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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:
Workforce
Information on career management, the DoD Human Capital Initiative, career planning, leadership training, overarching planning and guidance documents, and relevant professional organizations.
Policy
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.
Communitiesof Practice
Links to communities of practice and special interest areas, the latest contribution and discussion posts for open ACC communities, community highlights, and links to related communities.
Training andContinuous Learning
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.
Industry
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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Portals
Functional Gateways
Sixteen functional knowledge gateways, one for each of the defense acquisition career fields.
Special Topics
Links to gateways about important topics outside the general portals and beyond the standard career fields:
Kathy Spainhower
This page introduces and illustrates the elements of Big "A" Acquisition and provides links to documents, multimedia, and training that support it.
For more information, select any of the sub-topics under "What's ACQ..." in the menu on the top-left, or the graphic to the right.
DoD has three principal decision-making support systems. Together, the systems provide an integrated approach to strategic planning, capabilities needs assessment, systems acquisition, and program and budget development.
DoD uses the DefenseAcquisition System tomanage the acquisition ofweapon systems and AIS.Although based oncentralized policies andprinciples, the systemallows for de-centralized andstreamlinedacquisition. Thesystem is flexibleand encouragesinnovation, whilemaintaining strictdiscipline andaccountability.
The Joint Chiefs of Staffestablished JCIDS to assessand resolve gaps in militaryjoint warfightingcapabilities. To effectivelyintegrate capabilitiesidentification andacquisition, theJCIDS guidance(CJCSI 3170.01Hand JCIDS Manual) wasdeveloped in closecoordination withacquisitionregulations (DoD5000 series).
The PPBE Process is DoD's strategic planning, program development, and resource determination process. DoD uses PPBE to craft plans and programs that satisfy National Security Strategy demands within resource constraints.
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