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NSIAD-85-145 1 (1985-09-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabfgu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .......... +f ,t^ hoi re|eased o0u t4e the Geeral REPORT BY THEJ - th. (o ...,,, ,,,- 47 wI-- Comptroller General RELEASED OF THE UNITED STATES Potential For Excess Funds in DOD During the 1980's DOD requested budget authority based on inflated estimates of inflation and has been unable to use appro- priated funds at the rates estimated when the funds were requested and appropriated. At the start of fiscal year 1985, DOD had authority to obligate $427.1 billion. Of this amount, $284.7 billion was fiscal year 1985 authority; the balance was prior year authority and reimbursables. DOD also had unliquidated obligations of $153.5 billion. --DOD has budgeted $36.8 billion more for inflation since FY 1982 than was needed to cover inflation. A special multiplier is used for major weapons that accounts for $9.2 billion of this amount. --Unobligated balances and lapses from appropriations are likely to be $64.9 billion by the end of FY 1985. This is $13.3 billion morethan DOD estimated they would be in the FY 1986 budget. --Reprograming actions in FYs 1980-1985 totaled about $26 billion. Reprograming actions have provided DOD with flexi- bility to reapply funds in excess of program needs, GAO could not determine the precise amount of unneeded funds or the amount of the excess that is still available in DOD. A major difficulty is that the accounting system that tracks how funds are actually being used is not directly linked to the budgeting process. GAO recommendations are meant to ensure that funds are made available in line with what is needed to carry out authorized programs. , &VD S T/ 127859 GAO/NSIAD-85-145 SEPTEMBER 3,1985 -1c~co t4,,

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