Defense Budget and Financial Management

Estimate #1—FY 2017 Appropriations Request: Department of Defense to rebuild the U.S. Armed Forces and accelerate the campaign to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and Department of Homeland Security for urgent border protection activities.—3/16/17 Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget Reference Material: America First - A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BUDGET-2018-BLUEPRINT/pdf/BUDGET-2018-BLUEPRINT.pdf  

STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY H.R. 1301 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 (Rep. Frelinghuysen, R-NJ) The Administration supports House passage of H.R. 1301, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year (FY) ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes. The bill funds critical national security needs. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/07/hr-1301-department-defense-appropriations-act-2017

The Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) budget consists of appropriations for the following purposes: compensating military personnel; developing and purchasing weapons; building bases, facilities, and housing; and supporting day-to-day operations. The largest single appropriation category in DoD’s base budget is the operation and maintenance (O&M) account, which funds day-to-day operations ranging from health care to equipment [...]

The Schedules of Budgetary Activity (Budgetary Schedules) for the Army, Navy, and Air Force for fiscal year 2015 reflected current year budget activity as an interim step toward producing an auditable Statement of Budgetary Resources that will reflect multiyear budget activity. All three of the independent public accountants (IPA) contracted to audit these fiscal year [...]

30 January 2017 On 30 January 2017, President Trump issued an executive order regarding the policy of the executive branch to be prudent and financially responsible in the expenditure of funds, from both public and private sources. The Executive Order also addressed the regulatory cap for FY2017 and the annual regulatory cost submission to OMB. [...]