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 2008-04-24 monographic deposited born digital 69 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-502 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-502 P0b002ee18037ebb2 f:d08502 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-502 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-502 GAO-08-502 Cost analysis Data integrity Defense capabilities Defense economic analysis Defense procurement Facility maintenance Facility management Facility repairs Federal facilities Federal funds Federal property management Funds management Military appropriations Military bases Military facilities Military inventories Program evaluation Program management Reporting requirements Strategic planning Cost estimates Program costs Program goals or objectives Program implementation Other Written Product A81867

The Department of Defense (DOD) manages and operates about 577,000 structures worldwide, valued at about $712 billion. DOD has worked for several years to develop models that can reliably estimate the installation support funds needed to sustain these facilities, and plans to spend over $55 billion to support these facilities and operate its bases in fiscal year 2008. Because GAO has identified support infrastructure as a high-risk area that affects DOD's ability to devote funds to other more critical needs, GAO initiated this review under the Comptroller General's authority. This report discusses (1) the reliability of the annual funding estimates produced by the facilities sustainment model, (2) DOD's progress in meeting funding goals for facility sustainment and recapitalization, (3) the extent to which DOD has addressed deferred facility sustainment funding needs, and (4) the status of DOD's efforts to develop a new installation services model. To address these objectives, GAO reviewed the accuracy and support for the model's key inputs, analyzed pertinent documents, and visited eight judgmentally selected installations. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-502/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-502.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-502/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-502.pdf GAO-08-502 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-502 Other Written Product GAO-08-502; Defense Infrastructure: Continued Management Attention Is Needed to Support Installation Facilities and Operations; Cost analysis Data integrity Defense capabilities Defense economic analysis Defense procurement Facility maintenance Facility management Facility repairs Federal facilities Federal funds Federal property management Funds management Military appropriations Military bases Military facilities Military inventories Program evaluation Program management Reporting requirements Strategic planning Cost estimates Program costs Program goals or objectives Program implementation Title 31 Section 717 31 U.S.C. 717