Most program managers (PMs) touch only procurement and RDT&E money. However, PMs might have some military construction money for facilities that may need to be constructed. They also might have operations-and-maintenance money to pay office salaries, travel and other expenses.
(RDT&E) BUDGET ACTIVITY
1. BASIC RESEARCH 2. APPLIED RESEARCH 3. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 4. ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 5. SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 6. RDT&E MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 7. OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
COMPONENTS 42% 36%
∙ ARMY ∙ AIR FORCE ∙ NAVY ∙ SPACE FORCE ∙ DEFENSE AGENCIES ∙ OTHER
Budget authority is a bit like a line of credit that enables paying bills and "obligating" the government to pay for programs in every stage of development. Unlike lines of credit, budget authority is restricted to the purpose for which it was procured.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION appropriation receives considerable attention from Congress, and is enacted separately from the defense appropriations act. It funds the costs of major construction projects such as bases, facilities, military schools, etc. Project costs include architecture and engineering services; construction design; real property acquisition costs; and land acquisition costs necessary to complete the construction project. MILCON is considered an “investment” account. Military construction has a five-year obligation life.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OR SUSTAINMENT funding does not finance investments, but things with benefits derived for a limited period of time, i.e., expenses. Examples of costs financed by operations and maintenance funds are headquarters operations, civilian salaries and awards, travel, fuel, minor construction projects of $750,000 or less, expenses of operational military forces, training and education, recruiting, depot maintenance, spare parts, base operations support, etc. Operations-and-maintenance funding has a one-year obligation life. Adapted from M. Walsh and G. Land. Teaching Note, Building the Program Budget, DAU, Feb. 2010.
MILITARY PERSONNEL is considered an expense account and funds the costs of salaries and compensation for active military and National Guard personnel as well as personnel-related expenses such as costs associated with permanent change of duty station moves, training in conjunction with those moves, subsistence, temporary lodging, bonuses, and retired pay accrual. Military personnel funding has a one-year obligation life.
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