ACQuipedia/Contracting
In 1938, Congress created the Wagner-O'Day Act, which enabled nonprofits that served people who…
ACQuipedia/Life Cycle Logistics
An Accountable Property Officer (APO) is a government employee responsible for the overall…
ACQuipedia/Program Management
Acquisition programs may be assigned an acquisition category. The acquisition category…
ACQuipedia/Program Management
The management framework for defense systems acquisition is also commonly referred to as the…
ACQuipedia/Contracting
General Policy for Acquisition PlanningThe FAR requires agencies to perform acquisition planning…
ACQuipedia/Program Management
DoDD 5000.01 - The Defense Acquisition System
To maximize competition, innovation, and…
ACQuipedia/Program Management
The Acquisition Strategy required by Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction 5000.74 describes the…
ACQuipedia/Program Management
The actual cost of work performed, or ACWP, is the cost actually incurred and recorded in…
ACQuipedia/Life Cycle Logistics
The American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) defines seven fundamental processes in the realm…
ACQuipedia/Life Cycle Logistics
According to Logistics Engineering and Management, Sixth Edition, by Benjamin S. Blanchard,…
ACQuipedia/Business - Financial Management
An alternative option for DoD acquisition programs to utilize when completing production efforts…
ACQuipedia/Life Cycle Logistics
Background
Application of the ASOE Model requires a common understanding of the following key terms…
ACQuipedia/Engineering and Technical Management
Airworthiness technical requirements and design considerations:
The complete set of Joint Service…
ACQuipedia/Engineering and Technical Management
An allocated baseline is a snap shot of the item performance specifications, internal interfaces…
ACQuipedia/Business - Financial Management
The apportionment process begins when the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) apportions budget…
ACQuipedia/Engineering and Technical Management
The following text is from the 2022 DoD Systems Engineering Guidebook, Section 3 Technical Reviews…
AoA Elements:
AoA Study Guidance - For potential and designated ACAT I programs, the Director…
ACQuipedia/Business - Financial Management
The concept of Federal Appropriations law is framed by three major fiscal limitations: purpose,…
Section 809 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 (Public Law…
ACQuipedia/Business - Financial Management
The primary purposes of the apportionment process are to (1) achieve the most effective and…
ACQuipedia/Business - Financial Management
To execute an acquisition program, budget authority provided by Congress is needed in order to…
ACQuipedia/Business - Financial Management
Appropriations are required by the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 9 which states:
"No…
ACQuipedia/Business - Financial Management
Each appropriation category has three distinct periods during its lifecycle: current period,…
ACQuipedia/Contracting
Prior to the 1940s, most architect and engineering services required by the Government were…
ACQuipedia/Program Management
DoDAF Architecture Development 6-Step process .
Step 1: Determine…
The Department of Defense is rapidly implementing the use of AI. It is important to recognize…
ACQuipedia/Life Cycle Logistics
Overview
Artificial Intelligence can be applied to any data set including a weapon system’s Product…
ACQuipedia/Contracting, ACQuipedia/Auditing
Acquisition Oversight
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Department of War…
ACQuipedia/Contracting
The Authorities of the Property Administrator
RFO part 45 (Government Property) and RFO 52.245-1 (…
ACQuipedia/Business - Financial Management
The second step in the Congressional Enactment process – authorization – is a creation of Congress…
ACQuipedia/Life Cycle Logistics
Automatic Test Systems (ATS) - A fully-integrated, computer-controlled suite of electronic…
ACQuipedia/Program Management
This schedule metric is a measure of schedule task throughput. It compares the cumulative number…
ACQuipedia/Contracting
The Berry Amendment restricts purchase of the following articles or items, unless items have…
ACQuipedia/Contracting
For a visual depiction of the narrative below, click on the “Best Value Continuum” link here…
ACQuipedia/Life Cycle Logistics
NOTE: In this article you will see both Department of War (DoW) and Department of Defense (DoD)…
ACQuipedia/Engineering and Technical Management
To meet the statutory requirements of 10 U.S.C. 4171, the Director, DOT&E analyzes the results…