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Title page 1
Contents 3
Highlights 2
Letter 6
Background 8
DOD Budgeting Process 8
PDI Reporting Requirements 10
European Deterrence Initiative (EDI) 13
Inconsistent PDI Program Selection and Priorities Limit Visibility into Resourcing for the Joint Force in the Pacific 15
DOD Components Inconsistently Select Programs for the PDI Budget Exhibit 15
The PDI Budget Exhibit Presents Different Priorities Than the Independent Assessment 23
DOD Implemented and Directed PDI and EDI Differently 27
EDI Benefitted from Direct Funding and Unique Strategic Context 27
Both Initiatives Implemented Distinct Criteria to Develop Budget Exhibits for Congress 29
EUCOM Played a Larger Role in EDI Than INDOPACOM Does in PDI 31
Conclusion 32
Recommendations 32
Agency Comments and Our Evaluation 32
Appendix I: Objectives, Scope, and Methodology 35
Appendix II: Comments from the Department of Defense 38
Appendix III: GAO Contacts and Staff Acknowledgments 40
Tables 3
Table 1. Select Types of DOD Appropriation Accounts 9
Table 2. Budget Estimates for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) Programs in the Pacific Deterrence Initiative Budget Exhibit, by Component 17
Table 3. Budget Estimates for Facilities Sustainment Programs in the Pacific Deterrence Initiative Budget Exhibit, by Component 18
Figures 3
Figure 1. Summary of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Process 9
Figure 2. Pacific Deterrence Initiative Total Budget Estimates, Fiscal Years 2022-2025 (in then-year dollars) 12
Figure 3. Timeline of the European Deterrence Initiative 14
Figure 4. Approximate Locations of Select Programs Included in the Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) Budget Exhibit 19
Figure 5. Comparison of Budget Estimates in the Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) Budget Exhibits and the Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) Independent Assessment, Fiscal Years 2022-2025 23
Figure 6. Comparison of Budget Estimates in the Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) Budget Exhibit and the Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) Independent Assessment, by PDI Category, Fiscal Year 2025 24
Figure 7. European Deterrence Initiative (EDI) Enacted Funding, Fiscal Years (FY) 2015-2023 28
Figure 8. Comparison of Activities Included in the Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) and the European Deterrence Initiative (EDI) 30
