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100
The two new Development Decisions, prior to the EMD Entry Phase.
What are Requirements Decision Point and Development RFP Release?
100
The name of the document that is a contract amoung the PM, MDA, and test agency.
What is the TEMP?
100
The number of years RDT&E dollars are available.
What is two? [Funds are available for two (2) FYs but the incremental funding policy states DoD is to budget only for those contract costs expected to be incurred in the first (1) FY. The second year of availability is only there to provide flexibility in the event of schedule slippage.]
100
Information Technology (IT) operated by or on behalf of the Federal Government, the function, operation, or use of which involves equipment that is an integral part of a weapon or weapons system.
What is a National Security System?
100
Approves Type Classification for ACAT I MDAP Programs.
What is the PEO?
200
The Cost Analysis supporting the Program Office Estimate that Transfers to the APB are computed in this parameter and type dollars.
What are Objective, Base Year Dollars?
200
The level of DT will be highly tailored to emphasize this parameter over other considerations for Rapid Acquisiton and other Urgent Programs.
What is schedule?
200
The term used to describe when a Contractor presents a DFAS-issued check and receives cash payment from the bank/treasury.
What is an Outlay?
200
Formerly the Information Technology Management Reform Act (ITMRA), this 1996 United States federal law was designed to improve the way the federal government acquires, uses, and disposes IT.
What is the Clinger-Cohen Act?
200
Formal document issued by the Development Test Command to a user/test organization before hands-on testing, training, use or maintenance by Soldiers.
What is a Safety Release?
300
This nomenclature replaced previous categories called Blocks, Spirals, Product Improvements, Pre-Planned Product Improvements in the DoDI 5000.02, dated December 2008
What is an Increment?
300
As a General Criterion for proceeding through Milestone C, the lead OTA will conduct and report results of at least one of these test events.
What is an Operational Assessment?
300
This Act requires funds to be used only for the purposes and programs for which the Appropriation was made.
What is the Misappropriation Act [title 31, U.S. Code, S1301]?
300
Required for all programs containing IT, including National Security Systems (NSS) that have Platform IT interconnections with an external network and are Mission Critical or Mission Essential.
What is DOD 8500 series compliance and a Cybersecurity Strategy?
300
Documents that provide ATEC recommendations for Milestone Decisions and Full Rate Production Decision Review, respectively.
What are the OTA Milestone Assessment Report (OMAR) and OTA Evaluation Report (OER)?
400
This is the difference between a New Program Start and a New Start.
What is any future Program or Modification not previoulsy justified by DoD or funded by Congress, and what is an Increment?
400
DOT&E may place any program or system on the Oversight List for any of these test events.
What is either OT&E or LFT&E, or both OT&E & LFT&E?
400
This type test and related funding is used where a Soldier is operating an armor-protected bulldozer (ACAT II Program) pushing dirt in a relevant operating environment to determine the Operational Effeciveness and Suitability of the System.
What is Initial Operational Test (IOT) and RDT&E Funding? [This is a Major (ACAT II), Covered (armor protected) meeting the definition of Tile 10, Section 2399 Operational Test and Evaluation]
400
Required for all programs containing Critical Program Information (CPI) and/or Information Communications Technology (ICT) critical components.
What is a Program Protection Plan (PPP)?
400
The correct Appropriation (Color of Money) to use to support a Materiel Development Decision (MDD).
What is 6.4 or 6.5 RDT&E Budget Activity dollars?
500
The eventual total RDT&E expenditure amount for ACAT II designation in the new DoDI 5000.02.
What is $185M in constant FY2014 dollars?
500
This Post Milestone C and Pre-FRP Development Test ensures design integrity over the specified Operational and Environmental range using Prototypes or Pre-Production hardware.
What is a Production Qualification Test (PQT)?
500
PM GCS potential ACAT-Level change as a result of the following situation: Abrams Tank Program is an ACAT I program ($2.79B) and MIPRs $.80B (considered Customer Money) to PM SW for 2,900 CROWS ($275K/Copy), thereby reducing PM GCS budget to $1.990B. [ACAT I Thrshold: $2.79B]
What is no change? [Total Eventual Expenditure and Double Counting Rule applies]
500
When the Army implements this, it will replace the DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP).
What is the Risk Management Framework (RMF) for DoD Information Technology (IT)?
500
Program Performance seriously degraded, program too costly, or program may not be delivered in a timely manner
What is not achieving Perfomance, Cost and Schedule Threshold Values?