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 1997-07-28 monographic deposited born digital 13 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-97-183 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-183 P0b002ee1803a313e f:ns97183 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-183 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-183 NSIAD-97-183 Cost analysis Defense cost control Defense operations NATO military forces Defense contingency planning Armed forces abroad Federal aid to foreign countries Foreign governments Military intervention Military withdrawal Bosnia Herzegovina General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Dayton Agreement) Yugoslavia Croatia Hungary Italy DOD Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund Letter Report NSIAD

GAO reviewed the: (1) Department of Defense's (DOD) process for estimating the costs of contingency operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina to determine whether the process has been improved since GAO's prior reviews; and (2) basis for the fiscal years 1997-1998 cost estimates and the impact operational changes could have on these estimates.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) DOD has improved its process for estimating costs of contingency operations by requiring that cost estimates be a part of the decision-making process in undertaking any new operation or changing an ongoing one; (2) it also created a high-level committee to review cost estimates; (3) quarterly reviews of estimates for ongoing operations allow DOD to react to changes in costs; (4) DOD based its cost estimates for Bosnia operations for fiscal years 1997 and 1998 on its fiscal year (FY) 1996 experience and operational decisions known at the time; (5) DOD appears to have used a logical process to develop these estimates; (6) however, operational changes have had and continue to have significant impacts on the costs; (7) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's decision to extend the operation beyond December 1996 increased the FY 1997 cost estimate by over $1.8 billion; (8) recent operational decisions will increase the cost estimate for FY 1998; and (9) other decisions, such as changes in the size and composition of the force and the timing of withdrawal, could further increase the cost estimate for FY 1998. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-183/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-183.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-183/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-183.pdf GAO/NSIAD-97-183 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-97-183 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-97-183; Bosnia: Cost Estimating Has Improved but Operational Changes Will Affect Current Estimates; Cost analysis Defense cost control Defense operations NATO military forces Defense contingency planning Armed forces abroad Federal aid to foreign countries Foreign governments Military intervention Military withdrawal Bosnia Herzegovina General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Dayton Agreement) Yugoslavia Croatia Hungary Italy DOD Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund Title 10 Section 127a 10 U.S.C. 127a Public Law 104-208