Overseas Contingency Operations: Reported Obligations for the Department of Defense
Abstract
As of March 2009, Congress has appropriated a total of about $888 billion primarily for OCO since 2001. Of that amount, about $65.9 billion was appropriated in the fiscal year 2009 DOD Appropriations Act and about $80 billion was appropriated in the June 2009 supplemental appropriation for a total of about $145.9 billion for use in fiscal year 2009. DOD has reported obligations of about $714.3 billion for OCO from fiscal year 2001 through fiscal year 2008 and for fiscal year 2009 (October 2008 through March 2009). The $173.7 billion difference between DOD's appropriations and reported obligations can generally be attributed to the remaining fiscal year 2009 appropriations; multiyear funding for procurement; military construction; and research, development, test, and evaluation from previous OCO-related appropriations that have yet to be obligated; and obligations for classified and other items, which DOD considers to be non-OCO related, that are not reported in DOD's cost-of-war reports. As part of our ongoing work, we are reviewing DOD's process for reporting its OCO-related obligations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 10, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA501889
Entities
People
- Ann Borseth
- Bruce Brown
- Lonnie Mcallister
- Ron La Due Lake
- Sara Cradic
- Sharon Pickup
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office