The Trump administration's plan to monitor spending on its 2018 defense legislation failed to include future costs and funding needs, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report on Friday.
(Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 14th September, 2018) The Trump administration's plan to monitor spending on its 2018 defense legislation failed to include future costs and funding needs, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report on Friday.
"GAO found that the 2018 plan provided details on most of the reporting requirements in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2018, but did not include information on future costs and funding needs," the report said.
According to National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) officials, NNSA did not include long-term costs and funding needs in the plan, partially because agencies have little influence over the spending priorities of other departments outside of the President's budget process, the GAO noted.
Because the 2018 plan does not include any estimates on future costs and funding needs, it limits congressional understanding of the long-term affordability of the nation's verification and monitoring efforts and its ability to make necessary funding and policy decisions, the GAO said.
