2411- Budgeting (PPBE)

Question 1

What is the DoD’s resource management system and the primary means for the Secretary of Defense to control allocation of resources.

Answer 1

PPBE process

Question 2

What are the four phases of the PPBE process?

Answer 2

• Planning
o Review threat / assess capabilities
o Develop guidance

• Programming
o Turn guidance into achievable and affordable packages / programs

• Budgeting
o Scrub budget year
o Prepare defensible budget
o First year of FYDP

• Execution
o Measure performance against plan
o Assess effectiveness of resource allocations

Question 3

What is the Planning phase?

Answer 3

The first step in the resource allocation process – Controlled by the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy). The purpose is to develop top-level policy guidance.

Question 4

What is the means of providing budget authority for program funding?

Answer 4

Appropriation.

Question 5

What are the five major defense appropriation categories, what they fund, and their obligation periods.

Answer 5

• RDT&E – 2 years
• Procurement – 3 years
• O&M – 1 year
• MILPERS -1 year
• MILCON – 5 years

Question 6

The ________ activities culminate in the publication of the Defense Programming Guidance (DPG), as a result of planning efforts by the Joint Staff, OSD, and the Services/Agencies.

Answer 6

Planning Phase

Question 7

What are the four primary reasons why programs lose funding.

Answer 7

• Scarcity of financial resources
• Questionable need for the program
• Excessive risk
• Budget review issues

Question 8

Describe the concept of Continuing Resolution.

Answer 8

• If Congress is unable to pass one or more appropriations acts by 1 October (the beginning of the fiscal year), it must provide Continuing Resolution Authority (CRA) to prevent agencies whose appropriations have not been passed from shutting down.
• Provides stopgap funding to keep affected agencies operating for a specified period of time (spelled out in the resolution)
• Permits activities to operate at the current rate of operations, which is usually based on one of the following levels
• prohibits new starts
• Rates of obligation are usually limited and may impede planned ramp-up of program efforts.

Question 9

What are the three basic activities that must be completed after the President’s Budget is submitted to Congress.

Answer 9

• Budget Resolution
• Authorization Bill
• Appropriation Bill

Question 10

The Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) is a computerized database used to summarize the:

Answer 10

• Force structure
• Personnel strength
• Financial resources of DoD as the budget is developed and refined

Question 11

Each Service and defense agency prepares a_________________, documenting its fiscal requirements based on input from the field and guidance from the DPG.

Answer 11

Program Objectives Memorandum (POM)

Question 12

Components develop detailed _________________for the budget year of the programs approved during the Programming phase IAW the DPG.

Answer 12

Budget Estimate Submissions (BES)

Question 13

What is the role of the House and Senate Budget Committees

Answer 13

aided by CBO analysis, each come up with a version of a budget resolution that contains estimated revenues and expenditures by government “function”

Question 14

What is the role of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees

Answer 14

o Review the President’s Budget
o Hold hearings on DoD budgets
0Draft the Defense Authorization Bill

Question 15

What is the role of the House & Senate Appropriations Committees

Answer 15

o Review President’s Budget
o Hold hearings
o Draft various Appropriations Bills