Documents/GAO2009/2: Global Interdependence and Security/1: All Global Interdependence and Security Objectives/Indicator:1

Indicator: 2.1

[Quantitative::Outcome]

Measurements in/of Financial benefits

Relationships:

Type Actual Actual Actual Actual Target Actual Target
StartDate 2004-10-01 2005-10-01 2006-10-01 2007-10-01 2008-10-01 2008-10-01 2009-10-01
EndDate 2005-09-30 2006-09-30 2007-09-30 2008-09-30 2009-09-30 2009-09-30 2010-09-30
Dollars in Billions 12.9 12.0 10.3 15.4 12.7 12.4 13.8
Description Not met - The financial benefits reported for this goal in fiscal year 2009 totaled $12.4 billion which missed our target by about $300 million. Among other things, these accomplishments stemmed from engagements related to delays and large amounts of unobligated funding in the U.S. Coast Guard’s vessel tracking system procurement and our assessment of the reasonableness of the Department of Defense’s (DOD) fiscal year 2009 budget request. We describe these and other accomplishments in the goal 2 section of appendix 1. Given the large portion of the U.S. budget that defense spending consumes, we expect our work under this goal to continue to produce economies and efficiencies that yield billions of dollars in financial benefits for the American people each year. We set our fiscal year 2010 target at $13.8 billion based on our assessment of the progress agencies are making in implementing our past recommendations that might yield financial benefits and our 4-year rolling average.