Fedweek

Meanwhile, the General Accounting Office reports (T-NSIAD-00-112) that the private sector share of DoD depot maintenance work continues to rise, particularly in the Air Force. That service could bump up against the legal restriction that no more than half of depot work be performed by contractors if it sticks to its current plans, GAO said. The Army and Navy have contracted about 40 percent of such work and don’t expect to get near the limit. But those expectations are based on data that don’t take into account some budgetary plans for additional depot contracting, GAO added.