Trends in spending by the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Adedeji, Adebayo M., 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.

Expenditures, Public.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (III, 28 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

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

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

Over the past few decades, funding for O & M has increased substantially, accounting for a growing share of DoD's budget. That growth has occurred even as the number of active-duty military personnel has remained flat or declined. Consequently, Members of Congress and the defense community at large have expressed concerns about this portion of DoD's budget. However, efforts to identify the activities that have contributed significantly to the growth in spending are complicated by the diverse nature of the goods and services purchased with O & M funds and limitations associated with available data. Nevertheless, the Congressional Budget Office's analysis indicates that increased funding for large and familiar categories, such as the military health care system, civilian pay, and fuel, accounts for about 60 percent of the long- term growth in O & M funding; varied smaller and lesser-known activities, such as contracted services and the operations of small DoD agencies, account for the remaining 40 percent. Of those varied and lesser-known activities, funding increased significantly for the maintenance of equipment, weapon systems, and property; technical and research services; professional and other services; and purchases of equipment not part of weapon systems.

Contents:

Summary and introduction.

CBO's approach to analyzing the growth in O & M funding.

How this report is organized.

Trends in spending for operation and maintenance between 1980 and 2015.

Funding for operation and maintenance by category of spending.

Growth in spending for operation and maintenance between 2000 and 2012, by category.

Growth in spending for O & M from 2000 to 2012 in categories that are difficult to track.

About this document.

Notes:

"January 2017.".

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title screen (CBO, viewed on June 4, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Adedeji, Adebayo M. Trends in spending by the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance

OCLC:

968156017