- The Department of Defense (DoD) obligated $109.9M during the week ending June 26, 2009, bringing the cumulative obligation of Recovery Act funds to $1,075.6M. The $1,075.6M in obligations include $931.9M for the Facilities Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization (FSRM) program, $96.6M for the Military Construction Program, $43.7M for the Near Term Energy-Efficient Technologies Program and $3.5M for the Expanded Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP). These obligations represent 14% of all DoD Recovery Act Funds received and reflect over 1050 contracts to non-Federal vendors. Of the contracts awarded, over 81% were awarded to small businesses (66% of contract dollars).
- The Army obligated $50.2M this week, including $36.1M for Military Construction projects and $14.1M net obligations for multiple FSRM projects, for a cumulative obligation total for all programs of $280.5M. The Military Construction projects included $11.7M for the Administrative and Family Assistance Center which is part of the larger Warrior in Transition Complex at Ft. Bliss, TX, and $24.3M for Armed Forces Reserve Center, Raleigh, NC. FSRM projects included $14.1M for barracks renovation at Ft. McCoy, WI; $1.8M for barracks repairs at Ft. Drum, NY; and multiple smaller FSRM projects. The amount of new obligations was reduced due to an accounting error of approximately $3.0M.
- The Navy obligated $11.0M this week for a cumulative obligation total of $154.3M. This included a Military Construction project for $7.3M to Repair Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Camp Pendleton, CA; $0.4M for a Near-Term Energy Efficient project for Hybrid Electric Drive System Development for Surface Combatants; and net $3.3M obligations for FSRM projects including $1.4M to modernize lighting and heating, ventilation and air conditioning controls at Camp Lejeune, NC and $1.0M to repair air conditioning on multiple buildings at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, AZ. Remaining obligations were primarily for pre/post award contract support projects and included a reduction of $0.4M due to corrections of accounting errors.
- The Air Force obligated $46.5M this week for a cumulative obligation total of $628.5M. The $46.5M for current week obligations included $37.6M for multiple FSRM projects, $6.0M for Military Construction projects and $2.9M for Near Term Energy-Efficient Technologies Program projects. Contracts awarded this week for FSRM projects include $17.5M for energy, pavements, roofing and facility projects at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), CA; $4.8M in energy projects at Vandenberg AFB, CA; $2.1M in roofing, energy and facilities repair projects at Pope AFB, NC; $2.1M in energy projects at Grand Forks AFB, ND; $3.0M in facility projects at Scott AFB, IL; and $1.9M at Mountain Home AFB, ID for pavements. Military Construction included $5.9M of obligations for a project to replace the communications facility at Air National Guard, Des Moines, IA. Multiple Near Term Energy-Efficient Technologies project obligations for $2.9M included $1.8M for the Efficiency Small-Scale Propulsion (ESSP) project and $0.9M for the Aft-Body Drag Reduction project.
- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) obligated $0.3M this week for a cumulative obligation total of $3.5M related to start up and administrative costs associated with the Expanded Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP)
- On June 25, the Interim Final Rule documents for the Expanded Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP) were signed by the DoD General Counsel. The Department forwarded these documents to Office of Management and Budget (OMB), along with the DoD Program Plan for Expanded HAP. After a period of OMB-supervised interagency review, these documents will be published in the Federal Register and the Expanded HAP plan can begin implementation.
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