the budget problems, the US Congress requested an independent review by the General Accounting Office (GAO). They returned a highly critical report in August 2000 stating that the budget was likely $3.9 billion, including RD, and that the facility was unlikely to be completed anywhere near on time.[ http://www.aip.org/fyi/2000/fyi00.101.htm GAO Report Cites New NIF Cost Estimate], FYI, American Institute of Physics, Number 101: August 30, 2000. Retrieved on May 7, 2008. The report, Management and Oversight Failures Caused Major Cost Overruns and Schedule Delays, identified management problems for the overruns, and also criticized the program for failing to include a considerable amount of money dedicated to target fabrication in the budget, including it in operational costs instead of development. A follow-up report the next year included all of these items, pushing the budget to $4.2 billion, and the completion date to around 2008. https://store.theartofservice.com/the-baseline-toolkit.html