A Methodology for Analyzing Congressional Behavior toward Department of Defense Budget Requests.

Abstract

A methodology based on the current Department of Defense budgetary process and recent efforts to model federal budgetary behavior is proposed for analyzing Congressional behavior toward Department of Defense budget requests. Four simple, linear, stochastic models which associate Congressional appropriations and DOD budget requests are suggested and empirically tested via a cross-sectional regression analysis for procurement and research, development, test and evaluation in the 1970-1973 time frame. Results of the tests are tabulated and discussed. Model strengths as well as weaknesses are evaluated based on proportional and absolute measures of model fit to the data. Areas for further analysis are also suggested. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0769426

Entities

People

  • Joseph Garside Terry Jr

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Budgets
  • Department Of Defense
  • Military Budgets
  • Procurement
  • Regression Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.