Operation and Maintenance Funding. Trends in Army and Air Force Use of Funds for Combat Forces and Infrastructure.

Abstract

The Secretary of Defense has stated that the Department of Defense (DOD) must begin to increase procurement funding if it is to have a modern future force. The Secretary wants to reform the acquisition process and streamline the infrastructure to pay, in part, for force modernization. In this regard, DOD has projected decreases in the operation and maintenance (O&M) account and increases in the procurement account beginning in fiscal year 1998 as reflected in the Future Years Defense Program submissions to Congress. The report reviewed how the Army and the Air Force obligated their annual O&M funds and compared their obligations to what was requested in the President's budgets. It determined what portion of total obligations was used for infrastructure activities as opposed to combat forces. The Navy was not included in the review because, at the headquarters level, it does not maintain the level of budget request and obligation data we needed for the analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA311146

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Combat Areas
  • Combat Forces
  • Command And Control
  • Control Systems
  • Defense Systems
  • Early Warning Systems
  • Flight Training
  • Military Education
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Radar
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems
  • Weapon Control

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.