GAO eyes new alternatives for Pentagon's OCO account

By Tony Bertuca / January 29, 2019 at 5:00 AM
The Government Accountability Office has outlined a number of paths the Defense Department could take to reform its controversial warfighting budget -- the Overseas Contingency Operations account -- but says the Pentagon has yet to decide a course of action as it finalizes its fiscal year 2020 budget amid the renewed onset of statutory budget caps and expected Capitol Hill gridlock. GAO, as required by law, has drawn up four alternatives in a new report by which DOD could transfer...

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