Earmarks and the FY 2005 Defense Appropriations Act: A Study of Congressional Control of DoD

Abstract

The purpose of this project was to analyze how Congress controls the Department of Defense (DOD) through the budget review process. The project looks at the Congressional marks made to the Defense Appropriations Act. During the Congressional review of the Defense Budget, changes are made by Congress in order to control the DOD. These changes are not requested by the DOD and in many cases may be programs that are of special interest to members of Congress. This thesis is about how Congress uses earmarks to control the DOD. It considers the extent to which these changes are in the best interest of the National Defense. This project analyzed the Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2005 with special regard to the US Marine Corps accounts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA435696

Entities

People

  • John J. Bergeron

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Budgets
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Corrosion Inhibition
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Governments
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Personnel
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Tilt Rotor Aircraft
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Systems Analysis and Design