Research Guides: Defense Budget : Government Agencies

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the central budgeting agency that prepares the budget that the President submits to Congress. On their site you will find the current "President's Budget," past budgets, access to documents that OMB routinely issues such as Bulletins, Circulars, and Memoranda, and legislative information related to the budget process, and more.

Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Budget of the U.S. Government
Includes current and past budget documents. Coverage is from 1996 to present
OMB Bulletins
1993-current
OMB Circulars
OMB Memoranda
OMB Sequestration Reports to the President and the Congress
Obama-era estimates of the status of discretionary spending and limits. FY2012-FY2017

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) provides Congress with objective cost analyses to help with economic and budgetary decisions on the programs covered by the federal budget, including Defense, and the information and estimates required for the Congressional budget process.

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Their site provides a rich array of cost estimates, analyses and projections on all aspects of the federal budget. Most are available as pdf files. Under Topics, see particularly Budget , National Security and Defense Budget.
Congressional Budget Office Budget & Economic Data
Historical budget data and projections.

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Government Accountability Office (GAO) is a government agency that works for Congress investigating how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars. They produce numerous reports on topics related to the federal and defense budgets.

Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Reports & testimonies, legal decisions & opinions, comptroller general presentations, etc. published by this agency which serves as a "watchdog" organization for Congress.

DTIC Online: Public and Access Controlled Sites

Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) (publicly releasable)
Publicly releasable documents only in all areas of defense research (science, technology, engineering, social science, business & budget), DOD directives & instructions. DTIC is the central scientific, research, and engineering information support activity for the DOD.
Each product listed on the page must be searched separately.

This archive has limited search filtering capabilities. For a better search experience, you can use the National Technical Reports Library or if you are eligible, register and use the DTIC R&E Gateway and use the Advanced Search to filter for "A - Approved for Public Release" documents.
DTIC Research & Engineering Gateway (DTIC R&E) (public and restricted content)
CAC login/registration required.
Both publicly releasable and access controlled documents in all areas of defense research (science, technology, engineering, social science, business & budget), DOD directives & instructions. DTIC is the central scientific, research, and engineering information support activity for the DOD.
Click the Access-Controlled Sites tab. Access available to U.S. DOD/military employees and U.S. government employees and their contractors.

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