DAU
acquisition decision memorandums - Correct Answer-A memorandum signed by the
Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) that documents decisions made as the result of a
Milestone Decision Review (MDR) or other decision or program review.
acquisition environment - Correct Answer-Internal and external factors that impact on,
and help shape every defense acquisition program. Often these factors work at opposite
extremes and contradict each other. The factors include political forces, policies,
regulations, reactions to unanticipated requirements, and emergencies.
acquisition executives - Correct Answer-The individual within each DoD Component
charged with overall acquisition management responsibilities.
Acquisition Intelligence Support Working Group - Correct Answer-The senior working-
level group within the DoD Intelligence Community (IC) which serves as a forum to
study, discuss, and decide issues concerning and surrounding the provision of threat
assessments to all stages of the defense acquisition process, within the framework set
by department, agency, joint, and Military Service regulations and directives.
Participants include the Military Service intelligence staffs, acquisition, requirements,
and testing communities, intelligence production centers and other acquisition
intelligence producers, and the Defense Intelligence Agency.
abbreviated acquisition program - Correct Answer-Abbreviated Acquisition Program
(Navy and Marine Corps only) ACAT programs in the Navy and Marine Corps not
otherwise designated as ACAT III or ACAT IV and which do not require Operational
Test and Evaluation (OT&E).
ACAT I - Correct Answer-ACAT I programs are Major Defense Acquisition Programs
(MDAPs). A MDAP is a program that is not a highly sensitive classified program and
that is designated by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
(USD(A&S)) as a MDAP, or that is estimated to require eventual expenditure for
research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E), including all planned increments,
of more than $480 million (Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 constant dollars) or procurement,
including all planned increments, of more than $2.79 billion (FY 2014 constant dollars).
ACAT I programs have three sub-categories: ACAT ID ACAT IC ACAT IB If the
USD(A&S) has designated an alternate MDA for a program, the Secretary of the Military
Department, or designee, may request reversion of responsibility back to the SAE. If the
MDA reverts back to the SAE, either at the request of the Military Department or at the
DAE's discretion, the program would revert from its ACAT ID designation to an ACAT IB
designation.
, ACAT IA - Correct Answer-ACAT IA programs are Major Automated Information
Systems (MAIS), an automated information system program is designated by the MDA
as a MAIS, or estimated to exceed: 1) $40 million (FY 2014 constant dollars(CD)), for all
increments, regardless of appropriation or fund source, directly related to AIS definition,
design, development, and deployment incurred in any single FY, or 2) $165 million (FY
2014 CD), for all expenditures, for all increments, ¬regardless of appropriation or fund
source, directly related to AIS definition, design, development, and deployment, and
incurred from the beginning of the Materiel Solution Analysis (MSA) Phase through
deployment at all sites, or 3) $520 million (FY 2014 CD) for all expenditures, for all
increments, regardless of appropriation or fund source, directly related to AIS definition,
design, development, deployment, operation and maintenance, and incurred from the
beginning of the MSA phase through sustainment for the estimated system useful life.
ACAT IAC - Correct Answer-ACAT IAC which the USD(A&S has delegated to the head
of the DoD component or, if delegated, the CAE. The "C" (in ACAT IAC) refers to
component.
ACAT IAM - Correct Answer-ACAT IAM for which the MDA is the USD(AT&L). The
USD(AT&L) may delegate MDA authority to the DoD CIO, or other designee. The "M"
(in ACAT IAM) refers to MAIS.
ACAT IC - Correct Answer-ACAT IC for which the USD(A&S) delegated ACAT I
milestone decision authority to the Service Acquisition Executive (SAE). This
designation (ACAT 1C) is only for programs that reached Milestone A BEFORE October
1, 2016.
ACAT ID - Correct Answer-ACAT ID for which the USD(A&S makes a decision to
become the MDA or designate another OSD official as the MDA. This decision would be
based on one or more exceptions in 10 USC 2430(d).
ACAT II - Correct Answer-ACAT II programs are defined as those acquisition programs
that do not meet the criteria for an ACAT I program, but do meet the criteria for a major
system. A major system is defined as a program estimated by the DoD component head
to require eventual expenditure for RDT&E of more than $185 million in FY 2014
constant dollars, or for procurement of more than $835 million in FY 2014 constant
dollars or those designated by the DoD component head to be ACAT II. The MDA is the
DoD CAE.
ACAT III - Correct Answer-ACAT III programs are defined as those acquisition
programs that do not meet the criteria for ACAT II. The MDA is designated by the CAE.
This category includes less-than-major AISs.
ACAT IV - Correct Answer-ACAT IV (Army, Navy and Marine Corps only) ACAT
programs not otherwise designated as ACAT III are designated ACAT IV in accordance
with Service policy. Decisions are made at the lowest appropriate level. There are two
categories of ACAT IV programs in the Navy and Marine Corps: IVT (Test) and IVM
acquisition decision memorandums - Correct Answer-A memorandum signed by the
Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) that documents decisions made as the result of a
Milestone Decision Review (MDR) or other decision or program review.
acquisition environment - Correct Answer-Internal and external factors that impact on,
and help shape every defense acquisition program. Often these factors work at opposite
extremes and contradict each other. The factors include political forces, policies,
regulations, reactions to unanticipated requirements, and emergencies.
acquisition executives - Correct Answer-The individual within each DoD Component
charged with overall acquisition management responsibilities.
Acquisition Intelligence Support Working Group - Correct Answer-The senior working-
level group within the DoD Intelligence Community (IC) which serves as a forum to
study, discuss, and decide issues concerning and surrounding the provision of threat
assessments to all stages of the defense acquisition process, within the framework set
by department, agency, joint, and Military Service regulations and directives.
Participants include the Military Service intelligence staffs, acquisition, requirements,
and testing communities, intelligence production centers and other acquisition
intelligence producers, and the Defense Intelligence Agency.
abbreviated acquisition program - Correct Answer-Abbreviated Acquisition Program
(Navy and Marine Corps only) ACAT programs in the Navy and Marine Corps not
otherwise designated as ACAT III or ACAT IV and which do not require Operational
Test and Evaluation (OT&E).
ACAT I - Correct Answer-ACAT I programs are Major Defense Acquisition Programs
(MDAPs). A MDAP is a program that is not a highly sensitive classified program and
that is designated by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
(USD(A&S)) as a MDAP, or that is estimated to require eventual expenditure for
research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E), including all planned increments,
of more than $480 million (Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 constant dollars) or procurement,
including all planned increments, of more than $2.79 billion (FY 2014 constant dollars).
ACAT I programs have three sub-categories: ACAT ID ACAT IC ACAT IB If the
USD(A&S) has designated an alternate MDA for a program, the Secretary of the Military
Department, or designee, may request reversion of responsibility back to the SAE. If the
MDA reverts back to the SAE, either at the request of the Military Department or at the
DAE's discretion, the program would revert from its ACAT ID designation to an ACAT IB
designation.
, ACAT IA - Correct Answer-ACAT IA programs are Major Automated Information
Systems (MAIS), an automated information system program is designated by the MDA
as a MAIS, or estimated to exceed: 1) $40 million (FY 2014 constant dollars(CD)), for all
increments, regardless of appropriation or fund source, directly related to AIS definition,
design, development, and deployment incurred in any single FY, or 2) $165 million (FY
2014 CD), for all expenditures, for all increments, ¬regardless of appropriation or fund
source, directly related to AIS definition, design, development, and deployment, and
incurred from the beginning of the Materiel Solution Analysis (MSA) Phase through
deployment at all sites, or 3) $520 million (FY 2014 CD) for all expenditures, for all
increments, regardless of appropriation or fund source, directly related to AIS definition,
design, development, deployment, operation and maintenance, and incurred from the
beginning of the MSA phase through sustainment for the estimated system useful life.
ACAT IAC - Correct Answer-ACAT IAC which the USD(A&S has delegated to the head
of the DoD component or, if delegated, the CAE. The "C" (in ACAT IAC) refers to
component.
ACAT IAM - Correct Answer-ACAT IAM for which the MDA is the USD(AT&L). The
USD(AT&L) may delegate MDA authority to the DoD CIO, or other designee. The "M"
(in ACAT IAM) refers to MAIS.
ACAT IC - Correct Answer-ACAT IC for which the USD(A&S) delegated ACAT I
milestone decision authority to the Service Acquisition Executive (SAE). This
designation (ACAT 1C) is only for programs that reached Milestone A BEFORE October
1, 2016.
ACAT ID - Correct Answer-ACAT ID for which the USD(A&S makes a decision to
become the MDA or designate another OSD official as the MDA. This decision would be
based on one or more exceptions in 10 USC 2430(d).
ACAT II - Correct Answer-ACAT II programs are defined as those acquisition programs
that do not meet the criteria for an ACAT I program, but do meet the criteria for a major
system. A major system is defined as a program estimated by the DoD component head
to require eventual expenditure for RDT&E of more than $185 million in FY 2014
constant dollars, or for procurement of more than $835 million in FY 2014 constant
dollars or those designated by the DoD component head to be ACAT II. The MDA is the
DoD CAE.
ACAT III - Correct Answer-ACAT III programs are defined as those acquisition
programs that do not meet the criteria for ACAT II. The MDA is designated by the CAE.
This category includes less-than-major AISs.
ACAT IV - Correct Answer-ACAT IV (Army, Navy and Marine Corps only) ACAT
programs not otherwise designated as ACAT III are designated ACAT IV in accordance
with Service policy. Decisions are made at the lowest appropriate level. There are two
categories of ACAT IV programs in the Navy and Marine Corps: IVT (Test) and IVM
