NASA Budget

Potential Shortfalls in Funding NASA's 5-Year Plan Gao ID: T-NSIAD-92-18 March 17, 1992

In this testimony on NASA's five-year program, GAO indicates that NASA's planning is overly optimistic given the President's budget proposal and the fiscal constraints established on discretionary spending by the Budget Enforcement Act. In summary, there appears to be a serious mismatch between NASA's programs and likely budget resources. NASA's recently prepared strategic plan does not address this mismatch. Without a meaningful strategic plan, NASA will have to significantly adjust its spending plan each year to make up for lower than expected funding. This could lead to program cutbacks, terminations, and stretchouts as costs are pushed into the future.



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