Weapons Acquisition: Implementation of the 1991 DOD Full Funding Policy

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) implementation of a full funding policy for programs reviewed by the Defense Acquisition Board (DAB), focusing on all major DAB decisions under the policy to: (1) determine the policy's impact and effectiveness; (2) identify programs' shortfalls and how they were estimated; and (3) ascertain if shortfall offsets were identified, approved, and incorporated into the Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP).