MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE: Real Property Management Needs Improvement

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Abstract:

According to the Office of the Secretary of Defense OSD, the military services are collectively responsible for maintaining more real property than any other entity in the world-more than 320,000 buildings with about 2.1 billion square feet, tens of thousands of miles of roads, and 1.1 million square yards of pavement like runways. DOD estimates the plant replacement values PRV of this property at more than 500 billion. RPM-which includes daily maintenance, small repairs, and minor construction projects under 500,000 or environmental and health projects under 1 million -is funded through the OM account. Facilities maintained by the OM RPM funds include the services barracks, administrative space, classrooms, ports, hangars and runways, roads and railroads, day care centers, schools and churches, and utility structures and systems but not the cost of utilities consumption. RPM for family housing, many industrial-related and military medical facilities is funded by separate accounts.

Author(s):
No Author(s) Identified
Author Organization(s):
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIV
Supplementary Note:
Report to the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate.
Pagination:
0135

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
GAO/NSIAD-99-100
Monitor Series:
GAO/NSIAD
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_4.2_Supply; JCA_4.2.1_Manage Supplies and Equipment; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_4.7.1_Real Property Life Cycle Management; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_5.4_Decide; JCA_1.1_Force Management; JCA_4.5_Operational Contract Support; JCA_4.2.2_Inventory Management; JCA_2_Battlespace Awareness; JCA_2.1_Planning and Direction; JCA_4.5.2_Contractor Management; JCA_3_Force Application
Communities of Interest:
Ground and Sea Platforms
Descriptor(s):
*MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT, *QUESTIONNAIRES, *PLANNING PROGRAMMING BUDGETING, MILITARY FACILITIES, DECISION MAKING, REPAIR, DAILY OCCURRENCE, COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies, Administration and Management
Keyword(s):
GAO(GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING OFFICE)
Report Date:
1999 Sep 01
Creation Date:
1999 Oct 27