1998 DOD Budget: Operation and Maintenance Program

GAO evaluated the military services' and the Department of Defense's (DOD) fiscal year (FY) 1998 operation and maintenance (O&M) budget requests, which total about $94 billion, focusing on whether the O&M accounts should be funded in the amounts requested. GAO noted that this report summarizes and updates information it provided in March, April, and June 1997, but does not include any actions that may have been taken by congressional committees during their reviews of the budget requests. GAO has not acknowledged these committee actions because in some cases House and Senate actions have varied and conference actions are still pending. GAO also noted that this report does not include issues that no longer warrant a potential reduction based on updated information.