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Acquisition Process
Three processes cooperate to deliver capabilities needed by warfighters: the requirements process (JCIDS); the acquisition process (DAS); and the program and budget development process (PPBE). Includes links to DoD and Service policies, guidance, tools, and resources:
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Information on career management, the DoD Human Capital Initiative, career planning, leadership training, overarching planning and guidance documents, and relevant professional organizations.
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Encyclopedic source of acquisition policy that follows a hierarchy of policy issuance (i.e., executive, legislative, federal, etc.) and filtered according to organization, career field, and special topics.
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Information on training and continuous learning that supports DoD acquisition, information that helps manage professional training portfolios, and information on training available from DAU and DoD and Services activities.
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Information on DoD industry partners that helps the participation and execution of DoD processes; including industry support pages, news, information, and links to private sector acquisition contractors.
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Sixteen functional knowledge gateways, one for each of the defense acquisition career fields.
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Links to gateways about important topics outside the general portals and beyond the standard career fields:
Clarification on a New Start2/8/2013 1:04:00 PMQuestion: Understanding the definition of a New Start as a financial term, does it matter if the RDTE effort/program was previously justified with a different BA? (i.e., started an effort with BA3 and want to continue with BA4) Answer:The definition of a new start for RDT&E is found in the DoD ...(More)
Are agencies such as DARPA subject to DoD Instruction 5000.02?2/7/2013 1:12:00 PMQuestion: Does the DoD Instruction 5000.02 (and subordinate acquisition policy, such as the EVMIG) apply to DARPA? Is DARPA exempt from these acquisition policies somehow (e.g., because it is governed by Intelligence Community acquisition guidance)? The DoDI 5000.02 "Applicability and Scope" secti...(More)
PPBE Cycle - POM/BES Timeline2/6/2013 10:41:00 AMQuestion: For example, the timeline for the FY14 Cycle indicates that planning and development of a FY14-18 POM/BES occurs in CY12, but I believe that it should be the FY15-19 POM/BES because we just finished that effort. Answer:The DAU Funds Management Platinum Card of April 2012 is correct as i...(More)
Enhancement Color of Money2/5/2013 2:40:00 PMQuestion: Would this represent an RDT&E cost and/or O&M? What regulation outlines determining the difference? Answer:Based on the guidance provided in the Financial Management Regulation (FMR, DoDI 7000.14), Volume 2A, Chapter 1, RDT&E would be the appropriate appropriation to fund this product...(More)
Can expired OMA already on a contract, be used to pay termination costs?2/4/2013 11:47:00 AMQuestion: Can I take into account the expired FY12 OMA, to include customer funds, to pay for the CY13 termination costs since they are already on the contract, although not the current delivery order? Where in the regulations can I find this answer? Answer:See the DoD Financial Management Regulati...(More)