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 1997-11-13 monographic deposited born digital 44 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-98-4 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-4 P0b002ee18038a283 f:ns98004 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-4 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-4 NSIAD-98-4 Naval supplies Military cost control Military downsizing Maintenance (upkeep) Maintenance costs Military vessels Naval aircraft Navy Regional Maintenance Program Navy Working Capital Fund Letter Report NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Navy Regional Maintenance (RM) Program, focusing on the: (1) progress made in implementing the program; (2savings that have been achieved; (3) opportunities for additional savings; and (4) barriers that inhibit full implementation of the program and achievement of projected savings.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) the Navy has made progress in achieving its infrastructure streamlining objective, but it has not been as great as anticipated and challenges remain for accomplishing future plans; (2) to implement the infrastructure streamlining objective, the Navy established steering committees, initiated a phased execution plan, identified a regional structure, and developed business plans; (3) through fiscal year (FY) 1996, the Navy identified 102 initiatives, 55 of which had been started by the end of FY 1997, and 47 of which are to be implemented between FY 1998 and 2001; (4) the Navy projected that its 102 initiatives would save about $944 million, of which $198 million was expected to accrue during FY 1994 to 1997 and $746 million was expected to accrue during FY 1998 to 2001; however, some of the initiatives are not progressing as projected; (5) the Navy cannot identify actual savings achieved because its accounting system does not track RM Program costs and related savings, and the Navy did not establish an independent system to track these costs and related savings; (6) the Navy has opportunities to build on its progress by working to achieve the $746 million in expected savings during FY 1998 to 2001, moving more quickly to implement savings initiatives, and pursuing other opportunities with high potential for significant savings; (7) the Navy identified many of its savings initiatives as high risk because of barriers to implementation; (8) the Navy faces parochial and institutional resistance to the RM Program's objectives and has other complex issues to resolve; (9) the biggest hurdle to overcome may be resistance to initiatives that eliminate organizations, reduce jobs and promotions, or reduce a command's or organization's control over resources; (10) other barriers are: (a) the lack of management visibility over all maintenance related costs; (b) multiple, unconnected management information systems that do not provide adequate data for regional maintenance planning and decisionmaking; and (c) the large number of shore positions desired to support the sea-to-shore rotation program compared to the smaller number needed to perform the intermediate maintenance workload; and (11) visible commitment by the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) is critical to overcome resistance, accelerate decisionmaking, and provide the necessary resources and coordination needed for efficient and effective program implementation. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-4/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-4.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-4/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-4.pdf GAO/NSIAD-98-4 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-4 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-98-4; Navy Regional Maintenance: Substantial Opportunities Exist To Build on Infrastructure Streamlining Progress; Naval supplies Military cost control Military downsizing Maintenance (upkeep) Maintenance costs Military vessels Naval aircraft Navy Regional Maintenance Program Navy Working Capital Fund