Defense Budget and Program Issues Fiscal Year 1989 Budget

Abstract

When I testified before your Committee last year, the primary concern I raised was whether we could afford all of the programs under consideration by DOD given the size of the budget deficit. I expressed the view that the DOD budget needed to be more realistic, the number of new programs should be limited, and marginal programs should be eliminated. I noted that program cancellations and postponements--rather than procurement stretchouts--were needed to reduce the budget, and I expressed concern about whether we could support the weapons platforms we have acquired, as the cost to maintain them will increase in the 1990s. The recent budget agreement reached between the Administration and the Congress reflect progress in beginning to address the affordability issue.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 14, 1988
Accession Number
AD1103088

Entities

People

  • Charles Arthur Bowsher

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Support
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Force Structure
  • Inventory
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Systems Analysis and Design