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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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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:
Declaration of DRs and WITS?1/24/2013 4:48:00 PMQuestion: As a matter of policy or good practice, should deficiency reports (DR) and/or watch items (WITS) always be explicitly declared as such in formal test reports? How about in cases in which one or more of the following factors are present: (1) the test is an operational assessment in sup...(More)
FOC Declaration1/14/2013 4:29:00 PMQuestion: Can FOC be declared with the source of a "major deficiency" still being evaluated? Operations have not been affected. Answer:Yes, FOC can be declared. There is no standard definition for Full Operational Capability (FOC); the schedule and specific FOC definition for a program...(More)
Acquisition of test and evaluation infrastructure for Major Range Test Facility Bases12/12/2012 5:24:00 PMQuestion: Why are CTEIP funded T&E infrastructure projects not going through the formal DoD acquisition process (following the DoD 5000 series guidelines)? What are the advantages/disadvantages of CTEIP funded projects not going through the formal DoD acquisition process? Answer:The DOD 5000 series ...(More)
MTEPP9/20/2012 2:37:00 PMQuestion: I'm looking for a template or discription for a Master Test and Evaluation Program Plan or MTEPP (not a TEMP). Please let me know if you know where I can get something like this. Answer:The Master Test and Evaluation Program Plan (MTEPP) document you are describing has several different...(More)
IT Box and IOTandE8/15/2012 12:55:00 PMQuestion: Has anyone considered if IOT&E is relevant in the "IT Box" ? If so, where would it occur and what decision would it support? Answer:IOT&E is conducted on production, or production representative articles, to determine whether systems are operationally effective and suitable for inten...(More)
Aircraft Wash Water Testing8/15/2012 9:12:00 AMQuestion: Does this type of work constitute including the Service Contract Act in a follow on contract?? Answer:In my oinion it would be subject to the Service Contract Act, but this is a judgment call for the contracting officer to make in accordance with FAR Part 2 and 37. ...(More)
current funding future requirement8/14/2012 1:52:00 PMQuestion: Testing question - please ignore Answer:hhhh...(More)
T and E Funding7/11/2012 5:30:00 PMQuestion: 1) Is there a FAR, AFI or Title 10 statute requiring when OT be conducted on second and subsequent articles? 2) Who funds T&E costs after first article delivery? The Program Manager, MAJCOM A3? 3) Is there a FAR, AFI or Title 10 requirement on who/which organizations fund the OT...(More)
Early Operational Assessment6/28/2012 8:04:00 AMQuestion: Why do we have to donduct early operational assessment? Is it important? Answer:Here are several references that define what Operational Assessments (OAs) and Early Operational Assessments (EOAs) are and what they are intended to accomplish. Basically OAs are done before Initial Ope...(More)
First Article Testing3/27/2012 5:44:00 PMQuestion: Is implied in the FAR or in the use of the solicitation term "complete" that each unit to be tested is to be exactly the same? It is my opinion that the contractor is technically deficient and should not be given the chance to correct based on the premise of submitting three different un...(More)