AF CHANGING UTILITIES PRIVATIZATION GUIDANCE TO IMPROVE ACCURACY

The Air Force is in the midst of modifying its manual on utilities privatization after a recent report by the Air Force Audit Agency took the department to task for underlying mistakes made when evaluating which utilities to privatize. The audit found that preliminary economic analyses used to determine which utility systems to privatize did not correctly compute or adequately explain utility ownership cost data. The military is undertaking a major effort to privatize its wastewater, water, electricity, and natural...