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Defense Acquisition Infrastructure: Changes in RDT&E Laboratories and Centers

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 13, 1996
Report No. NSIAD-96-221BR
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Summary:

In fiscal year 1994, the Pentagon spent more than $22 billion--about eight percent of its total budget for fiscal year 1994--through 55 military service research, development, engineering, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) laboratories and centers worldwide. These facilities employ a workforce of nearly 115,000 personnel--95,000 civilian and 20,000 military. This report reviews the Defense Department's (DOD) RDT&E infrastructure. GAO (1) discusses previous studies on DOD's laboratory infrastructure to determine what steps DOD has taken to implement earlier recommendations and (2) analyzes data on RDT&E infrastructure funding, workforce composition, and operating costs. GAO also provides preliminary observations on lessons learned from successful consolidations that may apply to the federal laboratory infrastructure.

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