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RCED-83-183 1 (1983-06-24)

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                    UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


 RESOURCES, COMMUNITY,                I  II
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
     DIVISION

     B-212104                       121749              JUNE 24,1983


     The Honorable Claude D. Pepper
     U.S. House of Representatives

     Dear Mr. Pepper:

          Subject: Planned Relocation of National Oceanic
                    and Atmospheric Administration's Research
                    Facilities Center from Miami to Cocoa
                    Beach, Florida (GAO/RCED-83-183)

          Your November 24, 1982, letter asked us to review the
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's)
     planned relocation of its Research Facilities Center from the
     Miami International Airport to Patrick Air Force Base (AFB),
     Cocoa Beach, Florida. As NOAA had looked at this issue on
     several occasions over the last 2 years, you asked us to eval-
     uate its work and the documentation developed to support its
     estimated costs and savings. This report summarizes the results
     of our review of this issue.

          We found NOAA's justification for the planned relocation to
     Patrick AFB to be inadequate. Errors were made in computing
     relocation costs, and documentation to support operational cost
     differences and estimated savings at Patrick AFB over the Miami
     location was insufficient. Further, limited attention was given
     to developing local location options in the Miami area. This
     information was provided to your office in early March and in
     turn shared with the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and
     State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies, House Committee on
     Appropriations. The subcommittee subsequently disapproved
     NOAA's request to reprogram funds to relocate the RFC to Patrick
     Air Force Base. In addition, the Department of Commerce has
     agreed that NOAA's justification is inadequate and does not plan
     to reconsider the issue.

     BACKGROUND

          The Research Facilities Center (RFC) is one of NOAA's
     major flight operations groups for gathering atmospheric and
     oceanographic data, primarily for the National Weather Service,


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