Example: 5713010 111 4720 119992 020100 00000 000000 503000 F03000 Department: 57 Fiscal Year: 1 Appropriation Symbol: 3010 Fund Code:11 Fiscal Year: 1 Operating Agency Code: 47 Allotment Serial Number: 20 Budget Program (First 2 digits of BPAC): 11 Project Number (3rd thru 6th digit of BPAC): 9992 Material Program Code: 020100 Element of Expense/Investment …
Funding for Program Management Administration (PMA) is the cost of mission essential office operations in direct support of a program and its program management office (PMO). It’s budgeted on an annual basis and reflected in the fiscal year during which the requirement is projected to execute. PMA costs are charged to the appropriation funding the …
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The Comprehensive Cost and Requirement System (CCaR) is an enterprise program and financial management system that delivers real-time program information to government decision-makers. At the core of the CCaR System are automated reports and analysis tools which allow the program and financial managers to define program requirements, formulate program budgets, forecast program execution, and track …
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Should Cost Management is a technique implemented by the DoD on their acquisition programs to understand the true cost of a program once all the unnecessary costs are eliminated. It helps Program Managers (PM) identify and eliminate inefficient and non-productive tasks from their program. It’s designed to proactively target cost reduction and drive productivity improvement. …
Affordability Analysis is a tool that DoD Components use to determine their priorities and what they can and what they can’t afford on their program(s). It’s based upon the Life-Cycle Cost (LCC) for current or future program(s). The purpose of the analysis is to avoid starting or continuing programs that cannot be produced and supported …
There is a variety of sources of Department of Defense (DoD) budget and program information. Understanding the Future Year Defense Program (FYDP) budget will allow companies to recognize potential business opportunities. The main source of budget information is available at the DoD Comptroller Budget and services websites. Below is a list of the …
The funding of economic order quantity (EOQ) purchases (i.e., bulk purchases) associated with a multiyear procurement (FAR 17.1) is considered an exception to the full funding policy in that whole end items are not being financed. Funding for EOQ procurements is included in advance procurement budget requests unless an exception is granted by USD (Comptroller). …
Research Development Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) funding is used to pay the operating costs of dedicated activities engaged in the conduct of research, development, and test and evaluation efforts performed by a contractor and/or government organization. It’s used to develop equipment, material, or computer application software and its Development Test and Evaluation (DT&E) and Initial …
An Enterprise Architecture (EA) describes the “current architecture” and “target architecture,” and provides a strategy that will enable an agency to transition from its current state to its target environment. The Office of Management and Budget defines enterprise architecture as the explicit description and documentation of the current and desired relationships among business and management …
An Automated Information System (AIS) is a system of computer hardware, computer software, data, and/or telecommunications that performs functions such as collecting, processing, storing, transmitting, and displaying information. Program Managers (PM) for acquisitions of AIS applications are responsible for coordinating with organizations that will host (run) the applications early in the acquisition process. The PM …
