CDFM Module 2|Complete AND Graded
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3 star program review
Deputy Management Action Group (DMAG)
Secretary of Defense Large & Small Groups
What are the OSD Decision Making Forums?
Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act 1986
What law identifies the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff as senior ranking member of the Armed Services
The Secretary of Defense to the Combatent Commanders
The military operational chain of command runs from the President to whom?
President and Secretary of Defense
The Commanders of the Combatant Commands are responsible to whom for accomplishing the
assigned military mission?
President, National Security Council, Secretary of Defense
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal advisor to which officials and/or
organizations?
President
Who serves as Chairman of the National Security Council
Planning, Programming, Budget
Name the three major phases of the PPBE process that result in the DoD portion of the Presidents
Budget that is submitted to Congress
PPBE (planning, programming, Budget, execution)
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
Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)
What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for the planning phase of the PPBE process
Director, Cost Assessment and Program evaluation D,CAPE
What is the title of the senior OSD official who is responsible for issuing programming guidance?
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer
What is the title of the senior OSD official who is principal advisor and assistent to the SECDEF for
budget and financial matters?
Defense Acquisition Board (DAB)
The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics) serves as the Chairman of what
Board
,POM 2017 - 2021
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
Defense Planning Guidance (DPG)
What is the title of the final document of the planning phase?
Integrated Program/Budget Review Guidance
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?
Future Years Defense Program (FYDP)
What is the name of the automated database that summarizes all forces, resources, and equipment
associated with programs approved by the Secretary of Defense?
Budgeting (Budget Development)
What is the phase of the PPBE process in which programmatic decisions are translated into requested
resources in an appropriations format
Chairman's Program Assessment (CPA) {Chairman, JCS}
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)
Issue Resolution
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?
Resource Management Decision
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?
Comptroller Information System (CIS)
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?
Full Funding Policy
Advance Procurement is an exception to what funding policy?
An appropriation bill (becomes law when signed by President)
,Within what type of document does Congress specify the number of fiscal years that an appropriation
account remains current and available for new obligations?
Contracts and MIPRS
There are two primary methods by which DoD obligates the vast majority of its appropriations. Name
those two methods
De-obligate
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?
Transfer action
What is the term used for shifting funds between appropriations?
To break even
What is the long term financial goal of a working capital fund?
Civilian GS-13 rate (and the proper MILPER account is reimbursed for that amount)
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?
Credit the refund to the miscellaneous receipts of the US Treasury
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?
Non-appropriated Funds
Monies not appropriated by Congress that are generated primarily from the sale of goods and
services are known as what?
Deter war and To protect the security of our country
What is the mission of the DoD?
3 Military Departments (Army, Navy, Air Force)
17 Defense agencies
Multiple field activites
Who reports to the SECDEF?
National Security Act of 1947
What was most basic reorganization of Defense activities since Congress created the Navy
Department in 1798?
, National Security Act of 1947
What act established the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, a civilian
Secretary of Defense, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), and the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
SECDEF
Who is the principle Defense advisor to the President?
Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986
This ACT identified the Chairman of the JCS as the senior ranking member of the armed forces.
Chairman of the JCS
Who is the principal military advisor to the President, the National Security Council and the SECDEF?
Chairman of the JCS
Who advises the SECDEF on non-financial related matters such as:
-Critical deficiencies and strengths of the forces
-priorities of the requirements identified by commanders of the combatant command
-Defense acquisition programs
OPERATIONAL
*CIVILIAN CONTROL OF THE MILITARY*
The ________ chain of command runs from the President to the SECDEF to the commanders of the
Combatant Commands?
SECDEF to CJCS - Vice Chair JCS - Military Components - Joint Staff (J1-J8)
Organizational structure of Joint Chiefs of Staff
CJSC is not in the operational chain of command
Is the Chairman in the operational chain of command between the President and Combatant
Commands
Planning (Operating, Contingency, Long Range)
What is the main mission of the JCS?
Transmits to the commanders of the Combatant Commands the orders of the President or the
SECDEF
What is the JCS function within the chain of command?
President (Chairman), Vice President, SECDEF, Secretary of State, Secretary of Energy
Who are the principal members of the National Security Council (NSC)?
The President's principal form for consideration of national security and foreign policy matters
What is the purpose of the National Security Council (NSC)?
A+!!!!!
3 star program review
Deputy Management Action Group (DMAG)
Secretary of Defense Large & Small Groups
What are the OSD Decision Making Forums?
Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act 1986
What law identifies the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff as senior ranking member of the Armed Services
The Secretary of Defense to the Combatent Commanders
The military operational chain of command runs from the President to whom?
President and Secretary of Defense
The Commanders of the Combatant Commands are responsible to whom for accomplishing the
assigned military mission?
President, National Security Council, Secretary of Defense
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal advisor to which officials and/or
organizations?
President
Who serves as Chairman of the National Security Council
Planning, Programming, Budget
Name the three major phases of the PPBE process that result in the DoD portion of the Presidents
Budget that is submitted to Congress
PPBE (planning, programming, Budget, execution)
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
Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)
What is the title of the senior OSD official responsible for the planning phase of the PPBE process
Director, Cost Assessment and Program evaluation D,CAPE
What is the title of the senior OSD official who is responsible for issuing programming guidance?
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer
What is the title of the senior OSD official who is principal advisor and assistent to the SECDEF for
budget and financial matters?
Defense Acquisition Board (DAB)
The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics) serves as the Chairman of what
Board
,POM 2017 - 2021
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
Defense Planning Guidance (DPG)
What is the title of the final document of the planning phase?
Integrated Program/Budget Review Guidance
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?
Future Years Defense Program (FYDP)
What is the name of the automated database that summarizes all forces, resources, and equipment
associated with programs approved by the Secretary of Defense?
Budgeting (Budget Development)
What is the phase of the PPBE process in which programmatic decisions are translated into requested
resources in an appropriations format
Chairman's Program Assessment (CPA) {Chairman, JCS}
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)
Issue Resolution
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?
Resource Management Decision
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?
Comptroller Information System (CIS)
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?
Full Funding Policy
Advance Procurement is an exception to what funding policy?
An appropriation bill (becomes law when signed by President)
,Within what type of document does Congress specify the number of fiscal years that an appropriation
account remains current and available for new obligations?
Contracts and MIPRS
There are two primary methods by which DoD obligates the vast majority of its appropriations. Name
those two methods
De-obligate
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?
Transfer action
What is the term used for shifting funds between appropriations?
To break even
What is the long term financial goal of a working capital fund?
Civilian GS-13 rate (and the proper MILPER account is reimbursed for that amount)
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?
Credit the refund to the miscellaneous receipts of the US Treasury
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?
Non-appropriated Funds
Monies not appropriated by Congress that are generated primarily from the sale of goods and
services are known as what?
Deter war and To protect the security of our country
What is the mission of the DoD?
3 Military Departments (Army, Navy, Air Force)
17 Defense agencies
Multiple field activites
Who reports to the SECDEF?
National Security Act of 1947
What was most basic reorganization of Defense activities since Congress created the Navy
Department in 1798?
, National Security Act of 1947
What act established the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, a civilian
Secretary of Defense, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), and the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
SECDEF
Who is the principle Defense advisor to the President?
Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986
This ACT identified the Chairman of the JCS as the senior ranking member of the armed forces.
Chairman of the JCS
Who is the principal military advisor to the President, the National Security Council and the SECDEF?
Chairman of the JCS
Who advises the SECDEF on non-financial related matters such as:
-Critical deficiencies and strengths of the forces
-priorities of the requirements identified by commanders of the combatant command
-Defense acquisition programs
OPERATIONAL
*CIVILIAN CONTROL OF THE MILITARY*
The ________ chain of command runs from the President to the SECDEF to the commanders of the
Combatant Commands?
SECDEF to CJCS - Vice Chair JCS - Military Components - Joint Staff (J1-J8)
Organizational structure of Joint Chiefs of Staff
CJSC is not in the operational chain of command
Is the Chairman in the operational chain of command between the President and Combatant
Commands
Planning (Operating, Contingency, Long Range)
What is the main mission of the JCS?
Transmits to the commanders of the Combatant Commands the orders of the President or the
SECDEF
What is the JCS function within the chain of command?
President (Chairman), Vice President, SECDEF, Secretary of State, Secretary of Energy
Who are the principal members of the National Security Council (NSC)?
The President's principal form for consideration of national security and foreign policy matters
What is the purpose of the National Security Council (NSC)?
