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 1995-04-14 monographic deposited born digital 159 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-95-133 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-133 P0b002ee1803a5d5c f:ns95133 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-133 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-133 NSIAD-95-133 Base closures Military downsizing Military bases Cost effectiveness analysis Federal facility relocation Site selection Federal agency reorganization Defense cost control Defense capabilities Base realignments DOD Cost of Base Realignment Action Model Chapter Report NSIAD

During the 1995 round of base closures, the Pentagon's recommendations to close surplus military bases were generally sound, although GAO questions the reasonableness of specific recommendations. For example, some excess facilities were spared only because of high up-front shutdown costs. GAO singles out the Air Force process as particularly subjective and poorly documented. Also, the Navy did not consistently apply Defense Department (DOD) criteria when it decided to retain some facilities because of the economic impact their closure would have on local communities. Meanwhile, DOD's estimate of $1.8 billion in annual savings did not take into accounting potentially costly environmental cleanup activities at military bases. GAO summarized this report in testimony before Congress; see: Military Base Closures: Analysis of DOD's Process and Recommendations for 1995, by Henry L. Hinton, Jr., Assistant Comptroller General for National Security and International Affairs Programs, before the Base Closure and Realignment Commission. GAO/T-NSIAD-95-132, Apr. 17 (15 pages). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-133/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-133.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-133/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-133.pdf GAO/NSIAD-95-133 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-95-133 Chapter Report GAO/NSIAD-95-133; Military Bases: Analysis of DOD's 1995 Process and Recommendations for Closure and Realignment; Base closures Military downsizing Military bases Cost effectiveness analysis Federal facility relocation Site selection Federal agency reorganization Defense cost control Defense capabilities Base realignments DOD Cost of Base Realignment Action Model Title 10 Section 2464(a) 10 U.S.C. 2464(a) Public Law 96-510 Public Law 99-499 Public Law 100-526 Public Law 101-510