since May 2005. Accordingly, this report updates the status of the program and discusses the effect of DOD's changes on the concerns noted last year. To conduct this review, GAO summarized program status and costs, assessed DOD's changes to program guidance and in other areas, and reviewed the services' implementation of the changes. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-914/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-914.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-914/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-914.pdf GAO-06-914 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-914 Other Written Product GAO-06-914; Defense Infrastructure: Actions Taken to Improve the Management of Utility Privatization, but Some Concerns Remain; Contract oversight Defense budgets Energy costs Military budgets Privatization Program evaluation Program management Electric utilities Wastewater management Economic analysis Title 10 Section 2688 10 U.S.C. 2688 Public Law 105-85 Public Law 108-136 Public Law 109-163