Acronyms
Budget Cycle
PPBE
Definitions
Miscellaneous
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PPBE

What is Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Execution

100

What is a fiscal year? And when does it occur?

A fiscal year is a one-year period that companies and governments use for financial reporting and budgeting.

1 October - 30 September 

100

What is the primary goal of the Planning stage?

What is: 

Assessing Air Force Capabilities

Creates NSS/NDAA

Outputs DPG

100

Appropriation

What is a sum of money allocated officially for a particular use.

100

How many traditional stages of accounting are there? 

What is 7

Disbursement Accounting - 4

Reimbursement Accounting - 3

200

NSS/NDAA

What is National Security Strategy

or 

What is National Defense Authorization act

200

What is a Julian Date?

The continuous count of days in sequential order since the beginning of the fiscal year

200

What is the goal of the Programming Stage

Translates SECDEF vision into action

Balances allocation of Resources and Plans

Forces Manpower and dollars

Reviews POMs

200

Apportion/apportionment

What is Assigning/distributing funding.

200

Where do we publications and regulations? What is our primary series?

E-publishing, 65 Series!

However that isnt the end all be all... remember FM is a DOD position. 

DODFMR, JTR, OMB Circulars

300

POM

Project Objective Memorandum

300

Who initially starts the budget process?

What is Congress?



300

What is the end result of the budgeting phase

The presidents budget!
300

What is BES

Budget Estimate Submission: Product Generated by each military/service. 

Reflects each services priorities in budgetary format.

300

What are the Three Branches of Government

Legislative, Judicial and Executive

400

OSD(c)

Office of Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

400

What is the NSS/NDAA

What is

400

What happens during the Execution Phase

Airforces Budget is put into action. Execution of funds.

Spend that PAPER!

400

What is NSS/NDAA

What is: 

- Each year the NDAA authorizes funding levels and provides funding authorities for U.S. military and other defense priorities.

-Pay Raises 2.7%, Ensures troops have training, equipment, and resources. Entire Defense Budget.

400

Who is the our Career Field Manager for Enlisted matters?

What is CMSgt Kaci Duhart

500

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

500

What is POM and FYDP

POM: Project Objective Memorandum. Is planning for 2 FYs in the future.

FYDP: Future Years Defense Planning, Planning for 5 FYs in the future

500

How does funding flow to the base?

Congress Approves -> US treasury -> OMB Apportions-> DOD->USAF Allocates->MAJCOM->BASE

500

What is the DPG?

What is the Defense Planning Guide

-Provides Guidance in the form of Goals, Priorities and Objectives.

-Program Objective Memorandum (POM) is developed in this stage

500

What regulation/paragraph can I find the Appropriation Code for COT/IPCOT.


What is the Reg Reference?

DAFMAN 65-604

Table 8.4.1