GAO Reports Offers Alternatives to Current OCO Funding Method

摘要

A new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) proposes four alternative methods for lawmakers to separate base military funding from overseas contingency operations (OCO) dollars as Congress prepares for the release of the fiscal year 2020 defense budget. The report, titled "Overseas Contingency Operations: Alternatives Identified to the Approach to Fund War-Related Activities" and released Jan. 28, follows a provis ion set forth in the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act which directed GAO to report on the possibility of separating OCO expenditures from other Pentagon expenditures.