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GAO-08-1010R 1 (2008-08-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaanjf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .,! = Accountability * Integrity Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 August 13, 2008 The Honorable Ike Skelton Chairman The Honorable Duncan L. Hunter Ranking Member Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives Subject: Military Base Realignments and Closures: Army Is Developing Plans to Transfer Functions from Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, but Challenges Remain In September 2005, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommended that the Department of Defense (DOD) close Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and realign most of its technical functions to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, as one of 182 recommendations in the 2005 base realignment and closure (BRAC) round. DOD must complete the closure and realignment actions specified in the recommendation within the statutory 6-year implementation period ending September 15, 2011.' Representatives from communities surrounding Fort Monmouth, as well as elected officials, raised concerns during hearings before the BRAC Commission that a number of current employees would not move to Aberdeen Proving Ground, leading to a loss of expertise that could negatively affect ongoing support for military operations, including the Global War on Terrorism. The Secretary of the Army pledged that the Army would not allow the transfer of functions to Aberdeen Proving Ground to affect this ongoing support. Although some of the BRAC commissioners shared the concern about the potential loss of expertise, the commission concluded in its report that DOD could mitigate the adverse effects of moving existing programs over the implementation period. However, to ensure that future leaders understood this concern, the commission report included language recommending that the Secretary of Defense submit a report to Congress that the movement of functions from Fort Monmouth to Aberdeen Proving Ground would be accomplished without disruption to their support to the Global War on Terrorism or other critical contingency operations. DOD issued its report in December 2007, which concluded that the department could accomplish the move without disruption to ongoing support efforts Fort Monmouth currently hosts organizations that perform research, development, and acquisition of the Army's command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems. These organizations include the Logistics and Readiness Center; the Communications-Electronics Acquisition Center; the Software Engineering Center; the Program Executive Office for Command, Control, and 'Pub. L. No. 101-510, Title XXIX, as amended by Pub. L. No. 107-107, Title XXX (2001). 2Department of Defense, Report to Congress, 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission Report, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, Recommendation #5 (Washington, D.C.: December 2007). GAO-08-11OR Military Base Realignments and Closures Page I

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