Defense Budget: DoD Should Further Improve Visibility and Accountability of O&M Fund Movements

Abstract

O&M is directly related to military readiness because it provides funds for training troops for combat and for maintaining tanks, airplanes, ships, and related equipment. O&M accounts also fund a wide range of activities that are less directly related to readiness. These include many day-to-day activities such as civilian personnel management and payments, transportation, health and child care. Since 1989, O&M has accounted for an average of 35 percent of the total Defense budget, making it DOD's largest appropriation. Appendix II provides more detail of DOD'S O&M budget structure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA373392

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Control Systems
  • Financial Management
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Control

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  • Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management