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 1996-04-04 monographic deposited born digital 52 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-96-131 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-131 P0b002ee1803a2467 f:ns96131 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-131 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-131 NSIAD-96-131 Defense cost control Future budget projections Defense economic analysis Defense procurement Budget cuts Financial management Defense budgets Federal agency reorganization Administrative costs Defense contingency planning DOD Future Years Defense Program Defense Business Operations Fund Letter Report NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) plan to offset increased spending for weapons systems modernization with savings from a reformed acquisition process and reduced and streamlined infrastructure.<p/>GAO found that: (1) for the past several years, DOD has been in the ongoing process of identifying and measuring its infrastructure funding; (2) DOD accounting of its infrastructure expenditures may not be complete because it excludes some infrastructure programs such as intelligence, space, and command, control, and communications programs from its infrastructure calculations; (3) between fiscal years (FY) 1996 and 2001, no significant savings will result from infrastructure reforms because the proportion of infrastructure spending in DOD budgets will remain constant; (4) DOD will have to reduce the operation and maintenance and military personnel appropriations to generate the infrastructure savings necessary to fund modernization efforts; and (5) many opportunities to reduce and streamline DOD infrastructure could generate savings to modernize weapon systems, reduce the deficit, and address long-standing DOD financial management problems. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-131/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-131.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-131/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-131.pdf GAO/NSIAD-96-131 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-131 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-96-131; Defense Infrastructure: Budget Estimates For 1996-2001 Offer Little Savings for Modernization; Defense cost control Future budget projections Defense economic analysis Defense procurement Budget cuts Financial management Defense budgets Federal agency reorganization Administrative costs Defense contingency planning DOD Future Years Defense Program Defense Business Operations Fund