Expenditure distribution trends with regard to the availability of funds in the DOA and DOAF budgets.
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Authors
Lopatto, Michael P.
Subjects
budget
outlays
DOAF
DOA
DOD
expenditures
incrementalism
outlays
DOAF
DOA
DOD
expenditures
incrementalism
Advisors
McCaffery, Jerry L.
Date of Issue
1987-06
Date
June 1987
Publisher
Language
en_US
Abstract
This thesis examines the factors that affected Army and Air Force
spending for fiscal years 1955-1984. The four major appropriation
categories were analyzed using budget shares, growth rates, and percentages
of the respective services' budget totals. The data was then
compared to DON and DOD spending trends to determine if consistent
budget behavior exists within DOD. The result was that DOA and
DOAF budgeting appears to be incremental in nature, with programmatic
influences on new and controversial issues. Availability of DOD
funds influenced the categorical spending for each of the services but
in different ways. While DON followed the DOD pattern closely. DOA
and DOAF budget emphasis reflected the nature of the individual service,
which explains why Military Personnel received the largest DOA
share, while Procurement received the highest percentage of the
DOAF budget.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Administrative Sciences
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
Sponsors
Funder
Format
85 p.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.