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1996 DOD Budget: Potential Reductions to Operation and Maintenance Programs

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 26, 1995
Report No. NSIAD-95-200BR
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Summary:

GAO identified potential reductions of $4.9 billion to the fiscal year 1996 operation and maintenance budget requests from the military services and the Defense Department (DOD), which totaled $70.3 billion. In addition, GAO notes that funding for the Partnership for Peace program, which is designed to encourage joint training and military exercises with NATO forces and to promote greater partner interoperability, is divided between the DOD and State Department budgets. As a result, no one congressional committee has complete oversight to ensure that the program's efforts are effective and not duplicative. The fiscal year 1996 operation and maintenance budget request from DOD earmarks $40 million for program expenses, including an information management system, regional airspace initiative, defense resource management program, and unit exchanges. Meanwhile, the State Department is requesting $60 million for this same program.

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