A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report said the Navy’s estimates for its shipyardinfrastructure plan could create risks that may add billions to the total cost.The GAO Report published Monday, Naval Shipyards: Key Actions Remain to ImproveInfrastructure to Better Support Navy Operations, said that while the service projects it willtake at least $21 billion over 20 years to implement its plan to address critical deficiencies atnational shipyards, it did not use best practices in developing the dollar estimate.It did not include best practices like documenting key assumptions, accounting for inflation, and“addressing risks that together could add billions to the ultimate cost,” GAO said.
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