Establishes the Warfighter Senior Integration Group (SIG) as a standing DoD-wide forum and establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides direction to facilitate the rapid delivery of capabilities in response to UONs, consistent with all applicable laws and governing regulations.

This Instruction, in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5106.01 (Reference (a)), establishes policies and assigns responsibilities for receiving, reporting, and investigating contractor disclosures of a violation of Federal criminal law involving fraud, conflict of interest, bribery, or gratuity violations found in title 18, United States Code (U.S.C.) (Reference (b)) or a violation of the False Claims Act, section 3729 of title 31, U.S.C. (Reference (c)), in connection with the award, performance, or closeout of any contract or subcontract.

This memorandum supersedes the December 26, 2007, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration memorandum, "Designation of Major Automated Information System Programs and Information Technology Services Acquisitions Oversight List."

The definitions of a MAIS program and Other Major Information Technology Investment Program have been codified in section 2445a of title 10, U.s.C. The updated MAIS Oversight List (Attachment I) includes baselined and un-baselined programs that meet these definitions and must report under chapter 144A of title 10, U.S.c. The list is sorted by the lead DoD acquisition component and indicates each program's Acquisition Category, Milestone Decision Authority, Overarching Integrated Product Team, and Joint Capability Area assignments.

Frank Kendall, Acting Undersecretary of Defense (AT&L), discusses his priorities in relation to the recently released defense strategy. At a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Kendall said his highest priority program is the government workforce and having a more capable and qualified acquisition community.

Kendall said, “If we’re going to be successful, we’re going to have to change. We have to change how we think about the money, how we value it, how we spend it and how we do our business. The change has to be real. It can’t be superficial...we’ve got to change what we actually do. It takes a lot of work. It takes tenacity.”

Starting in November 2011 , CON 115, Contracting Fundamentals, will replace CON 110, Mission Support Planning, as a core training requirement for PM Level II DA WIA certification. After December 2011, Defense Acquisition University (DAU) will no longer offer CON 110. More details appear in the attached memo.

Effective immediately, Mrs. Katrina McFarland shall perform the duties of the ASD(A) and may discharge all of the duties of the ASD(A) except those duties, if any, that qualify as "statutory" for purposes of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, as amended. Mrs. McFarland will continue to serve as the President, Defense Acquisition University. More on Mrs. McFarland's appointment can be found in the attached memo at https://dap.dau.mil/policy/Lists/Policy%20Documents/Attachments/3308/AssistantSecyOfDefenseAcq.pdf. Additionally, and effective immediately, additional authorities have been delegated to Alan F. Estevez, ASD(L&MR), and will remain in effect for the period during which Mr. Frank Kendall serves as Acting USD(AT&L) or until otherwise terminated. More details on Mr. Estevez's additional authorities can be found in the attached memo at https://dap.dau.mil/policy/Lists/Policy%20Documents/Attachments/3308/DelOfAuth-ASD(LMR).pdf.

A memorandum of thanks from Dr. Carter as he transitions from his USD(AT&L) role to Deputy Secretary of Defense.

On September 14, the PDUSD(AT&L) issued Life-Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP) guidance and a newly developed LCSP outline. The guidance references earlier PDUSD(AT&L) direction to separate the LCSP from the Acquisition Strategy and requires an LCSP for all acquisition programs. The outline is designed to be a tool for programs to effectively and affordably satisfy life-cycle sustainment requirements. The PDUSD(AT&L) memo provides additional implementation detail.

For product development programs, some understandable confusion exists as to how to implement both "should-cost" and "affordability as a requirement," particularly early in a program's life cycle before engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) and production. The two are compatible, but they must be balanced differently across the product life cycle. The emphasis prior to Milestone B should be on defining and achieving affordability targets. Past this point, the emphasis shifts to defining and achieving should-cost estimates. This memorandum offers greater detail on should cost and affordability.

For those programs where the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD(AT&L)) is the Milestone Decision Authority (MDA), OIPTs are a wellestablished and integral part of our defense acquisition oversight and milestone decision review process. While OIPTs are not decision-making bodies, they provide a mechanism to coordinate and conduct staff preparation for DAE program decisions and to help execute those decisions. This memorandum is intended to clarify the expectations for OSD OIPT Leaders and the respective OIPTs that they lead.

The Program Management (PM) Functional Integrated Product Team (FIPT) met on September 8, 2010. The Component and 4th Estate Directors, Acquisition Career Management, agreed that several online courses (BCF 102, BCF 103, and LOG 103) be added as requirements for PM Level III certification, and that two courses (ACQ 265 and ACQ 370) be added as PM Level III Core Plus beginning in Fiscal Year 2012. More information can be found in the attached memo.

As noted in the "Better Buying Power" memorandum issued last year, the process for conducting Technology Readiness Assessments (TRAs) has strayed from its original intent and should be reformed. TRAs should focus only on technology maturity, as opposed to engineering and integration risk, and the responsibility for ensuring that technology maturity risk is adequately identified and mitigated should rest with the Program Manager (PM), Program Executive Officer, and Component Acquisition Executive, subject to ASD(R&E) review. New instructions for conducting TRAs are contained in updated "TRA Guidance" (http://www.acq.osd.mil/ddre/publications/docs/TRA2011.pdf).

On September 14, 2010, Dr. Ashton Carter, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, issued a memorandum on the subject of Better Buying Power for the Department. In that memorandum, the Director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy was directed to develop a cash flow model to be used by all contracting officers contemplating financing other than customary progress payments, such as Performance Based Payments (PBP). In addition, guidance was to be developed that ensures that the improved cash flow opportunities provide benefit to both industry (at both the prime and subcontractor level) and the taxpayer. Further details on that guidance are provided within this memorandum.

The purpose of this memorandum is to establish policy with regard to achieved savings as a result of successful "should-cost" program execution. At some point, Service Acquisition Executives will declare that program should-cost savings have been achieved (for example, the negotiated price of an annual production lot of a system is equal to or better than a should-cost program target). That assertion should be validated by the Service Assistant Secretary (Financial Management and Comptroller). Savings would then generally be retained by the Service and reallocated to the highest priority needs as determined by the Service Secretary or a senior leader designated by the Service Secretary.

An exception to the aforementioned guidance would apply if the Secretary of Defense or appropriate designee determines that the savings are required to meet high-priority Department-wide needs, such as financial requirements generated by Joint Urgent Operational Needs. In that case, the savings would be diverted to these departmental requirements.

The September 14th Better Buying Power memorandum directed a review of the documentation required by DoDI 5000.02 in support of the acquisition process.  On April 20, 2011, the PDUSD(AT&L) issued streamlined, annotated outlines for the Technology Development Strategy/Acquisition Strategy and the Systems Engineering Plan (SEP) - the LATTER is attached to this post.  These outlines have been completely re-written and re-focused on information central to the purpose of the document.  The outlines constitute expected business practice and are effective immediately.  Additional document outlines will be distributed as they are completed.  They will be included in the Defense Acquisition Guidebook and referenced in the next update to DoDI 5000.02.  The PDUSD(AT&L) memo provides additional implementation detail.

This Instruction establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for the DoD DEMIL program in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5134.01 (Reference (a)) for mandatory DEMIL training, oversight of DEMIL functions, DEMIL code assignment accuracy, and DEMIL life cycle planning in accordance with section 1051 of Public Law 105-261 (Reference (b)).

In accordance with the authority in Reference (a), this DTM, consistent with the direction of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics to immediately enhance reliability in the acquisition process and with recent Secretary of Defense direction to improve the efficiency of the Defense acquisition system:

• Amplifies procedures in Reference (b) and is designed to improve reliability analysis, planning, tracking, and reporting.
• Institutionalizes reliability planning methods and reporting requirements timed to key acquisition activities to monitor reliability growth.
• Is effective upon its publication to the DoD Issuances Website; it shall be incorporated into Reference (b). This DTM shall expire effective November 23, 2011.

This DTM applies to:

• OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD (hereafter referred to collectively as the “DoD Components”).
• Major Defense Acquisition Programs (except Information Systems) and designated special interest programs.

The Heads of the DoD Components shall implement and ensure Component compliance with the procedures in the Attachment. These procedures shall be applied to other than Acquisition Category I programs by designation of the Component Acquisition Executive.

This regulation assigns responsibilities and prescribes policies for the Army’s type classification (TC), materiel release
(MR), materiel fielding, and materiel transfer processes. The TC process ensures the materiel is acceptable for Army
use prior to spending of procurement funds at the full rate production (FRP) decision review. The MR process assures
that Army materiel is safe, suitable, and supportable. The materiel fielding and transfer processes assure the orderly and
effective deployment and transfer of Army equipment, including all necessary logistics support requirements.

This regulation implements Federal, State, and local environmental laws and DOD policies for preserving,
protecting, conserving, and restoring the quality of the environment. This regulation should be used in conjunction with
32 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 651 (32 CFR 651), which provides Army policy on National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA, 42 USC 4321–4347) requirements, and supplemental program guidance, which the proponent of
this regulation may issue as needed to assure that programs remain current.

This regulation cover Department of the Army policy for integrated logistics support which includes planning, eveloping, acquiring, and sustaining well-defined, affodable support strategies for Army materiel. This policy implements key provisions of Department of Defense Directive 5000.1 and Department of Defense Instruction 5000.2.

The primary objective of the HHA Program is to identify and assess health hazards associated with the life cycle
management of the following systems and provide recommendations to materiel developers (MATDEVs) and combat developers (CBTDEVs) to eliminate or control the hazards: weapons platform, munitions, equipment, clothing, training devices, and other materiel systems. The Army’s effort to eliminate health hazards from materiel systems links the HHA Program with Army warfighting capabilities and performance.

This handbook provides information on planning, programming, and executing security assistance training with the U.S. Army.\r\n

This regulation prescribes the policies, responsibilities, processes and/or procedures for airworthiness qualification and
system specification compliance of manned and unmanned aircraft systems and subsystems, including the installation
of allied equipment and modifications to Army aircraft. Army aircraft as used herein includes all aviation materiel and
aircraft that are Army assigned, bailed, borrowed, loaned, leased, owned, or otherwise authorized for operation by
Army personnel, or after modification under an Army contract.

This regulation implements the policies and procedures of Department of Defense Directive (DODD) 5000.1, DODD
3200.11, and DOD Instruction (DODI) 5000.2, and the Defense Acquisition Guidebook and specifically prescribes
implementing policies and assigns responsibilities for test and evaluation (T&E) activities during the systems acquisition
processes. It applies to all systems (materiel and command, control, communications, and computers (C4),
intelligence (I), and information technology (IT) (C4I/IT) developed, evolved, acquired, and managed under the
auspices of Army Regulation (AR) 70–1 and the Defense Acquisition Guidebook. This regulation applies to Army
participation in joint test and evaluation (JT&E) and multi-service operational test and evaluation (MOT&E). It also
provides guidance and establishes procedures governing the Test Schedule and Review Committee (TSARC), a
continuing intradepartmental Army committee.

The purpose of this memorandum is to re-emphasize Department policy governing the use of convenience checks. Department of the Army (SFCA-PC) Memo; Purchase Card Policy on the Use of Convenience Checks

The purpose of the guide is to assist the Army acquisition community in the identification of environmental-related regulatory requirements that may potentially affect acquisition programs. Included in the guide are: (1) a review of typical environmental issues often associated with each of the Army’s major categories of weapon systems; (2) a comprehensive summary of federal, DoD, and Army environmental-related regulatory requirements common to most acquisition programs, along with requirements unique to specific weapon system categories (including safety and occupational health requirements as appropriate); and (3) a list of ESOH-related activities and documentation requirements normally associated with each acquisition life-cycle phase.

This pamphlet serves as the basis for doctrine development and organizing, implementing, resourcing, and assessing safety and occupational programs within the U.S. Army
Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC).

Provides guidance and procedures preparing hazardous materials for military air shipments to ensure proper packing, packaging, marking, and preparation for transportation

The purpose of the document is to provide guidance, recommendations, and suggestions for complying with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), including the preparation of RECs, EAs, and EISs that are consistent with NEPA and its implementing regulations, but specific to US Army materiel acquisitions. By following the approach and procedures presented in the manual, users can reduce or eliminate the typical problems often associated with preparing NEPA analyses.

This regulation sets forth policies and responsibilities for Army input to and use of the Hazardous Materials Information Resource System (HMIRS). It applies to all hazardous materials (HAZMAT) managed, procured, used, or
manufactured by the Department of the Army (DA).

The primary purpose of test and evaluation (T&E) is to support system development and acquisition by serving as a feedback mechanism in the iterative systems engineering process. This pamphlet provides guidance and procedures to implement T&E policy for materiel and information systems with regard to planning, executing, and reporting T&E in support of the acquisition process as promulgated by Army Regulation (AR) 73-1 . Developing and deploying Army systems that are operationally effective, suitable, and survivable represents a significant challenge to all involved in the systems acquisition process.

This regulation—
a. Establishes the policies, responsibilities, and procedures for the proper management of—
(1) Damaged equipment containing depleted uranium or radioactive commodities.
(2) Any equipment contaminated by depleted uranium or radioactive commodities.
b. In addition, provide commanders guidance on how these procedures may be modified consistent with operational
risk and risk management principles per FM 101-5.

Establishes policy, responsibilities, and documentation requirements for implementing and supporting Manpower
and Personnel Integration (MANPRINT), which fulfill the Army’s Human Systems Integration (HSI) responsibilities in
accordance with Department of Defense (DOD) Directive 5000.1 and DOD Regulation 5000.2–R.

The Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness serves as the principal staff assistant and advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD(AT

This regulation provides policyfor the management and execution ofArmy Security Assistance and InternationalLogistics Support programs. Theregulation covers organization, functions,and responsibilities of the Army Secretariat,the Army Staff (ARSTAF), majorArmy commands (MACOMs), and otherArmy organizations involved in or in supportof Army security assistance and internationallogistics support programs. Itfurnishes policy guidance on Foreign MilitaryFinancing (FMF), International MilitaryEducation and Training (IMET), andForeign Military Sales (FMS) programs.

To provide a guidebook to create an Army or DoD contract clause on CAF.  The clause will address the level of detail users wanted.  The team working on the clause decided to create a guidebook that could be more easily updated than a clause, and which could include template contract language, background information, and current resources.

This informational pamphlet provides an overview of the wide spectrum of contractor deployment issues/topics required for day-to-day operations within the Army. Its intended application will be useful in the development of essential contracts and the processing of contractor personnel whom
deploy with or in support of contingency operations.

This guide is to assist Program Executive Officers (PEO),\r\nProject managers (PM) and Army Materiel Command (AMC) Commanders in\r\ndetermining the minimum essential functional requirements for a\r\nstreamlined acquisition program.

This regulation establishes policyand prescribes procedures for the sale of items of equipment and services to friendly
foreign nations. It also prescribes policies, responsibilities,
and procedures for managing the Army Munitions Control Program and Military Assistance Program Grant Aid. This
regulation implements DOD 5105.38–M and DOD Directives 2040.2 and 5105.51.