102S Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions

102S Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions What typically needs to happen for the US government to approve payment for new programs or activities to begin? Congress passes and the President signs the Defense Authorization Bill and Appropriation Bill for FY23. In what month and year do Fiscal Year 2022 (October 1st, 2021 - September 30th, 2022) Operations and Maintenance (O&M) funding expire and subsequently cancel? Expires October 1st, 2022; cancels October 1st, 2027. It is March 15, 2022. You are the battalion executive officer, and your battalion commander wants to conduct an off-site for all the officers in the unit. He wants to schedule the off-site in November 2022. Having just left your brigade headquarters where you received a brief from the brigade S8, you know that a tenet of fiscal law prevents you from making any purchases now in support of the event. Which tenet best fits this potential violation? time You are the brigade executive officer for a combat aviation brigade. You are currently deployed, and your commander desires a single helipad. The cost for the entire project is estimated at $2.8M, requiring MILCON funding. Your unit only has OMA funding. Your engineer recommends acquiring the helipad in iterations, completing a section at a time over the course of the next seven months with a separate contract for $400K each section. This would allow your unit to spend O&M. Is this viable? Not viable since it is a violation of the purpose tenant; requirement is for one helipad, not for six individual concrete pads. You are the brigade executive officer for an IBCT. It is September 1st, 2022 and your brigade S8 just informed you that the Class VIII (medical) account is obligated at $200K but billings/invoices only amount to $150K. What actions should you take? Schedule a meeting with the S8 and brigade surgeon. Ascertain if there are any additional Class VIII requirements for the remainder of the year. If so, leave that amount on order and de-obligate the remainder. You are the battalion executive officer preparing to deploy to the National Training Center. Your vehicles and equipment left by rail last week and you contracted for several buses to take your Soldiers to the airport on Tuesday. What color of money (appropriation) do you use for these expenses? operations and maintenance - Army (OMA) You are the executive officer of a brigade with a staff exercise next month. You instructed your S4 to begin coordinating for contracted field support representatives (FSRs) to support the staff exercise. As of yet, no contract for the FSR support has been awarded, but you heard the S4 speaking with a vendor this morning, instructing them to arrive one day prior to the exercise start date. What fiscal violation has just occurred? Un-authorized commitment A healthy spend plan ______ fluctuates over the course of the fiscal year in relation to training calendar synchronization. You are the brigade executive officer. On your