CBO Presentation - Prospects for DoD's Budget Over the Next Decade

24. slides. Top level assessment of DoD Budget and a very good analysis of the O&M Budget and its likely impact on the rest of the Defense Budget. This report is from the Congressional Budget Office...so draw your own conclusions. Its bottom line:

• The end of the Budget Control Act may not reduce pressure on defense spending

• Internal pressures on DoD’s budget from rising O&M and military personnel costs will:

– Reduce the buying power of defense dollars by a few percentage

points every year (after removing the effects of inflation)

– Reduce the amount of procurement and R&D that can be done