Nathan T Maes & Caroline L. Willems 
Nunn-McCurdy Act and Defense Spending Overruns [PDF ebook] 

For almost thirty years, the Nunn-Mc Curdy Act has served as one of the principal mechanisms for notifying Congress of cost overruns in Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MSAPs). Nunn-Mc Curdy establishes different thresholds to determine if an MDAP or designated major subprogram of an MDAP experiences a cost overrun. These thresholds are based on a comparison between a program’s actual costs and the current baseline estimate or the original baseline estimate. A program that has cost growth that exceeds any of these thresholds is said to have a Nunn-Mc Curdy breach and must notify Congress of the breach. This book analyzes the background and issues for Congress of the Nunn-Mc Curdy Act and defense spending overruns.