Congressional Control of Navy Budget Execution: Acquisition of the A-6F Aircraft

Abstract

This thesis explores Navy responses to Congressional control as illustrated by the acquisition of the A-6F aircraft. Congress exercised control through the procedures of authorization, appropriation and oversight activities. Navy responds to control by program design, justification, financial manipulation and actions to influence Congressional deliberations. A policy implementation model extrapolated from the work of Bardach is developed for application to the A-6F aircraft acquisition. Findings that relate to Congressional controls are the dissipation of energy in attempting to control budget implementation decisions and the opportunism and fragmentation in Congressional decision making. Findings that apply to Navy responses to control are the inclusion of technical and political elements in program construction, the combination of factors to terminate programs and the distortion in measuring program success.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA200342

Entities

People

  • Gary W. Miller

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Airframes
  • Attack Aircraft
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Employment
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Tactical Aircraft
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Theoretical Analysis.