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 1996-09-18 monographic deposited born digital 26 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-96-220 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-220 P0b002ee18039d40a f:ns96220 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-220 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-220 NSIAD-96-220 Military budgets Military inventories Spare parts Inventory control systems Military cost control Military procurement Unobligated budget balances Military appropriations Budget cuts Aircraft maintenance Air Force Reclamation Program B-1B Bomber F-15 Aircraft F-16 Aircraft Defense Business Operations Fund Hunter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Army Afloat Prepositioning Program Bosnia Osprey Class Mine Hunter Coastal Ship DOD Environmental Restoration Account Letter Report NSIAD GAO evaluated the military services' and Department of Defense's (DOD) fiscal year (FY) 1997 operations and maintenance (O&M) budget requests, focusing on whether the O&M accounts should be funded in the amounts requested.<p/>GAO found that: (1) the Army, Navy, and Air Force's FY 1997 budgets for spare parts could be reduced by $723 million; (2) the Air Force's FY 1997 budget request could be reduced by $388 million to reflect the value of reclaimed spare parts used to satisfy other requirements; (3) the Air Force and Navy overstated their spare parts budget request by $60 million because they used inaccurate lead times, demand rates, and due-out quantities in their requirements determination process; (4) this inaccuracy resulted in the Air Force overstating its requirements by $8 million and the Navy overstating its requirements by $7 million; (5) the services' budget request for bulk fuel could be reduced by $522.3 million, since the services requested more funds than actually needed; (6) the services' have unobligated balances of at least $2.2 billion from prior year appropriations; (7) the Air Force's FY 1997 O&M budget request could be reduced by at least $376.2 million if some of its aircraft are retired or placed in storage until needed; (8) the Air Force's FY 1997 O&M budget request includes a one-time increase of $194.5 million that will be passed to the Defense Business Operations Fund (DBOF) to recover prior years' operating losses and the Army's FY 1997 O&M budget request includes $58.9 million that will be passed through DBOF to cover the cost of unutilized plants; (9) the FY 1997 budget requests for civilian personnel could be reduced by $245.5 million; and (10) the Air Force could lose about $8.5 million during FY 1997 if corrective actions are not taken to ensure timely filing of fuel tax refunds. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-220/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-220.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-220/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-220.pdf GAO/NSIAD-96-220 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-220 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-96-220; 1997 DOD Budget: Potential Reductions to Operation and Maintenance Program; Military budgets Military inventories Spare parts Inventory control systems Military cost control Military procurement Unobligated budget balances Military appropriations Budget cuts Aircraft maintenance Air Force Reclamation Program B-1B Bomber F-15 Aircraft F-16 Aircraft Defense Business Operations Fund Hunter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Army Afloat Prepositioning Program Bosnia Osprey Class Mine Hunter Coastal Ship DOD Environmental Restoration Account