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GAO Reports Offers Alternatives to Current OCO Funding Method

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, January 28th, 2019

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GAO Reports Offers Alternatives to Current OCO Funding Method

A new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) proposes four alternative methods for lawmakers to separate base military funding from overseas contingency operations (OCO) dollars as Congress prepares for the release of the fiscal year 2020 defense budget. The report, titled "Overseas Contingency Operations: Alternatives Identified to the Approach to Fund War-Related Activities" and released Jan. 28, follows a provision set forth in the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act which directed GAO to report on the possibility…

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