Combating Terrorism: Funding Data Reported to Congress Should Be Improved

United States. General Accounting Office.

United States. General Accounting Office.

关键词: Government accountability -- United States.;    homeland security;    combating terrorism;    briefing report;   

RP-ID  :  GAO-03-170
RP-ID  :  79362

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

A briefing report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Congress responded to the attacks of September 11, 2001, with dramatic funding increases to combat terrorism. Even before these attacks, Congress was concerned about increased funding in this area, and based onfindings from a 1997 GAO report, mandated that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) report annually on funding to combat terrorism. In this review, GAO was asked to analyze such funding trends, describe difficulties in coordinating combating terrorism budgets, assess data reported to Congress, and describe the executive branch's efforts to maximize the effective use of combating terrorism funds. The review relied on OMB's definition of "combating terrorism" to include both homeland security and overseas combating terrorism missions."