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Secretary of Defense Large & Small Groups
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What are the OSD Decision Making Forums? - ANSWER 3 star program review
Deputy Management Action Group (DMAG)
Secretary of Defense Large & Small Groups
What law identifies the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff as senior ranking member of the
Armed Services - ANSWER Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act 1986
The military operational chain of command runs from the President to whom - ANSWER
The Secretary of Defense to the Combatent Commanders
The Commanders of the Combatant Commands are responsible to whom for
accomplishing the assigned military mission? - ANSWER President and Secretary of
Defense
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal advisor to which officials and/or
organizations? - ANSWER President, National Security Council, Secretary of Defense
Who serves as Chairman of the National Security Council - ANSWER President
Name the three major phases of the PPBE process that result in the DoD portion of the
Presidents Budget that is submitted to Congress - ANSWER Planning, Programming,
Budget
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 - ANSWER
PPBE (planning, programming, Budget, execution)
What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for the planning phase of the
PPBE process - ANSWER Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)
What is the title of the senior OSD official who is responsible for issuing programming
guidance? - ANSWER Director, Cost Assessment and Program evaluation D,CAPE
What is the title of the senior OSD official who is principal advisor and assistent to the
SECDEF for budget and financial matters? - ANSWER Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer
The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics) serves as the
Chairman of what Board - ANSWER Defense Acquisition Board (DAB)
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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 - ANSWER
POM 2017 - 2021
What is the title of the final document of the planning phase? - ANSWER Defense
Planning Guidance (DPG)
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? - ANSWER Integrated Program/Budget Review Guidance
What is the name of the automated database that summarizes all forces, resources,
and equipment associated with programs approved by the Secretary of Defense? -
ANSWER Future Years Defense Program (FYDP)
What is the phase of the PPBE process in which programmatic decisions are translated
into requested resources in an appropriations format - ANSWER Budgeting (Budget
Development)
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) - ANSWER Chairman's Program Assessment
(CPA) {Chairman, JCS}
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? - ANSWER Issue Resolution
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? - ANSWER Resource Management
Decision
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? - ANSWER Comptroller Information System (CIS)
Advance Procurement is an exception to what funding policy? - ANSWER Full Funding
Policy
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Within what type of document does Congress specify the number of fiscal years that an
appropriation account remains current and available for new obligations? - ANSWER An
appropriation bill (becomes law when signed by President)
There are two primary methods by which DoD obligates the vast majority of its
appropriations. Name those two methods - ANSWER Contracts and MIPRS
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? - ANSWER De-obligate
What is the term used for shifting funds between appropriations? - ANSWER Transfer
action
What is the long term financial goal of a working capital fund? - ANSWER To break
even
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? - ANSWER Civilian GS-13
rate (and the proper MILPER account is reimbursed for that amount)
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? - ANSWER Credit the refund to the miscellaneous receipts of the US
Treasury
Monies not appropriated by Congress that are generated primarily from the sale of
goods and services are known as what? - ANSWER Non-appropriated Funds
What is the mission of the DoD? - ANSWER Deter war
To protect the security of our country
Who reports to the SECDEF - ANSWER 3 Military Departments (Army, Navy, Air Force)
17 Defense agencies
Multiple field activites
Trained and ready forces are assigned to a Combatant Commander responsible for
conducting military operation by whom? - ANSWER President and SECDEF when a
military action is required
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Organizational structure of Joint Chiefs of Staff - ANSWER SECDEF to CJCS - Vice
Chair JCS - Military Components - Joint Staff (J1-J8)
Is the Chairman in the operational chain of command between the President and
Combatant Commands - ANSWER CJSC is not in the operational chain of command
What is the main mission of the JCS - ANSWER Planning (Operating, Contingency,
Long Range)
What is the JCS function within the chain of command? - ANSWER Transmits to the
commanders of the Combatant Commands the orders of the President or the SECDEF
Who are the principal members of the National Security Council (NSC) - ANSWER
President (Chairman), Vice President, SECDEF, Secretary of State, Secretary of
Energy
What is the purpose of the National Security Council (NSC)? - ANSWER The
President's principal form for consideration of national security and foreign policy
matters
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 - ANSWER National Security Presidential Directives
What are the Defense Strategic Guidance to achieve National Security Strategy
Objectives - ANSWER 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 is the Quadrennial Defense Review and how often is it prepared? - ANSWER
Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) is prepared every 4 years following a presidential
election to summarize the military goals, objectives and strategy for the coming four
years (typically due February of second year of presidential term)
What is the National Military Strategy (NMS) and who prepares it? - ANSWER
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
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