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and shall be accountable for cost, schedule, and performance
reporting to higher authority, including congressional reporting.
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Missile Defense Agency
(MDA)
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is a research, development,
and acquisition agency within the Department of Defense. Its
workforce includes government civilians, military service
members, and contractor personnel in multiple locations across the
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National Defense
Industrial Association
(NDIA)
America’s leading Defense Industry association promoting
national security that provides a legal and ethical forum for the
exchange of information between industry and government on
National Security issues.
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Naval Sea Systems
Command (NAVSEA)
The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is the largest of the
United States Navy’s five “systems commands” or materiel (not to
be confused with “material”) organizations. NAVSEA consists of
four shipyards, nine “warfare centers” (two undersea and seven
surface), four major shipbuilding locations, and the NAVSEA
headquarters, located at the Washington Navy Yard in
Washington, D.C. NAVSEA’s primary objective is to engineer,
build, and support the U.S. Navy’s fleet of ships and its combat
systems. NAVSEA accounts for one quarter of the Navy’s entire
budget with more than 150 acquisition programs under its
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Near-Critical Path (NCP)
The lowest float or slack paths of discrete work packages and
planning packages (or lower level activities) in the network that
has the next longest total duration nearest to the critical path.
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Office of the Secretary of
Defense (OSD)
The principal staff element of the Secretary of Defense in the
exercise of policy development, planning, resource management,
fiscal, and program evaluation responsibilities. OSD includes the
immediate offices of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of
Defense, Under Secretaries of Defense, Director of Defense
Research and Engineering, Assistant Secretaries of Defense,
General Counsel, Director of Operational Test and Evaluation,
Assistants to the Secretary of Defense, Director of Administration
and Management, and such other staff offices as the Secretary
establishes to assist in carrying out assigned responsibilities.
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Over Target Baseline
(OTB)
A new baseline for management for the original objectives cannot
be met and new goals are needed for management purposes. An
overrun to the Contract Budget Base (CBB) that is formally
incorporated into the Performance Measurement Baseline for
management purposes. The difference between the Total Allocated
Budget and CBB is the amount of the overrun incorporated into
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“Glossary of Defense Acquisition Acronyms and Terms,” DAU, https://dap.dau.mil/glossary/pages/2247.aspx, (December 30, 2016).
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“AGENCY IN BRIEF’, MDA, https://www.mda.mil/about/about.html, (February 23, 2018)
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“NDIA”, NDIA, http://www.ndia.org/Pages/default.aspx, (December 30, 2016).
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“Naval Sea Systems Command”, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Sea_Systems_Command, (January 9, 2017).
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OUSD AT&L (PARCA), DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INTERPRETATION GUIDE: 83.
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“Office of the Secretary of Defense”, U.S. Department of Defense, http://www.defense.gov/About-DoD/Office-of-the-Secretary-of-Defense,
(December 30, 2016).
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OUSD A&S (AAP), DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INTERPRETATION GUIDE: 83.