Defense budget: additional information about military personnel realignments would facilitate congressional oversight : report to congressional committees / United States Government Accountability Office.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Appropriations and expenditures--Management.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 46 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

GAO-24-106979 Defense budget

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2024.

Summary:

DOD receives billions in annual appropriated MILPERS dollars to pay service member wages, benefits, and housing, among other things. Recognizing that unforeseen requirements can arise, Congress permits DOD to realign (that is, move) appropriated funds within MILPERS or from MILPERS to other appropriations accounts, such as Operation and Maintenance, under certain circumstances. This report (1) identifies the amounts that DOD realigned into, out of, or within MILPERS appropriation accounts for fiscal years 2013 through 2023 and what factors influenced the need for the realignments; and (2) assesses the extent to which realignments affected the ability of military components to fund MILPERS program obligations and are transparent. GAO is making five recommendations, including that DOD revise its Financial Management Regulation to require a report to Congress with complete information on individual program MILPERS realignments, and to implement the revised guidance by annually reporting program level realignments.

Contents:

Background

Realignments resulted in a decrease in MILPERS funding for Fiscal Years 2013-2023 and were influenced by various factors

Realignments did not negatively affect ability to fund MILPERS programs, but additional information would increase transparency

Conclusions

Recommendations for executive action

Agency comments and our evaluation

Appendices.

Notes:

"September 2024."

"GAO-24-106979."

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Catalog and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed September 14, 2024).

OCLC:

1455748866