Panel: Propping Up Pentagon Budget Through War Funding Account to Continue
To get around spending caps, Congress and the Pentagon have increasingly turned to a warfighting account to pay for items…
Document: Report to Congress on Overseas Contingency Operations
The following is the Feb. 7, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Overseas Contingency Operations Funding: Background and Status.…
Document: GAO Report on Overseas Contingency Operations
The following is the Jan. 18, 2017 Government Accountability Office report, Overseas Contingency Operations: OMB and DOD Should Revise the Criteria for…
Senate Appropriations Bill Adds 12 Super Hornets, $1.6B to Navy Shipbuilding
The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee approved its Fiscal Year 2016 bill Tuesday morning, laying out $489.1 billion in base budget…
Vice Chiefs: House Plan to Avoid Sequester With Higher OCO Funding Presents Readiness Challenges
The House of Representatives may attempt to fund military at the Defense Department’s requested overall level but shift about $20.5 billion…