Defense Conversion: Slow Start Limits Spending (Letter Report, 01/25/94,
GAO/NSIAD-94-72).

Congress and the executive branch have proposed several defense
conversion initiatives designed to help individuals, communities, and
industry cope with cutbacks in military spending.  These federal
programs provide individuals with separation incentives, extended health
benefits, and training; assist communities in planning for economic
development and diversification; and encourage firms to explore the
commercial uses of defense technologies.  This report (1) identifies and
compares programs included in three defense conversion initiatives, (2)
identifies the amounts committed or obligated as of July 1993, and (3)
summarizes evaluations of two defense conversion programs that were
authorized before fiscal year 1993.

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 REPORTNUM:  NSIAD-94-72
     TITLE:  Defense Conversion: Slow Start Limits Spending
      DATE:  01/25/94
   SUBJECT:  Military downsizing
             Defense cost control
             Budget obligations
             Military personnel
             Employment or training programs
             Employee incentives
             Fringe benefits
             Federal agency reorganization
             Spending legislation
IDENTIFIER:  National Guard Civilian Youth Opportunities Pilot Program
             DOD Technology Reinvestment Project
             DOD Defense Conversion Assistance Program
             Europe
             Soviet Union
             
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