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Defense Budget: Projected Inflation Savings

NSIAD-98-177R Published: May 11, 1998. Publicly Released: May 11, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) projected inflation savings, focusing on: (1) identifying the projected savings by fiscal year and the programs that DOD plans to buy with those savings; (2) the implications of applying those projected savings to additional DOD programs; and (3) a comparison of DOD's estimated savings to estimates provided by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and identify possible reasons for the difference in those estimates.

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Comparative analysisDefense appropriationsDefense budgetsDefense cost controlDefense economic analysisDefense procurementFuture budget projectionsInflationBudgetsProcurement