[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE: Brunswick Naval Air Station (ME) on schedule

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Report: BRAC savings, timing lag

BNAS closure remains on schedule for 2011

By Rachel Ganong
Brunswick Times Record (ME)
February 3, 2009

BRUNSWICK — Costing more, getting less and taking longer.

That's what a new federal report concludes about the Department of 
Defense's efforts to comply with 2005 Base Realignment and Closure 
recommendations that are triggering the closure of Brunswick Naval Air 
Station and other military installations throughout the country.

The study reports that cost estimates to implement the 2005 BRAC 
recommendations have jumped by $1.2 billion to an estimated $32.4 
billion and savings have shrunk by an estimated $13 million.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office, which bills itself as 
Congress' investigative arm, reported Friday that completing BRAC 
actions by the mandated deadline will pose a "challenge" for the 
Department of Defense. The study also reports increased closure costs 
and decreased savings anticipated by the 2005 BRAC round.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.timesrecord.com/website/main.nsf/news.nsf/0/6FDF30DC496D6F60852575520072235D?Opendocument

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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