Future Years Defense Program: DOD's 1998 Plan Has Substantial Risk in Execution
NSIAD-98-26
Published: Oct 23, 1997. Publicly Released: Oct 23, 1997.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO compared the Department of Defense's (DOD) fiscal year (FY) 1998 Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) with the FYDP for FY 1997, focusing on: (1) how major programs were adjusted from the 1997 FYDP to the 1998 FYDP; (2) how these adjustments may affect programs in the future; and (3) proposed Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) initiatives that may have been taken by the the committees on authorization and appropriations during their reviews of the FY 1998 defense budget request.
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Comparative analysisDefense appropriationsDefense budgetsDefense contingency planningDefense cost controlDefense economic analysisDefense procurementFuture budget projectionsMilitary downsizingStrategic planning