Nuclear Weapons Sustainment: Improvements Made to Budget Estimates, but Opportunities Exist to Further Enhance Transparency

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By Joseph W. Kirschbaum (au); David C. Trimble (au)
Year: 2015
Pages: 47
Binding Paperback
ISBN 978-1-4578-7011-8

Product Code: 1457870118

Description

The Departments of Defense (DOD) and Energy (DOE) are undertaking an extensive effort to sustain and modernize U.S. nuclear weapons capabilities, which are aging and being deployed beyond their intended service lives. This is expected to take decades and cost hundreds of billions of dollars. DOD and DOE are required to submit an annual report to Congress on their plans, including 10-year budget estimates. In June 2014, GAO reviewed the July 2013 joint report and made recommendations to improve future reports, such as documenting the methodology used to create certain estimates and identifying its assumptions and limitations. This report assesses the extent to which the May 2014 joint report provides (1) budget estimates that are consistent with the departmentsäó» internal funding and modernization plans; and (2) complete and transparent information on the methodology used to develop the estimates. Tables and figure. This is a print on demand report.

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