Financial Management

Financial Management

Funding – Program Management Administration (PMA)

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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Comprehensive Cost and Requirement System (CCaR)

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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Research and Development Funding

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 …

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DoD Enterprise Architecture

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 …

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Automated Information System (AIS)

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 …

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