The purpose of the Acquisition Committee for E-Gov (ACE) is to provide the Integrated Acquisition Environment E-GOV initiative with:

• federal acquisition community vision, perspective and guidance,
• executive level decision-making and oversight regarding scope, priorities, budget and funding

The responsibilities of the ACE are to:

• Provide strategic direction for the IAE
• Establish IAE Initiative's portfolio, which contains acquisition-related projects/systems that support multiple agencies.
• Recommend the inclusion and prioritization of initiatives and projects within the IAE portfolio to OMB
• Approve IAE's annual budget and work plan and move them forward to the CAOC for final approval.
• Provide ruling on IAE Change Control Board (CCB) recommendations that exceed approved current scope and budget.
• Ensure the alignment of IAE information technology capital investments with business goals as required by the E-Gov Strategy, applicable statutes, Federal architecture framework specifications, Financial Systems Integration Office (FSIO) requirements and acquisition regulations.
• Review the IAE Initiative's OMB Exhibit 300 in coordination with the IAE Program Management Office (PMO) and provide input and feed back prior to OMB submission.
• Review and approve business case
• Review and approve funding model
• Review each application investment in an annual internal program review (IPR) presentation.
• Review, approve, and enforce IAE architecture specifications (e.g., standards, constraints, guidelines, processes, and products) for use within the acquisition community.
• Review the Source Selection Authority's (SSA) recommendations for competitive range and award.
• Serve as liaison to other government-wide councils as required.