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Purpose of the PPBE process
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allocate resources within the Department of Defense
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Function of Planning?
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SECDEF & JS provide guidance to services in building the POM. Joint Programming Guidance.
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Function of Programming?
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Construct a balanced set of programs that respond to JPG and fiscal constraints. Ends with POM.
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Function of Budgeting?
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each DoD Component submits its proposed budget estimate simultaneously with its POM. The budget converts the programmatic view into the format of the Congressional appropriation structure. Ends with budget submittal and combination with PRESBUD
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What phase involves PBD (Program Budget Decision)?
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Budgeting
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Key role of the President
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Chairs the National Security Counsel. Responsible for National Security Strategy. Drives National priorities affecting all aspects of government.
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Key role of the SECDEF?
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Develops National Defense Strategy and Strategy for HD and CS.
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What is the QDR?
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Quadrennial Defense Review. Drafted every 4 years following presidential election . Draw from NDS, NMS and HD & CS.
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Key role of the Chairmen, Joint Chiefs?
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Military advisor to Pres, NSC and SECDEF
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Budget estimates are reviewed by who?
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USD (C) and OMB
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What is PDM?
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Program Decision Memoranda.
Final decision document in the program review. |
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Final document of the planning phase?
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JPG
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What proceeds PDM in programming phase?
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POM submits
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POM is performed on?
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Even years
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Change proposals are performed on?
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Odd years
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What is a one page outline of proposed major issues?
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Issue books
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Checks balances and capabilities of force and support levels recommended by service POMs?
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Chairmen's Program Assessment
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Helps SECDEF make program decisions reflected in the POM?
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Chairmen's Program Assessment
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Issuance of this document completes the programming phase?
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Program Decision Memoranda
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Provides detailed synopsis if the preparation of biennial budget estimates?
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DoD FMR 7000.14R
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Docs submitted in even number years?
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BES
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Docs submitted in odd number years?
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CPs
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Who is responsible for PBD?
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USD (C)
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FYDP contains how many years of data?
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11. PY, CY, BY, BY, following 4 years for resources and 3 more years for force structure.
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What is the FYDP?
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An automated database that summarizes all forces, resources and equipment.
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What is the purpose of PBDs?
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Reflect SECDEF decisions regarding program and funding to be included in annual defense budget.
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How are BES modified?
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Submitted to OSD in September of each even numbered year.
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What's in the BES?
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PY, CY, BY, BY
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Who is responsible for central control and management of the FYDP?
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Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation (DPA&E)
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Who coordinates the annual program review?
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DPA&E
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what are the sources of receipts received by the government?
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Individual income taxes, corporate, excise, social security, other.
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In 2002, how much of the budget was comprised defense discretionary spending?
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16%
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In 2002, how much of the budget was comprised non-defense discretionary spending?
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19%
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What are the phases of the Federal Budget Process?
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Budget Formulation - Congressional Action - Budget Execution - Review & Audit
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When is the PRESBUD due?
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Due to Congress NLT 1st Monday in February.
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What is the due date to House and Senate Budget committees for all congressional committees on their respective views and estimates?
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March 15
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What is normally transmitted to Congress as request to provide funds in addition to amounts already appropriated?
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Supplemental
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What is a continuing resolution?
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Temporary appropriation act dissolve when regular appropriation enacted
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Who must request apportionment?
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OSD
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What is the time frame to request apportionment?
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within 10 days
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What is a deferral?
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postponement of funds
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what is a rescission?
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cancellation of funds
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The most common type of obligating document is?
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contract
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what is the most universal form for requesting work or services from another government entity?
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MIPR
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What are the different types of DOD appropriations?
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RDT&E, MILCON, SCN, O&M, MILPERS, PROC
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What is the duration of MILCON?
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5 years unexpired, 10 total
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What is the duration of RDT&E?
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2 years unexpired, 7 total
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What is the duration of SCN?
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5 years unexpired, 10 total
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What is the duration of PROC?
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3 years unexpired, 8 total
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What are some examples of non-appropriated funds?
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MWR, billeting, and religious and educational programs
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What is a working capitol fund?
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revolving fund designed to breakeven over time.
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When did WCF get established?
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National Security Act of 1947
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What are the 3 main objectives of the Commercial Activities (A-76)?
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(1)Achieve economy, (2) retain inherently govenmental tasks in house and (3) rely on the commercial sector.
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What are funds appropriated but not yet apportioned by OMB?
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Unapportined appropriations
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What are funds apportioned by OMB but not yet alloted by DoD?
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Unalloted apportionments
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What is a systematic approach to the problem of choosing the best method of allocating scarce resources to acheive a given objective?
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Economic Analysis
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When is economic analysis required?
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>$1M
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When is a cost estimate required?
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<$1M
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what are the 3 measures of central tendency?
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Mean, Median, Mode
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What is the formulat for discounting?
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PVF = 1/(1+d)^n
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What are some of the components necessary to conducting effective economic analysis? Clear identification of mission-oriented objectives
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specific assumptions
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In regards to central tendency of dispersion, what is a mean? a mode? A median? mean is the arithmetic average
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Mode is the most frequent score in a distribution of scores and median is in the middle of arrayed values.
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What are some of the limitations of economic analysis? Economic Analysis will not: produce results that are more valid than input data
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make final decisions
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systematic approach to choosing best method of allocating scarce resources to achieve a given objective?
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Economic Analysis
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what cost estimating approach is based on direct comparison with historical info?
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analogy
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cost estimating approach known as a statistical method or top down approach?
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parametric
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cost estimating approach requires extensive knowledge of the product or process
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engineering
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which appropriations contribute to a major acquisition?
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milpers, rdte, proc, milcon, o&m
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cost structure MIL-HDBK-881
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Work breakdown structure
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advance procurement is an exception to what technique?
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full funding
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best time to reduce cost is early in the process?
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cost as an independent variable
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difference between budget cost of work performed and actual cost of work performed?
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cost variance
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3 linking factors critical to success of any earned value management system?
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cost, schedule and performance
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costing method that measures cost and performance-related activities and cost objectives?
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activity based costing
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radical redesign of key business processes that involves examination of the fundamental process itself?
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Business process innovation or reengineering
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how many players should be on a business process reengineering
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less than 10
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process of measuring and comparing ones perfromance against best in class
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benchmarking
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inherently governmental activities fall under?
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governing or monetary transactions/entitlements
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