Senators Press GAO to Scrutinize Pentagon's BRAC Justification Data

By Sebastian Sprenger / May 27, 2005 at 5:00 AM
Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) are pressing the Government Accountability Office for a thorough investigation of the data the Pentagon used for its base realignment and closure recommendations. In a May 25 letter to Comptroller General David Walker, Collins and Lieberman complain that the Defense Department has so far kept that data secret. "DOD has been on notice of the need to disclose such data since the current base closure round was authorized in the fiscal year...

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