Coast Guard: Issues Related to the Fiscal Year 1995 Budget Request
(Testimony, 03/22/94, GAO/T-RCED-94-140).

For the past decade, Congress has repeatedly expressed its displeasure
with the Coast Guard's failure to justify its request for operating
expenses, which include everything from salaries to maintenance costs
for boats and shore facilities. For fiscal year 1995, the Coast Guard is
asking for a total of $3.8 billion, including $2.6 billion for the
operating expense account. This testimony examines the status of the
Coast Guard's actions to improve its budget process and provides GAO's
observations on those changes. GAO discusses the Coast Guard's efforts
to establish a better defined research and development program and
improvements in its management of acquisitions.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-RCED-94-140
     TITLE:  Coast Guard: Issues Related to the Fiscal Year 1995 Budget 
             Request
      DATE:  03/22/94
   SUBJECT:  Appropriation accounts
             Mission budgeting
             Research and development
             Federal agency accounting systems
             Future budget projections
             Congressional/executive relations
             Data integrity
             Cost accounting standards compliance
             Cost-based budgeting
             Presidential budgets
IDENTIFIER:  Coast Guard Marine Environmental Protection Program
             Coast Guard Defense Readiness Program
             Coast Guard Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements 
             Program
             Coast Guard Research, Development, Test and Evaluation 
             Program
             
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