Released on April 25, 2000, this report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the cost of the proposed national missile defense system may reach as much as $60 billion. The offspring of President Reagan's space-based "Star Wars" missile defense system, the proposed missile shield would be composed of ground-based missile interceptors guided by infrared satellites and radar....

The Code Red worm and base closings are not the only things the Pentagon has to worry about lately. The General Accounting Office (GAO) has agreed to perform a department-wide audit, including an investigation of abuse of the Pentagon's 1.8 million credit cards. At the request of Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), the GAO began its investigation by looking into potential purchase card abuse on two...

Forwarded to the President and Congress annually, the Secretary of Defense's Annual Defense Report serves as "a basic reference document for those interested in national defense issues and programs." The Department of Defense (DOD) Annual Defense Report page contains previous reports to 1995 and an internal search engine.