Defense Science Board Task Force Report FY 1994-99 Future Years Defense Plan. Part II
Abstract
The Panel reviewed the Bush to determine if funding for 0&M personnel, and related activities was adequate to support the Bush baseline force structure. The primary issue is O&M funds their adequacy to maintain readiness at needed levels, fund a decent quality of life for our people, and maintain the DOD infrastructure at acceptable levels. The FY93 O&M budget totals $86 billion and was projected to decline to $80 billion by FY97 in the Bush FYDP'. It recent years, Congress has not generally cut O&M funding directly, but it frequently takes other actions which have the same effect, e.g. assuming European burden-sharing payments or increasing DBOF cash transfers. (Such actions in FY93 accounted for an effective cut of four percent in O&M fundings.) The O&M account has been spared the deep cuts that impacted the procurement account. For example, the Clinton FY94 O&M budget request of $895 billion is larger in current dollar terms than the levels in the late 1980s when the Defense Budget was much larger ($300 billion). In constant dollars (i.e., real terms) the FY94 Budget is only 14 percent below the peak level of 1985 while the procurement account is down over 70 percent. Only the RDT&E account fared better. O&M consumes 34 percent of the total FY94 DOD Budget Authority request compared to 29 percent in FY89 and 26 percent in FY85. Given these trends, it is difficult to argue for allocating more Defense spending to O&M. The Services all told us that readiness-related operations (flying and steaming hours, training, etc.) are funded adequately.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA432987
Entities
Organizations
- Office Of The Under Secretary Of Defense