Acq Notes

  The Defense Information Enterprise Architecture (DIEA) provides a common foundation to support the Department of Defense (DoD) transformation to net-centric operations and establishes priorities to address critical barriers to its realization. It comprises the information, information resources, assets, and processes required to achieve an information advantage and share information across the DoD and mission […]

DoD Information Technology (IT) Portfolio Repository (DITPR) contains a comprehensive unclassified inventory of the DoD’s mission-critical and mission-essential Information technology systems and their interfaces. It contains basic overview information regarding all DoD IT systems, including;  system names, acronyms, descriptions, sponsoring components, approval authority, points of contact, and other basic information required to analyze DoD inventory, portfolios,

The DoD Information Sharing Strategy provides a common vision to synchronize information sharing initiatives and investments throughout the Department of Defense (DoD). Sharing of information is an increasingly important element of mission success. It is imperative to effectively exchange information among components, Federal agencies, coalition partners, foreign governments, and international organizations as a critical element

Note: The DIACAP process has been replaced by the Risk Management Framework (RMF) for DoD Information Technology. (Replaced) The DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) is the Department of Defense (DoD) process to ensure that risk management is applied on information systems (IS). DIACAP defines a DoD-wide formal and standard set of activities,

The DoD Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) is a contract mechanism that establishes and manages Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Information Technology (IT) agreements, assets, and policies for the purpose of lowering the total cost of ownership across the DoD, Coast Guard, and Intelligence communities. DoD ESI’s mission extends across the entire commercial IT life-cycle combining the DoD’s buying

  The Defense Information System Agency (DISA) is a Combat Support Agency comprised of military, federal civilian, and our contractor partners. DISA provides the network, computing infrastructure, and enterprise services to support information sharing and decision making within the DoD and federal agencies. The mission of DISA is to provide command and control capabilities and

Note: Canceled: DoD Instruction 5000.02, “Operation of the Defense Acquisition System,” Enclosure 12 and replaced by the Business Capability Acquisition Cycle (BCAS) A Defense Business Systems (DBS) are an information system, other than a national security system (NSS), operated by, for, or on behalf of DoD, including financial systems, mixed systems, financial feeder systems, and Information Technology (IT)

Cyberspace is the global domain within the information environment consisting of the interdependent network of information technology infrastructures, including the Internet, telecommunications networks, computer systems, and embedded processors and controllers. Among many other things, cyberspace enables users to conduct business, communicate, socialize, connect, exchange ideas, play games, participate in social forums, and share information. Cyberspace

The DoD Configuration Management Information System (CMIS) supports the configuration, engineering, and technical data management functions of the Department of Defense (DoD) community with a standard Web-Based Automated Information System (AIS). The primary objective of CMIS is to provide the DoD community with a standard AIS to support CM activities. The CM activities supported are:

The Clinger-Cohen Act (CCA) of 1996 is designed to improve how the federal government acquires, uses, and disposes of Information Technology (IT). It encompasses the (1) Information Technology Management Reform Act (ITMRA) (Division E) and the (2) Federal Acquisition Reform Act (FARA) (Division D), which were signed into law as part of the National Defense

The Acquisition Information Assurance (IA) Strategy provides documentation that ensures that the program has an information assurance strategy that is consistent with DoD policies, standards, and architectures, to include relevant standards. The Program Manager (PM) develops the Acquisition IA Strategy to help the program office organize and coordinate its approach to identifying and satisfying IA

An Information Support Plan (ISP) describes a systems dependencies and interface requirements in sufficient detail to enable testing and verification of Information Technology (IT) and National Security Systems (NSS) interoperability and supportability requirements. The ISP is required for all Acquisition Category (ACAT) programs that connects in any way to the communications and information infrastructure including

The Department of Defense (DoD) Information Enterprise (IE) is an organizing construct that consists of DoD information assets, processes, activities, and resources required to achieve an information advantage and share information across the DoD. The construct is envisioned to help the DoD move to trusted network-centric operations through the acquisition of services and systems that