The Resource Management Decision (RMD) is a budget decision document issued during the joint review of Service budget submissions by analysts of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). RMDs reflect the decisions of the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) as to appropriate program and funding to be included in the annual defense budget request which is included in the President’s Budget (PB). It also contains the decisions by SECDEF reflecting broad strategic trades related to the program and resource levels identified in the Program Objectives Memorandum (POM). It’s developed during the Budgeting phase of the PPBE Process. DoD Components use the RMD to update their POM data sets which are then incorporated into the Department’s Budget and Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) and submitted to OMB as part of the President’s budget request. [1]
Budget Preparation Schedule
- February: Future Year Defense Program (FYDP) Updated
- April: DoD Send Defense Planning Guidance (DPG) to Services
- 30 July: Services submit POM and Budget Estimate Submission (BES) to OSD, CAPE, and OMB for POM Review (FYDP Updated)
- October – December: Joint OMB-OSD review leading to Resource Management Decision (RMD)
- December: DoD Budget Request sent to OMB
- 1st Monday of February: Presidents Budget due to Congress
AcqTips:
- The Resource Management Decision (RMD) replaces the Program-Budget Decision (PMB)
Updated: 7/29/2021
Rank: G1