The Defense Department is pushing back against a Government Accountability Office recommendation that would provide Congress more detailed information on how the Pentagon spends its operations and maintenance money. A recent GAO report found that DOD has used its authorities to realign approximately $147 billion from fiscal year 2009 to FY-15, but did not separate O&M base budget obligations from war-related O&M overseas contingency operations account activities. "GAO estimated O&M base obligations since fiscal year 2009 and found that DOD's...
