CDFM Module 2|Complete AND Graded A+!!!!!

CDFM Module 2|Complete AND Graded A+!!!!! 3 star program review Deputy Management Action Group (DMAG) Secretary of Defense Large & Small Groups What are the OSD Decision Making Forums? Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act 1986 What law identifies the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff as senior ranking member of the Armed Services The Secretary of Defense to the Combatent Commanders The military operational chain of command runs from the President to whom? President and Secretary of Defense The Commanders of the Combatant Commands are responsible to whom for accomplishing the assigned military mission? President, National Security Council, Secretary of Defense The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal advisor to which officials and/or organizations? President Who serves as Chairman of the National Security Council Planning, Programming, Budget Name the three major phases of the PPBE process that result in the DoD portion of the Presidents Budget that is submitted to Congress PPBE (planning, programming, Budget, execution) What is the name of the process used by the DoD to determine the dollar amounts for programs to be submitted to Congress as part of the Presidents Budget Under Secretary of Defense (Policy) What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for the planning phase of the PPBE process Director, Cost Assessment and Program evaluation D,CAPE What is the title of the senior OSD official who is responsible for issuing programming guidance? Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer What is the title of the senior OSD official who is principal advisor and assistent to the SECDEF for budget and financial matters? Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics) serves as the Chairman of what Board POM Assume todays date is 1 March 2014 and your organization knows about a new project or requirement that will require its initial funding in FY 2021. What is the first PPBE related document in which you could identify resources for that requirement Defense Planning Guidance (DPG) What is the title of the final document of the planning phase? Integrated Program/Budget Review Guidance What is the title of the document prepared by the D,CAPE and USD(C) in the May to June time frame that provides guidance to Components for preparation of their POM and BES submissions? Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) What is the name of the automated database that summarizes all forces, resources, and equipment associated with programs approved by the Secretary of Defense? Budgeting (Budget Development) What is the phase of the PPBE process in which programmatic decisions are translated into requested resources in an appropriations format Chairman's Program Assessment (CPA) {Chairman, JCS} What is the name of the document prepare by the Joint Staff after its review of POMs submitted by the Military Departments that focuses on the balance and capabilities contained in those POMs? (This document provides SECDEF with the JCS evaluation of the Military Departments submissions) Issue Resolution Near the end of the budget review process the SECDEF and DEPSEC may conduct a review of Component major policy or budget issues that have not yet been resolved. Resolution of these issues may displace other programs within the fixed DoD topline. What is the name of this review? Resource Management Decision Following a review of a Component's budget submission and a potential budget hearing in the fall timeframe the reviewing USD(C) budget analyst prepares a draft document that is submitted to the DEPSECDEF or SECDEF for a decision. Once signed by one of those senior officials , what is the document called? Comptroller Information System (CIS) After all resource-related decisions have been made by the DEPSECDEF or SECDEF to determine the Defense portion of the President's Budget, the USD(C) posts final decisions into a database in the proper appropriation account format. What is the title of that database? Full Funding Policy Advance Procurement is an exception to what funding policy? An appropriation bill (becomes law when signed by President) Within what type of document does Congress specify the number of fiscal years that an appropriation account remains current and available for new obligations? Contracts and MIPRS There are two primary methods by which DoD obligates the vast majority of its appropriations. Name those two methods De-obligate Assume an agency has issued an Economy Act order to another Federal Agency for specific services, the cited appropriation has gone into an expired status and the servicing agency has neither provided the ordered services nor has entered into an authorized contract with another entity to provide ordered services. What must now be done with those obligated funds? Transfer action What is the term used for shifting funds between appropriations? To break even What is the long term financial goal of a working capital fund? Civilian GS-13 rate (and the proper MILPER account is reimbursed for that amount) A working capital fund has an officer (O-4) properly assigned to the organization and that officer is doing the work that would normally be performed by a GS-13. For managerial cost accounting purposes, is the "cost" of that officer's pay and benefits "charged" at the military O-4 rate or the civilian GS-13 rate? Credit the refund to the miscellaneous receipts of the US Treasury Assume your organization overpaid a contractor on a contract awarded with an appropriation that is now in the cancelled status, and the contractor has sent in a check for that overpayment. What can your organization legally do with that refund from the contractor? Non-appropriated Funds Monies not appropriated by Congress that are generated primarily from the sale of goods and services are known as what? Deter war and To protect the security of our country What is the mission of the DoD? 3 Military Departments (Army, Navy, Air Force) 17 Defense agencies Multiple field activites Who reports to the SECDEF? National Security Act of 1947 What was most basic reorganization of Defense activities since Congress created the Navy Department in 1798? National Security Act of 1947 What act established the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, a civilian Secretary of Defense, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), and the Joint Chiefs of Staff? SECDEF Who is the principle Defense advisor to the President? Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986 This ACT identified the Chairman of the JCS as the senior ranking member of the armed forces. Chairman of the JCS Who is the principal military advisor to the President, the National Security Council and the SECDEF? Chairman of the JCS Who advises the SECDEF on non-financial related matters such as: -Critical deficiencies and strengths of the forces -priorities of the requirements identified by commanders of the combatant command -Defense acquisition programs OPERATIONAL *CIVILIAN CONTROL OF THE MILITARY* The ________ chain of command runs from the President to the SECDEF to the commanders of the Combatant Commands? SECDEF to CJCS - Vice Chair JCS - Military Components - Joint Staff (J1-J8) Organizational structure of Joint Chiefs of Staff CJSC is not in the operational chain of command Is the Chairman in the operational chain of command between the President and Combatant Commands Planning (Operating, Contingency, Long Range) What is the main mission of the JCS? Transmits to the commanders of the Combatant Commands the orders of the President or the SECDEF What is the JCS function within the chain of command? President (Chairman), Vice President, SECDEF, Secretary of State, Secretary of Energy Who are the principal members of the National Security Council (NSC)? The President's principal form for consideration of national security and foreign policy matters What is the purpose of the National Security Council (NSC)? National Security Presidential Directives The National Security Strategy (NSS) comes from the National Security Council. What is the name of the document that contains the discussions/decisions for the National Security Council? P - Principals A- Advisors P- Participants NSC is composed of... Counter Terrorism and Irregular Warfare Deter and Defeat Aggression Project Power Despite Anti-Access/Area Denial Challenges Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction Operate Effectively in Cyberspace and Space Maintain a Safe, Secure, and Effective Nuclear Deterrent Defend the Homeland and Provide Support to Civil Authorities Provide a stabilizing Presence Conduct Stability and Counterinsurgency Operations Conduct Humanitarian, Disaster Relief What are the Defense Strategic Guidance to achieve National Security Strategy Objectives? Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) WHAT IS PREPARED EVERY FOUR YEARS FOLLOWING A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TO SUMMARIZE THE MILITARY GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGY FOR THE COMING FOUR YEARS? Developed by Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff. Addresses objectives in the DoD Strategic Plan that need military response. Recommendations are the plan to accomplish the goals in the National Security Strategy What is the National Military Strategy (NMS) and who prepares it? National military objectives, fiscally constrained force levels, military strategies, and force options. Provides Risk Assessment of strategy, forces, and options The National Military Strategy (NMS) makes what recommendations? Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support (SHD&CS) Is prepared by the SECDEF to focus on demands on the DOD concerning direct threats to the US and support of civil authorities? PPBE ( Planning, Programming, Budgeting, Execution/Evaluation) What is the process used by DoD to acquire, allocate, account for and analyze personnel and financial resources? The PPBE Process The ultimate objective of this process is to provide the entire defense department with the most effective mix of forces, equipment, manpower and support attainable within fiscal constraints of the federal government. TRUE T/F? The Secretary and the Deputy SECDEF, assisted by OSD staff, exercise centralized control of Executive policy direction of the PPBE process. JCS and Combatant Commanders Both the __________ and ________ play a major part in the planning phase of PPBE? -ADVISE the SECDEF on all PPBE matters -Function as a JOINT WARFIGHTER ADVOCATE in all PPBE phases -PRIORITIZE Requirements within warfare capability areas Subject to the authority of the President and SECDEF, the Chairman of the JCS shall, with regard to financial management responsibilities: DoD 7045.14 "The Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) Process" Heads of the DoD Components shall develop and execute the programs and budgets necessary to achieve national objectives in accordance with? USD(C)/CFO Who is the principal adviser and assistant to the SECDEF for budgetary and fiscal matters? USD(C) Who has oversight responsibility for the DFAS and the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD(P)) Who conducts and coordinates the planning phase of the PPBE process, lead DoD-wide efforts for the QDR, and review defense planning scenarios/short falls? D,CAPE conducts cost assessment and program evaluation; while USD(C) handles all financial matters and presents the DoD budget to Congress What's the difference between D,CAPE vs. USD(C) PPBE - DEPSECDEF oversight JCIDS - Joint Capabilities Integration & Development - VCJCS/JROC oversight Defense Acquisition Management Systems - USD (AT&L) oversight/Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) oversight QDR - Quadrennial Defense Review What are the areas in the DoD Decisions Support System? Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) What is a systematic method established by the JCS to assess gaps in military joint war fighting capabilities and to recommend solutions to resolve these gaps? Fiscally constrained programmatic guidance to accomplish National Defense Strategy and incorporate DoD Goals from the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) The SECDEF Planning Process aims to achieve what? (add pic from page 2.1.34)