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Base Operations: Challenges Confronting DOD as It Renews Emphasis on Outsourcing

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 11, 1997
Report No. NSIAD-97-86
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Summary:

"Outsourcing," or contracting out, for commercial services is a growing practice within the federal government to achieve cost savings, management efficiencies, and operating flexibility. Recent studies have noted that the Pentagon could save billions of dollars by outsourcing support functions at military bases. This report examines (1) the extent to which the Defense Department (DOD) and the military services emphasize the outsourcing of base support services, (2) the factors that influence savings in the outsourcing process, and (3) impediments to DOD's outsourcing.

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