A Review of the Department of Defense September 30, 1981, Selected Acquisition Report (SAR)

Abstract : This study presents the results of a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) review of the Department of Defense's Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) of September 30, 1981, which was submitted to the Congress on November 17, 1981. The SAR is a quarterly status report on major defense acquisition programs. It (a) presents each system program manager's current "best estimate" of key performance, schedule, and cost goals; (b) compares these estimates with baseline parameters established at the time the programs were approved for full-scale development; and (c) explains all variances from the baselines. It reports on the progress and the problems in meeting designated performance,schedule, and cost targets of the programs. This paper is intended to be a prototype for a quarterly CBO report on the current SAR. It provides in a few pages facts and data culled from more than 1,000 pages of SAR information. It is designed to be used by Congressional staff members working in the area of defense weapon system acquisition.