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 1996-05-31 monographic deposited born digital 12 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-96-174 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-174 P0b002ee180373857 f:ns96174 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-174 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-174 NSIAD-96-174 Defense budgets Defense cost control Future budget projections Defense economic analysis Defense procurement Federal agency reorganization Military training Funds management Defense appropriations Logistics DOD Future Years Defense Program Defense Business Operations Fund Letter Report NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO analyzed the infrastructure portion of the Department of Defense's (DOD) 1997 Future Years Defense Program (FYDP).<p/>GAO found that: (1) the DOD budget is projected to increase by $26 billion by year 2001 and infrastructure funding is expected to increase by $9 billion during that same period; (2) these increases will decrease the proportion of planned infrastructure funding from 60 percent to 57 percent; (3) portions of DOD infrastructure funding cannot be clearly identified in the FYDP; (4) these funds pay for goods and services sold by Defense Business Operations Fund (DBOF) activities, represent 20 to 25 percent of the DOD infrastructure budget, and are mostly logistical purchases that cannot be specifically identified; (5) installation support is expected to decrease between 1997 and 2001, but all other infrastructure categories are projected to increase during that period; and (6) DOD must achieve significant infrastructure savings from operation and maintenance and military personnel appropriations for future force modernization. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-174/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-174.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-174/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-174.pdf GAO/NSIAD-96-174 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-174 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-96-174; Defense Infrastructure: Costs Projected to Increase Between 1997 and 2001; Defense budgets Defense cost control Future budget projections Defense economic analysis Defense procurement Federal agency reorganization Military training Funds management Defense appropriations Logistics DOD Future Years Defense Program Defense Business Operations Fund