America's military installations, including their associated environment, have many purposes. They must sustain the regular forward and home station presence of U.S. forces as well as provide support in training and deployment to meet the Nation's need in periods of crisis, contingency, and combat.
The Directorate of Housing and Competitive Sourcing (H&CS) is responsible for the development of major Departmental policies, procedures, and resource guidance which direct the Department of Defense (DoD) implementation of military housing, including implementation and oversight of Defense policy in the areas of accompanied and unaccompanied housing, and the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI), Section 2885 of Title 10, United States Code.
In addition, the Director, H&CS, is also responsible for the development and implementation of policy, guidance, and technical tools required for compliance with the Federal Activity Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act of 1998, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76 for competitive sourcing of commercial activities. The Director of H&CS is also responsible for the development and execution of the Department's competitive sourcing program meeting requirements identified by Section 2461 of Title 10, United States Code.
| March 14, 2001 |
Provides DoD guidance for developing an agency cost estimate in a public-private competition. |
| September 12, 2003 |
Designates the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense (Installations and Environment) as the CSO for the Department of Defense. |
| March 29, 2004 |
Designates Component CSOs (CCSO) and delegates specific CSO responsibilities to CCSOs. |
| August 4, 2005 |
Provides DoD guidance for calculating baseline costing public-private competitions. |
| May 9, 2006 |
Provides DoD guidance for calculating private sector health insurance costs in public-private competitions. |
| December 6, 2006 |
Provides DoD guidance implementing DCAMIS including specific DCAMIS data elements and definitions. |
| February 28, 2007 |
Provides DoD guidance for tracking the costs of conducting public-private competition using a specific format. |
| September 4, 2007 |
Provides DoD guidance for conducting streamlined public-private competitions and applying the conversion differential. |
| March 20, 2008 |
Reaffirms DoD's commitment to public-private competition as an essential management tool that achieves government efficiency and reduces operating cost of activities. |
| January 7, 2010 |
OSD guidance to DoD Components on preparation and submission of their FY 2010 IGCA Inventory |
| FY 2009 |
