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HRD-94-49R 1 (1993-11-03)

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(j (         United States
             General Accounting Office
             Washington, D.C. 20548

             Human Resources Division


             B-252788

             November 3, 1993

             The Honorable Earl M. Hutto
             Chairman, Subcommittee on Readiness
             Committee on Armed Services
             House of Representatives

             Dear Mr. Chairman:

             This is in response to your letters of December 10, 1992, and
             March 15, 1993, requesting that we review several issues
             related to the financing, operations, and management of the
             Armed Forces Retirement Home.' As agreed with your office, we
             focused on the Home's analysis of the status of the trust
             fund, including the projected balance to fiscal year 2000.2
             We also examined a Home resident's allegations of
             mismanagement of funds by senior Home staff at the Soldiers
             and Airmen's facility.

             In conducting this work, we interviewed Department of Defense
             (DOD) and Home officials as well as Home residents. We also
             reviewed documentation supplied by the Home and residents,
             such as (1) prior studies of the Home's operations; (2)
             annual reports; (3) minutes of board meetings; (4) several
             historical, financial, and staffing analyses done by one of
             the residents; and (5) details of the Home's analysis of its
             future funding needs, including key assumptions,
             calculations, and data sources. As agreed with your office,
             we did not verify or assess the reasonableness of the Home's
             current expenses.


             'The Home consists of two facilities, the Soldiers and
             Airmen's Home in Washington, D.C., and the Naval Home in
             Gulfport, Mississippi, which provide permanent living
             arrangements, including medical care, for about 2,200
             retired, disabled, or war-time veterans. The Home is an
             independent agency of the executive branch of the federal
             government.
             2The Home is financed through a trust fund comprised of (1)
             pay withholdings, fines, and forfeitures from active-duty
             enlisted members; (2) monthly fees collected from residents;
             (3) interest on the securities held by the Department of the
             Treasury; and (4) miscellaneous gifts and bequests.


Armed Forces Retirement Home


GAO/HRD-94-49R

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