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A Study of Selected Issues in Military Construction and Base Operating Support
December 1, 1986
A study of several related issues in the Navy's military construction and Base Operating Support (BOS) programs is documented in this research memorandum. Construction related topics include: 1) changes in the stock of capital facilities over time; 2) the role of, and need for, replacement/modernization construction; 3) economic evaluation of proposed captial investments; and 4) training in economic analysis for Navy facility planners and engineers. As for BOS, the feasibility of full-scale development of quantitative measures of performance as a basis for improving the allocation of resources to these activities was examined; results indicated that such development was not feasible. The alternavtive of macro-level statistical modeling appears to offer considerably greater promise.
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Readiness or Resources: Which Comes First?
March 1, 1985
This paper concerns a statistical problem in estimating relationships between resources and readiness. Specifically, it addresses the question, which term resources or readiness, is the discretionary, or causal variable, and which is the determined, or effect variable. This issue is discussed in the context of the Naval shore establishment.
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Tri-Service Analysis of BOS Costs
May 1, 1984
Base Operating Support (BOS) costs of the Army, Navy, and Air Force were included in this analysis. Statistical regression techniques were used and models were provided identified variables that can be used to predict BOS costs, compare BOS spending across services, and measure regional variations in BOS spending.
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Comparison of Civilian and Military Overhead Spending: Three Case Studies
May 1, 1984
Three kinds of Base Operating Support (BOS) activities that are also performed by the private sector are examined: maintenance of family housing, clerical support, and operation of airfields. The military and civilian funding levels are compared to gauge whether the military services are performing these activities efficiently.
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The Determinants of Base Operating Support Costs
September 1, 1981
The study analyzes spending on base operating support (BOS) activities at 144 domestic naval installations. Statistical regression techniques are used to derive a cost-estimating relationship (CER) that relates BOS spending to such base characteristics as the number of military personnel and the total building area. The CER is then applied to several issues concerning the management of the Naval shore establishment: whether there are economies of scale in BOS spending that could be captured through base consolidation; how a given total BOS budget should be allocated across bases that differ in characteristics; and whether statistically-derived cost estimating relationships are better tools for analysis of BOS spending than simple ratios, such as BOS cost per mission person, that are favored by OSD.
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