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Flashcards by Nathan Wedwick, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Nathan Wedwick
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| Question | Answer |
| The process in which a government entity remains fully responsible for the provision of affected entity and maintains control over management decisions while another entity operates the functions or performs the service. | Outsourcing |
| What are the 3 tests which must be met for use of the necessary expense doctrine? | 1. Logistical relationship 2. Not prohibited by law 3. Not funded for elsewhere |
| Which law established the House and Senate Budget Committees and The Congressional Budget House? | Congressional Budget Act of 1974 |
| Article 1, Section 9 of the US Constitution gives the power to appropriate funds for the running of the government to which branch of the government? | Congress |
| Budget Authority does not expire in what type of appropriation? | No year |
| Who makes the rules for travel for DoD Civilians and Military? | GSA |
| What type of Congressional Resolution can be thought of as a temporary appropriation act? | Continuing |
| What type of budgeting resources remains available for new obligations until the purpose of which they were provided is carried out? | No-Year appropriations |
| What type of budgetary resource remains available for new obligations for 2 or more fiscal years? | Multi-Year |
| Decisions of Fiscal Law questions are officially rendered bywhom? | Comptroller General of the GAO |
| How many basic types of budget authority are used in the federal government? | Six: 1. Appropriation 2. Contract Authority 3. Borrowing 4. Monetary Credits 5. Offsetting Receipts Loan 6. Loan Guarantee |
| Budget Authority does not expire in what type of appropriation? | No-Year |
| Annual appropriation remains available for obligation for how long? | 1 year |
| RDT&E is an example of what type of appropriation? | 2 year Multiyear |
| Operations and Maintenance is an example of what type of appropriation? | 1 year Annual |
| When is the President supposed to submit his budget? | Between the first Monday in January and the first Monday in February. No later than the first Monday in February. |
| What are the 6 major steps in the budget formulation phase? | 1. OMB issues guidance 2. Organization develops draft 3. Agency submits to OMB 4. OMB reviews 5. President takes action 6. Sent to congress |
| How often does Congress meet? | At least once a year |
| Amendments must be passed in each house by: Constitutional amendments are valid when ratified by at lease: | 2/3 vote 3/4 of the States |
| __________ is the process of assembling, organizing and using manpower and material resources in preparation for war or other emergency. | Master Mobilization Plan (MMP) |
| Financial Disclosure: Remedies for avoiding potential conflicts of interest | 1. Recusal 2. Waives 3. Certificates of Divestiture 4. Trusts |
| Executive Orders: -12674 of 1989 - Underlying 14 principles * Core Concepts *- Declining w/ employees | 1. Employees shall not use Public Office for private gain 2. Employees shall act impartially and not give preferential treatment |
| HAC and SAC draft and submit Number _______? Appropriations Bills that provide Budget Authority for the Government. | 13 |
| What are the key foundations of appropriations? | 1. Purpose - Funds obligated and expended only for the purpose authorized in appropriations 2. Time - The period of time during which budgetary resources may incur new obligations 3. Amount - Obligations and Expenditures may not exceed the amounts established by law. |
| PPBE? Programming Phase (how) POM (Program Objective Memorandum) | Program Decision Memorandum (PDM) |
| Hearing of the House Armed Service Committee (HASC) and the Senate Armed Service Committee (SASC) begin when? | After the president's state of the union message |
| What are the methods / steps in conducting the Delphi technique? | Query Expert Opinion |
| Which cost estimating approach requires extensive knowledge of the product or process? | Engineering Approach |
| What cost estimating approach is known as a statistical method or top down approach? | Parametric Approach |
| What cost estimating approach is based on direct comparison with historical information? | Analogy Approach |
| Cost savings, cost avoidance and productivity improvement are recognized as what type of benefits? | Quantifiable Benefits |
| What are some of the limitations on economic analysis? | Will not: 1. Produce results that are more valid than input data 2. Make final decisions 3. Beapplied w/cookbook precision 4. Provide relevant solutions to irrelevant questions 5. Predict political & non-economic impacts. 6. Be suitable for sound judgement, management or control |
| What does correlation measure? | The degree of relationships between 2 or 3 variables |
| In regards to central tendency of dispersion, what is: Mean? Mode? Median? | Mean - Average Mode - Frequency Median - Middle of Arrayed Values |
| Which report will each agency head submit to the President & Congress annually, no later than _____________? | Performance Reports, November 15th |
| In federal agencies other than DoD, how often must the 5-yr strategic plans required under GPRA be updated? | - Every 3 years - 4 years for DoD |
| Article III Judicial Branch | Supreme Court Inferior Courts established by Congress Interpret laws |
| What occurs when Congress is not in session and the President does not sign a bill in 10 days? | Pocket veto. Bill does not become law. |
| Article II Executive Branch | Commander in Chief Executes Laws |
| How many of the House must agree to pass a bill? | Two-Thirds |
| All the bills for raising revenue shall originate in the ... | House of Representatives |
| Article I Legislative Branch Law Making powers to Congress | - Raise taxes - Borrow money - Regulate Commerce - Conscript forces - Declare War - Raise and support Armies |
| What was the predecessor to the Constitution? | Articles of Confederation |
| How many branches of government did the constitution establish? | Three - Executive - Legislative - Judicial |
| ________ required - President to submit an annual budget to Congress - Create OMB - Established GAO | Budget and accounting Act of 1921 |
| 31 USC Appropriations shall be applied only to objects for which the Appropriations were made except otherwise provided by law. | 1301 |
| Common source of purpose restrictions are contained in the DoD ______ | Authorization and Appropriation Bill |
| Article ____ Section _____ Clause _____ states: We can only use the appropriations, which congress provides for the purpose or purposes authorized by Congress. | Article 1 Section 9 Clause 7 |
| Who are determined to be accountable officers in the Federal Government? | Certify Disbursing Officer Accountable Official |
| Bona Fide Need rule (time) Balance of a fixed-term appropriation is available only for payment of expenses properly incurred during the period of availability or to complete contracts properly made within that period. | 31 USC 1502 |
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