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Acquisition Process
Three processes cooperate to deliver capabilities needed by warfighters: the requirements process (JCIDS); the acquisition process (DAS); and the program and budget development process (PPBE). Includes links to DoD and Service policies, guidance, tools, and resources:
Workforce
Information on career management, the DoD Human Capital Initiative, career planning, leadership training, overarching planning and guidance documents, and relevant professional organizations.
Policy
Encyclopedic source of acquisition policy that follows a hierarchy of policy issuance (i.e., executive, legislative, federal, etc.) and filtered according to organization, career field, and special topics.
Communitiesof Practice
Links to communities of practice and special interest areas, the latest contribution and discussion posts for open ACC communities, community highlights, and links to related communities.
Training andContinuous Learning
Information on training and continuous learning that supports DoD acquisition, information that helps manage professional training portfolios, and information on training available from DAU and DoD and Services activities.
Industry
Information on DoD industry partners that helps the participation and execution of DoD processes; including industry support pages, news, information, and links to private sector acquisition contractors.
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Better Buying Power
News, policy, and media that support greater value and efficiency in defense acquisition.
This acquisition mission area is governed by these primary sources:
The Weapons Systems page lists the major weapons systems in the US DoD current year's budget. Contents of this page are adapted from US DoD report, Program Acquisition Costs by Weapon System, published May 2009.
The Space Systems page describes current defense programs and specific acquisition policies that relate to operations in space. Contents of this page are adapted from the Space Acquisition community on the ACC and the article on Space Systems Acquisition Policy in the ACQuipedia.
The Information Technology page defines information technology and products, current defense information technology and automated information system programs, and information technology acquisition policies. Some of the text and links on this page are copied from the Information Technology community on the ACC and the article on Major Automated Information System (MAIS) in the ACQuipedia.
DAU offers training that helps the acquisition workforce understand how to “do business with the Department of Defense”. However, some of the workforce is busy acquiring systems that automate business. The Business Systems page discusses some of those DoD business systems programs. The systems mentioned on the Business Systems page are excerpted from the DAMIR table of ASD(NII) programs.
Although “infrastructure” can be any support system, here the word refers to those major information systems acquisition programs included in the DoD “infrastructure portfolio” The systems mentioned on this page are excerpted from the DAMIR table of ASD(NII) programs.
For information about other types of programs, policies, or practices, click any of the links in the Acquisition Mission Areas menu in the top-left corner of this page.
The combined capabilities and performance of U.S. weapons systems are unmatched throughout the world, ensuring that our military forces have the tactical edge over any adversary.
The $210.0 billion represents the total FY 2010 funding for procurement and development for both the Base and Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) requests.
The following list includes the major programs within the current budget.