Budgeting for defense : maintaining today's forces.

Author/creator Pierrot, Lane author.
Other author Vines, Jo Ann, author.
Other author United States. Congressional Budget Office, issuing body.
Format Electronic
Publication[Washington, D.C.] : The Congress of the U.S., Congressional Budget Office, [2000]
Description1 online resource (xiv, 30 pages) : illustrations
Supplemental Contenthttps://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS10990
Subjects

Contents Summary -- Introduction (Current threats to U.S. security; Current U.S. military strategy; What factors drive budget requests for defense?) -- CBO's estimate of a sustaining budget for national defense (The scope of the estimate; CBO's estimate of a sustaining budget for the Department of Defense; CBO's estimate of a sustaining budget for defense activities in other agencies; The limitations of CBO's estimate) -- Alternative defense forces and budgets (Reducing budget requirements; Increasing the defense budget to equal CBO's estimate of a sustaining level for today's forces) -- Tables -- Figure.
Abstract This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study, which was prepared for the Senate Committee on the Budget, presents CBO's estimate of the cost of sustaining today's military forces.
General note"Lane Pierrot of CBO's National Security Division (NSD) wrote the study"--Preface.
General note"Jo Ann Vines of CBO's Budget Analysis Division (BAD) wrote the section on procurement"--Preface.
General note"September 2000."
General noteGPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Technical detailsSystem requirements: World Wide Web browser, Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Technical detailsMode of access: Internet from the CBO web site. Addresses as of 4/11/01: http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=2398 & sequence=0 & from=1 (hypertext version), ftp://ftp.cbo.gov/23xx/doc2398/intro.pdf (PDF version); current PDF access is available via PURL.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource, PDF version; title from cover (CBO, viewed November 27, 2000).
Issued in other formPrint version: Pierrot, Lane. Budgeting for defense
GPO item number1005-C (online)
Govt. docs number Y 10.2:D 36/22 Y 10.2:2000024523

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