Overseas contingency operations : funding and cost reporting for the Department of Defense / [Asif A. Khan].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Khan, Asif A., author.

Contributor:

Borseth, Ann.

United States. Government Accountability Office

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

United States.

United States. Department of Defense.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Costs.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

War, Cost of.

Cost.

Expenditures, Public.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Funding and cost reporting for the Department of Defense

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : U.S. Government Accountability Office, [2009]

Summary:

Since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Department of Defense (DOD) has been engaged in domestic and overseas military operations in support of Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO). These operations include Operation Iraqi Freedom, which focuses principally on Iraq, and Operation Enduring Freedom, which focuses principally on Afghanistan but also includes operations in the Horn of Africa, the Philippines, and elsewhere. Obtaining an accurate picture of OCO costs is of critical importance given the need to evaluate trade-offs and make more effective use of defense dollars in light of the nation's long-term fiscal challenges. In the past, we have reported on the need for DOD to become more disciplined in its approach to developing plans and budgets, including building more OCO costs into the base defense budget.

Notes:

Chiefly slides.

Online resource; title from PDF p.1 caption title screen (GAO, viewed December 21, 2009).

"December 18, 2009."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-10-288R."

OCLC:

491521489