United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-03-15 monographic deposited born digital 40 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-96-121BR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-121BR P0b002ee180373c3a f:ns96121b DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-121BR machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-121BR NSIAD-96-121BR Defense contingency planning Future budget projections Budget surplus Cost overruns Supplemental appropriations Military operations Developing countries Statistical methods Funds management Bosnia Haiti Asia Yugoslavia Somalia Cuba Korea DOD Operation Southern Watch Iraq Army Logistics Civil Augmentation Program DOD Operation Vigilant Warrior Briefing Report NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the costs of Department of Defense (DOD) contingency operations in fiscal year (FY) 1995, focusing on the: (1) extent to which an emergency supplemental appropriation covered those costs; (2) impact of funding shortages or overages on the services; and (3) accuracy of DOD and service methods for estimating such costs.<p/>GAO found that: (1) DOD and the services reported about $2.223 billion in contingency operations costs for FY 1995, primarily for operations in southwest Asia, Haiti, Cuba, and the former Yugoslavia; (2) the reported costs were $12 million less than the amount Congress provided through an emergency supplemental appropriation of $2.235 billion; (3) the Army and the Navy had to absorb their respective $75-million and $34-million shortfalls between what Congress provided and their actual costs by making reductions in other areas; (4) other DOD agencies collectively reported a shortfall of about $3 million; (5) the Marine Corps and the Air Force spent their respective $15 million and $110 million in excess funding on facility repairs, maintenance, and improvements; (6) reported costs of contingency operations surged in September 1995 to about 4 times more than the previous month's costs; (7) estimating costs of contingency operations is difficult because it involves making assumptions about such factors as force requirements, operation duration, logistical operations, and costs; and (8) although DOD and the services can make some improvements to their models for developing costs of potential force structure changes to aid them in estimating the costs of contingency operations, such estimations will continue to be inexact and require adjustments. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-121BR/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-121BR.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-121BR/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-121BR.pdf GAO/NSIAD-96-121BR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-121BR Briefing Report GAO/NSIAD-96-121BR; Contingency Operations: Defense Cost and Funding Issues; Defense contingency planning Future budget projections Budget surplus Cost overruns Supplemental appropriations Military operations Developing countries Statistical methods Funds management Bosnia Haiti Asia Yugoslavia Somalia Cuba Korea DOD Operation Southern Watch Iraq Army Logistics Civil Augmentation Program DOD Operation Vigilant Warrior Public Law 101-508 Public Law 104-6