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LCD-79-329 1 (1979-08-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazpt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNTE STATES' WASH INGTON 0 C. 20543 8x' B-168700 AUGUST 23,1979 The Honorable Lucien N. Nedzi Chairman, Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities Committee on Arrmed Services House of Representatives /SS-6=3 The Honorable Allen E. Ertel 110250 House of Representatives Subject: Leview of Planned Realinement of Fort Indian- town Gap, Pennsylvani!J(LCD-79-329) This is in response to your requests for a review of the economic justification for the Department of Defense's decision of March 29, 1979, to terminate(active Army use of Fort Indian- town Gap, Pennsylvania, and to pass control of the installation to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The garrison at Fort Meade, Maryland, would assume the area support mission from Fort Indiantown Gap.) The request from the Chairman, Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, was dated April 10, 1979. In order to be able to brief the Subcommittee on May 18, 1979, we limited our review to the most significant cost and savings items. The following appraisal is provided within the context of the limited scope and time frame of our review. The basis for the realinement decision was an Army study performed in 1976. The results of the study were provided to us in the official format of an Army case study and justifica- tion folder. Our(review of the study disclosed data chanqes, erors, omissions, and questionable procedures that caused uAso challenge the use of the study as a basis for the decision. According to the Army's estimates, the change in the status of the fort would result in one-time costs of about S2.2 million, annual savings of about $2.9 million, and elimina- tion of 310 civilian and 128 military positions. ) (945364)

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