CSBA in the News

February 3, 2016

But, that slight deficit may begin a trend that diverts the department’s funding requests further and further away from its planned spending as the years progress, said Katherine Blakeley a research fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

The Air Force is likely to trim funding for the F-35A to help make up the gap between the Fiscal 2017 base discretionary budget request and planned spending for the year, said Katherine Blakeley, of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, on Feb. 1.

The use of OCO funds is shaping up to become yet another heated political battle between the White House and Congress, said Katherine Blakeley, a research fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

…Katherine Blakeley, a defense budget analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), a Washington think tank, said Feb. 1 that the 40-ship limit and the down-select to one hull type could free up to $1 billion in 2017 and $4 billion over the Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP), a five-year look ahead. Her findings were published in a new CSBA report, “7 Areas to Watch in the FY17 Defense Budget.”

Where Obama regarded the $58.8 billion in active war funds for the Near and Middle East as a ceiling, the armed services and appropriations panels may view it as a floor to which they could add dollars, said Katherine Blakeley, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, in a briefing for reporters.