Department of the Air Force Appropriations for 1956: Hearings ... 84th Congress, 1st Session1955 - 1544 pages |
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activities additional Air Force Air Materiel Command Air National Guard airframe airlift airmen airplane amount appropriation audit base BOGART budget CALLAHAN Chairman CHIEF OF STAFF civilian Colonel ANDERSON Colonel WISEMAN combat committee Congress contractor cost DAVIS DEANE Department of Defense depot Discussion dollars DOUGLAS end of fiscal engines equipment estimate facilities figure fire-control system fiscal year 1956 flight flying funds GARLOCK GERRITY going included increase industry initial installations inventory June 30 LEWIS MAHON maintenance manpower ment military personnel million missiles negotiation operations overseas percent planes Planned program plant present problem production question record reduced reenlistment request requirements research and development Reserve result SCRIVNER Secretary of Defense Secretary TALBOTT spare statement supply things tion TWINING units unobligated carryover WHITTEN wings World War II
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Page 735 - I am going to be a noncommissioned officer maybe 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 years before I ever get to go to the noncommissioned officer school.
Page 157 - ... not spent. So, there were actual savings insofar as the taxpayer was concerned, although that is not your definition of a budget savings.
Page 396 - There are possible examples which could be used to demonstrate this point. General BOGART. I think we could provide an example of this sort, Mr. Scrivner. I would be glad to furnish it. Mr. SCRIVNER. Please do so if it is not too much trouble. If it involves a lot of detail and a lot of man-hours and whatnot forget about it. If there is some analysis available I think it would be interesting to have it in the record. General BOGART. I think we have it, sir. Mr. SCRIVNER. In other words, if you are...
Page 153 - ... period of time shall be available for expenditure after the expiration of such period except for liquidation of amounts obligated in accord with subsection (a) hereof; but no such appropriation or fund shall remain available for expenditure for any period beyond that otherwise authorized by law. (e) Any statement of obligation of funds furnished by any agency of the Government to the Congress or any committee thereof shall include only such amounts as may be valid obligations as defined in subsection...
Page 309 - General policies. (a) It is the policy of NASA to place a fair proportion of its total purchases and contracts for supplies and services with small business concerns, and to afford small business concerns an equitable opportunity to compete for contract awards.
Page 153 - States against an appropriation or fund legally available therefor. (b) Not later than September 30 of each year, the head of each Federal agency shall report, as to each appropriation or fund under the control of such agency, the amount thereof remaining obligated but unexpended and the amount thereof remaining unobligated on June 30 of such year and copies of such report shall be forwarded by him to the chairman of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives,...
Page 191 - To measure performance against approved operating plans and standards and to report and interpret the results of operations to all levels of management. This function includes the design, installation, and maintenance of accounting and cost systems and records, the determination of accounting policy, and the compilation of statistical records as required.
Page 758 - Congress, The Housing Act of 1954, aids in providing homes for members of the Armed Forces of the United States and their families through a system of FHA mortgage insurance, specially designed to assist such members in financing the construction or purchase of homes.
Page 172 - PERSONNEL During the past 2 years the Air Force program has undergone a major readjustment in both composition and timing to reflect more fully recent changes in the military situation and to assure a more orderly, economical, and effective buildup to the present goal of 137 wings by June 30, 1957. As an integral part of this readjustment process, it has been necessary to reevaluate and reappraise programs, plans, and operating procedures in a continuing effort...
Page 210 - ... target complex than if you had it concentrated. Switching from the very high production rates which we now have, and which we have been operating at for a couple of years, to lower rates we expect to level off at, creates a problem of holding a mobilization structure which will be the kind we want. Mr. GARLOCK. May I make one comment off the record? Mr. DEANE. Certainly. (Discussion off the record.) Mr. WHITTEN. Off the record. (Discussion off the record.) Mr. DEANE. On the record. Referring...