| Defense Infrastructure: DOD Needs to Take Actions to Address Challenges in Meeting Federal Renewable Energy Goals |
Dec 2009 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
Mark Gaffigan; Brian J Lepore; Terrel Dorn; Susan Irving; Carol Henn; Ernie Hazera; Harold Van Reich; John Schaik; Leslie Bharadwaja; Kenneth Cooper; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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 | The Department of Defense (DoD) consumes about 60 percent of all energy used at federal government facilities. To encourage an increased use of energy from renewable sources, such as solar and wind power, (1) the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (the 2005 Act) directs DoD to consume at least 3 percent of its total electricity from renewable resources starting in fiscal year 2007; (2) Executive Order 13423 (the 2007 Executive ... |
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| Defense Infrastructure: The Army Needs to Establish Priorities, Goals, and Performance Measures for Its Arsenal Support Program Initiative |
05-Nov-2009 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Brian J Lepore; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Our objective for this review was to determine the extent to which the Army has addressed the intended purposes set forth in the ASPI authorizing legislation. Additionally, in response to congressional interest, we have provided information in enclosure 2 of this report that discusses other available authorities that the Army uses or could use to improve the viability of its manufacturing arsenals. In response to direction by the conferees to ... |
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| Military Training: DOD's Report on the Sustainability of Training Ranges Addresses Most of the Congressional Reporting Requirements and Continues to Improve with Each Annual Update |
27-Oct-2009 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Brian J Lepore; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Because the military faces obstacles in acquiring new training lands, the preservation and sustainment of its current lands is a priority. Sustainable training range management focuses on practices that allow the military to manage its ranges in a way that ensures their usefulness well into the future. As required by section 366(a) of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (as amended),1 DOD was to submit ... |
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| Defense Infrastructure: DOD Needs to Improve Oversight of Relocatable Facilities and Develop a Strategy for Managing Their Use across the Military Services |
Jun-2009 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Susan Ditto; Leslie Bharadwaja; Charles Perdue; Clara Mejstrik; Laura Talbott; Katherine Lenane; Mary Jo Lacasse; Brian J Lepore; Sharon Reid; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The concurrent implementation of several major Department of Defense (DoD) force structure and infrastructure initiatives has stressed the ability of traditional military construction to provide enough permanent living and working space for service members and other DoD personnel. As a result, the services are using some movable -- or relocatable -- facilities as barracks, administrative offices, medical facilities, dining halls, and equipment maintenance facilities to meet short-term needs. In Senate ... |
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| Defense Infrastructure. Planning Challenges Could Increase Risks for DOD in Providing Utility Services When Needed to Support the Military Buildup on Guam |
Jun-2009 |
57 pages |
| Authors:
Brian J Lepore; Mark A Little; Grace A Coleman; Michael W Armes; Raj C Chitikila; Katherine S Lenane; Mahender Dudani; Patrick E Peterson; Mark J Wielgoszynski; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Department of Defense (DOD) plans to increase the U.S. military presence on Guam by more than two-and-a-half times the island's current military population of 15,000 by 2020. To keep pace with this growth, DOD has determined that substantial upgrades to the island's existing utilities infrastructure are required for electric power, potable water, wastewater treatment, and solid waste disposal to meet future utility needs. GAO was asked to examine (1) ... |
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| Military Housing Privatization: DOD Faces New Challenges Due to Significant Growth at Some Installations and Recent Turmoil in the Financial Markets |
May-2009 |
54 pages |
| Authors:
Susan Ditto; Mathew Scire; Laurie Ellington; Steven Banovac; Brian J Lepore; Katherine Lenane; Shawn Arbogast; Laura Talbott; Charles Perdue; George Duncan; Steven Westley; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| In response to challenges the Department of Defense (DoD) was facing to repair, renovate, and construct military family housing, Congress enacted the Military Housing Privatization Initiative in 1996. The initiative enables DoD to leverage private sector resources to construct or renovate family housing. As of March 2009, DoD had awarded 94 projects and attracted over $22 billion in private financing. DoD plans to privatize 98 percent of its domestic family ... |
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| Defense Infrastructure: Opportunity to Improve the Timeliness of Future Overseas Planning Reports and Factors Affecting the Master Planning Effort for the Military Buildup on Guam |
01-Sep-2008 |
47 pages |
| Authors:
Mark Little; Nelsie Alcoser; Kate Lenane; Julia Matta; Brian J Lepore; Mae Jones; Jamilah Moon; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| While the fiscal year 2009 overseas master plans generally reflect recent changes in U.S. basing strategies and the challenges DOD faces in their implementation, as well as address most of our prior recommendations, DOD provided the plans to Congress in May 2008, 3 months after the February 2008 budget submission, even though both the Senate and conference reports accompanying the fiscal year 2004 military construction bill require DOD to issue ... |
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| Military Training: Compliance with Environmental Laws Affects Some Training Activities, but DOD Has Not Made a Sound Business Case for Additional Environmental Exemptions |
01-Mar-2008 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
Richard Johnson; Mark A Little; Brian J Lepore; Patricia McClure; Arthur James; Vijaykumar Barnabas; Jason Jackson; Oscar Mardis; Susan Ditto; Jacqueline S McColl; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Why GAO Did This Study: A fundamental principle of military readiness is that the military must train as it intends to fight, and military training ranges allow the Department of Defense (DOD) to accomplish this goal. According to DOD officials, heightened focus on the application of environmental statutes has affected the use of its training areas. Since 2003, DOD has obtained exemptions from three environmental laws and has sought exemptions ... |
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