Lines of Inquiry for the Office of Management and Budget

National Commission on the Terrorist Attacks

Upon the United States

Prior to the Attacks on 9-11

• Office of Management and Budget oversight of US counterterrorism efforts in the years

leading up to the attacks of September 11, 2001 .
• OMB's interactions with other EOF offices to coordinate, evaluate, and resolve
counterterrorism resource issues, including the National Security Council staff, the Office
of the Vice President, the Office of Science Technology Policy.
• Metrics and performance measures used to judge the effectiveness of the CT efforts of
the government. The means by which OMB advised the President of the adequacy of US
resources on counterterrorism across the government.
• Nature of the OMB budget reviews on CT, the areas they focused on (e.g., diplomatic,
intelligence and/or military efforts). The resources (examiners, research contracts, etc.)
OMB assigned to the conduct of CT oversight particularly in its development of the
annual report to Congress.
• OMB's participation in National Security Council forums to help formulate the
government's CT policy. The role, if any, OMB played in the review of NSC directed

Intelligence support provided to OMB senior officials to help them understand the nature
of the terrorist threat and thereby evaluate whether resources were being appropriately
applied to the problem.

Post 9-11
• The current resource strategy across the government to conduct thejjlobal war on
terrorism. |The impact of this strategy on the federal budget deficit. 3
• The use of supplemental appropriations to fight the war on terrorism and its impact on
long term planning for what the President has referred to as a long struggle against terror.
• The national counterterrorism strategy today, OMB's role in its execution and the
measures of effectiveness OMB applies to review the government's performance.
• The nature of OMB's interactions with EOF offices in the conduct of CT oversight after
9- 1 1 , in particular the new Office of Homeland Security.
• The role played by OMB in rationalizing the roles and responsibilities of: the Terrorist
Threat Integration Center, the CIA Counterterrorist Center, the DoJ/FBI Counterterrorism
Division, the DoD/DIA Joint Intelligence Tack Force on Counterterrorism, the
Department of Homeland Security Information Analysis & Infrastructure Protection
Directorate, the DoD/NSA Counterterrorism SIGINT Production Line and other similar
entities across the government.
• Efforts OMB is taking through its budget guidance, budget reviews, management
reviews, agency passbacks, apportionments and other levers it has to help avoid future
terrorist attacks against the United States.
US Funding for Counterterrorism

The National Commission on the Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States requires an accurate
accounting of resources dedicated to counterterrorism and force protection efforts across the
Federal government. We request that the Office of Management and Budget coordinate and
produce the following information in the form of briefing slides with the underlying data
provided in spreadsheets.

• Total funding for counterterrorism and force protection in the US government from FY
1995 to FY 2009 adjusted for inflation in FY 2003 dollars. This should include
supplemental funding. Amounts from FY 1995 to FY 2003 should be actuals; FY 2004
to FY 2009 should tie to the President's FY 2003 Budget request to Congress. (Line
chart with table.)
• Total funding for counterterrorism and force protection as a percentage of total
discretionary spending from FY 1995 to FY 2003. (Line chart with table.)
• Total funding for counterterrorism, excluding force protection, identified by cabinet
department or agency from FY 1995 to FY 2009; include funding projections in the
President's FY 2003 Budget. (Stacked bar chart.)
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• Compare the President's request, obligations and '^actualsto date" for counterterrorism
funding for each fiscal year from 1995 to 2003. (Side-by-side chart for each fiscal year.)
• Identify all supplemental funding for counterterrorism and force protection from FY 1995
to FY 2003 broken out by department and/or agency. Please identify the primary purpose
for which these emergency supplemental appropriations were justified by the President.
• Compare the President's Budget to Congressional action from FY 1995 to FY 2003.
Identify which department's or agency's requests were not fully supported and why; or
the reasons why additional funding was appropriated for a particular department or
agency.
• Describe the oversight process employed by OlvlB^tDa^sure the President of the effective
use of counterterrorism resources including the m^mcs~^pplied to each department's or
agency's programs.
• Provide copies of OMB's Passbacks and their associated tables that provide guidance on
funding for counterterrorism from FY 1995 to FY 2003. Please provide the appeals that
departments or agencies provided to OMB on their respective Passbacks.
• Identify any guidance provided to department and agencies associated with the
apportionment of funds intended for counterterrorism purposes from F Y 1995 to F Y
2003. This would include the apportionment of supplemental funds appropriated from
FY 1995 to FY 2003.