An Overview of Cost Accounting Practices Used for U.S. Defense Weapon Systems. Revision.

Abstract

Until the past forty years, virtually no government agency had to account for its cost or budgets. In the years since World War II, considerable steps have been taken by Congress and by the Department of Defense to promulgate accounting standards for consistency in reporting by Defense contractors and to review all cost estimates for weapon systems at each stage of development. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA144100

Entities

People

  • C. L. Brown

Organizations

  • George Mason University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Contractors
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Inventory
  • Law
  • Money
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Standards
  • Weapon Systems

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.