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A major budget reform proposal that is being studied, and has been implemented within the Department of Defense (DoD) is biennial budgeting. The Fiscal Year (FY) 1986 Defense Authorization Act directed DoD to submit two-year defense budgets beginning in FY 1988. Although a relatively new development for the Federal Government, many State Governments have used biennial budgeting for years. Although budget size, scope, procedure, and form vary among States and between States and the Federal Government, certain successful attributes of biennial budgeting at the State level may be applied to biennial budgeting at the Federal level. The purpose of this thesis is to provide an overview and analysis of biennial budgeting within DoD and the Federal Government. This study examines the effects of biennial budgeting on the Department of the Navy's budget planning and implementation process and Program Objectives Memorandum development. The realized benefits and limitations of biennial budgeting since DoD became the first Federal agency to prepare two-year budgets are also explored. Biennial budgeting at the Federal and State levels are compared, including a discussion of relevant attributes of State biennial budgeting experiences that may be applied to the Federal Budgeting process. ; Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

The views expressed in this report are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the department of defense or the U.S. Government. ; The Office of Naval Research Tropical Cyclone Motion initiative is a five-year program to improve basic understanding of tropical cyclone motion. The Tropical Cyclone Motion (TCM-90) field experiment was carried out during August and September 1990. The first section of this guide describes the overall data collection that combines the real-time and delayed data. The second section describes the preparation of the eight observation types contained in the merged data set. The third section describes the data base and magnetic tape formats. The fourth section is a summary of the data aspects of each Intensive Observing Period. ; The work reported herein was in support of the Accelerated Resea.rch Initiative on Tropical Cyclone Motion of the Office of Naval Research (Marine Meteorology). The Chief of Naval Research provided funding for data management activities.