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 1996-03-28 monographic deposited born digital 16 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-96-96 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-96 P0b002ee180388ab3 f:ns96096 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-96 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-96 NSIAD-96-96 Military budgets Budget cuts Fuel supplies Future budget projections Unobligated budget balances Defense contingency planning Reprogramming of appropriated funds Military appropriations Funds management Energy consumption Letter Report NSIAD GAO reviewed the Defense Fuel Supply Center's (DFSC) and the military services' management of their bulk fuel requirements, focusing on the services' fiscal year (FY) 1996 budget requests.<p/>GAO found that: (1) for FY 1996, the services requested $4.01 billion to purchase 126.7 million barrels of bulk fuel from DFSC, but DFSC estimated that the services' budget request is overstated by $440 million; (2) the services' actual FY 1996 requirements will total about $3.57 billion; (3) Department of Defense and service officials believe that the fuel estimates are not overstated, since requirements change constantly and reducing their budget requests would hamper their flexibility in meeting emerging requirements; (4) the services' data trends show that they do not use all of their budgeted fuel funds and use unspent funds and fuel credits for other purposes; (5) the services also do not recognize the amounts of fuel they return to DFSC for credit when making their fuel use estimates; and (6) Congress reduced the Navy's fuel budget request by $100 million, but did not adjust the other services' budget requests. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-96/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-96.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-96/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-96.pdf GAO/NSIAD-96-96 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-96 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-96-96; DOD Bulk Fuel: Services' Fuel Requirements Could Be Reduced and Funds Used for Other Purposes; Military budgets Budget cuts Fuel supplies Future budget projections Unobligated budget balances Defense contingency planning Reprogramming of appropriated funds Military appropriations Funds management Energy consumption