GAO REPORT SAYS DOD CANNOT ESTIMATE RANGE CLEANUP COSTS

The General Accounting Office (GAO) has concluded that a lack of accurate data prevents the Defense Department (DOD) from effectively estimating cleanup costs for its training ranges, according to a report released April 11. "Although the DOD reported its unexploded ordnance cleanup liability on training ranges at about $14 billion in its fiscal year 2000 agency-wide financial statements, it is likely that the financial statements are substantially understated," GAO states. The reporting of environmental liabilities in general for FY00 has...