National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Did Not Comply with Base Realignment and Closure Legislation.

摘要

We conducted this audit in response to a request from then Senator Jim Webb. We determined whether the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) complied with Public Law 101- 510, 'Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990,' as amended. Specifically, we determined whether NGA complied with Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Recommendation 168, 'National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency Activities,' which required NGA to close the following sites and relocate all NGA functions to the new facility at Fort Belvoir, Virginia: Dalecarlia and Sumner sites, Bethesda, Maryland; Reston 1, 2 and 3, Reston, Virginia; Newington buildings 8510, 8520, and 8530, Newington, Virginia; and Building 213, South East Federal Center, Washington, D.C. DODIG found that NGA did not comply with BRAC legislation. Specifically, NGA continued operations and made modifications to Newington 8520; and did not move all functions to the NGA Campus East (NCE) at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, as required. This occurred because instead of implementing BRAC legislation requirements, NGA officials developed a flawed rationale to justify continuing operations at the Newington site. In addition, the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD AT&L) officials who were responsible for overseeing the BRAC planning process did not promptly determine that NGA's actions were not compliant with the BRAC legislation. NGA could have minimized or avoided $11.4 million in total costs if they had incorporated the Newington site into the original plans for the NCE as required by BRAC legislation. The DODIG recommends that USD(AT&L) monitor NGA's plans to relocate functions remaining at NGA's Newington site to NCE, as required by the BRAC legislation.