Summary

This is a supplement to GAO's 1995 report on military base closures and realignments (GAO/NSIAD-95-133). Many interested parties, including Members of Congress, sent GAO correspondence on base closures. In some instances, the letters and the material provided useful leads. In other cases, the material added support to issues that GAO was actively pursuing. GAO could not follow up on many of the points raised because of the limited time available to GAO. However, GAO believes that the letters and the materials may be helpful to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission in making future decisions. Consequently, GAO is providing all the letters and the materials to the Commission. This supplement contains copies of the letters and some of the materials.

GAO found that: (1) many interested parties, including members of Congress, have sent GAO correspondence on base closures; (2) several of these letters were from multiple requesters and included attachments of data, analyses, and/or evaluations; (3) in some instances, the letters and material provided useful leads; (4) in other cases, the material added support to issues GAO was actively pursuing; (5) GAO could not follow up on many of the issues or points because of the limited time available to GAO; and (6) however, GAO believes that the letters and materials may be helpful to the Base Closure and Realignment Commission as it considers the proposed closures and realignments.