Trends in the Department of Defense's support costs / [Adebayo Adedeji].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Adedeji, Adebayo, author.

Contributor:

United States. Congressional Budget Office, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

United States.

United States. Department of Defense.

United States--Armed Forces--Operations other than war--Costs--Evaluation.

United States--Defenses--Costs--Evaluation.

Expenditures, Public.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (18 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office, 2017.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

From the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, the Department of Defense's (DoD's) funding for support functions rose substantially relative to funding for forces. The ratio of funding for support to funding for forces has fluctuated since then, but it has not returned to the lower levels experienced through much of the 1980s. Policymakers have expressed concerns about the increases in support funding, and this report examines trends in funding for forces and support activities--during periods of both peacetime and war (particularly the current post-9/11 period)--in order to identify potential areas for further analysis.

Contents:

Summary.

An overview of trends in the costs of forces and support functions in DoD's base budget.

Types of support showing the most growth in funding from 2001 to 2016.

The significance of rising support costs.

Appendix: Forces and support functions.

Notes:

"October 2017."

"Adebayo Adedeji... prepared the report"--About this document page.

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF cover page (CBO, viewed October 23, 2017).

Other Format:

Print version: Adedeji, Adebayo. Trends in the Department of Defense's support costs.

OCLC:

1007152754