This planning level is adjusted for Departmental revenues and flow-through transfers. Where warranted, anticipated funding adjustments for Treasury Board-approved specific activities or initiatives have been included. Each Level One Manager is provided an operating budget to generate, support or maintain the forces required for operations.
Acquisition includes the design, development, construction or purchase of capital assets.
Also included are capital leases or rental agreement. This includes the employer s contributions to pensions and other employee benefit plans. DPG 2001 Budget Highlights. Budget 2000 marked a significant milestone for Defence with the first significant defence spending increase in nearly a decade. This framework reflects the reality that each year there are unexpended funds, attributable to project delays, account imbalances due to historical trends, overestimation, as well as a variety of external factors affecting revenue and timely expenditure.