United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-06-22 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:NSIAD-94-143 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-143 P0b002ee18038c46e f:ns94143 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-143 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-143 NSIAD-94-143 Naval facilities Federal facility relocation Federal agency reorganization Reductions in force Military cost control Defense economic analysis Future budget projections Real estate leases Laboratories Norfolk (VA) Suffolk (VA) Newport (RI) Letter Report NSIAD As part of the 1993 round of base closures, the Navy recommended closing the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Norfolk, Virginia and moving it to Newport, Rhode Island, to reduce excess capacity. Construction of the Center's new facility in Suffolk, Virginia, had begun nearly a year earlier and was nearing completion under a 20-year lease for a building built to the Center's specifications. The justification for the building was originally submitted in 1987, before base closure considerations and reduced Navy budgets. It was based on the detachment's planned growth and the desire to consolidate the detachment's existing leased spaces in the Norfolk area. GAO concludes that the Navy should not have entered into a long-term lease during a period of downsizing. If the Navy fails to find other occupants for the building, it could be forced to spend more than $24 million in lease costs over the course of the lease. In addition, the Navy spent more than $9 million on one-time relocation costs. Before signing the lease, the Navy had indications that the proposed facility might not be needed. As a result, GAO believes that options other than a long-term lease merited greater consideration. In GAO's view, the decision to build the Suffolk facility was questionable. GAO found no indication that other options were considered for acquiring space for a smaller detachment. GAO summarized this report in testimony before Congress; see: Navy Laboratories: Issues Concerning the Naval Undersea Warfare Center's Suffolk Facility, by Donna M. Heivilin, Director of Defense Management and NASA Issues, before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. GAO/T-NSIAD-94-211, June 22, 1994 (seven pages). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-143/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-143.htm GAO/NSIAD-94-143 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-143 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-94-143; Navy Laboratories: Concerns Regarding the Naval Undersea Warfare Center's Suffolk Facility; Naval facilities Federal facility relocation Federal agency reorganization Reductions in force Military cost control Defense economic analysis Future budget projections Real estate leases Laboratories Norfolk (VA) Suffolk (VA) Newport (RI)