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.

What are the 3 tests which must be met for use of the necessary expense doctrine?

Which law established the House and Senate Budget Committees and The Congressional Budget House?

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?

Budget Authority does not expire in what type of appropriation?

Who makes the rules for travel for DoD Civilians and Military?

What type of Congressional Resolution can be thought of as a temporary appropriation act?

What type of budgeting resources remains available for new obligations until the purpose of which they were provided is carried out?

What type of budgetary resource remains available for new obligations for 2 or more fiscal years?

Decisions of Fiscal Law questions are officially rendered bywhom?

How many basic types of budget authority are used in the federal government?

Budget Authority does not expire in what type of appropriation?

Annual appropriation remains available for obligation for how long?

RDT&E is an example of what type of appropriation?

Operations and Maintenance is an example of what type of appropriation?

When is the President supposed to submit his budget?

What are the 6 major steps in the budget formulation phase?

How often does Congress meet?

Amendments must be passed in each house by:

Constitutional amendments are valid when ratified by at lease:

__________ is the process of assembling, organizing and using manpower and material resources in preparation for war or other emergency.

Financial Disclosure:

Remedies for avoiding potential conflicts of interest

Executive Orders:
-12674 of 1989
- Underlying 14 principles
* Core Concepts
*- Declining w/ employees

HAC and SAC draft and submit Number _______?

Appropriations Bills that provide Budget Authority for the Government.

What are the key foundations of appropriations?

PPBE?

Programming Phase (how)

POM (Program Objective Memorandum)

Hearing of the House Armed Service Committee (HASC) and the Senate Armed Service Committee (SASC) begin when?

What are the methods / steps in conducting the Delphi technique?

Which cost estimating approach requires extensive knowledge of the product or process?

What cost estimating approach is known as a statistical method or top down approach?

What cost estimating approach is based on direct comparison with historical information?

Cost savings, cost avoidance and productivity improvement are recognized as what type of benefits?

What are some of the limitations on economic analysis?

What does correlation measure?

In regards to central tendency of dispersion, what is:
Mean? Mode? Median?

Which report will each agency head submit to the President & Congress annually, no later than _____________?

In federal agencies other than DoD, how often must the 5-yr strategic plans required under GPRA be updated?

Article III Judicial Branch

What occurs when Congress is not in session and the President does not sign a bill in 10 days?

Article II Executive Branch

How many of the House must agree to pass a bill?

All the bills for raising revenue shall originate in the ...

Article I Legislative Branch
Law Making powers to Congress

What was the predecessor to the Constitution?

How many branches of government did the constitution establish?

________ required

- President to submit an annual budget to Congress
- Create OMB
- Established GAO

31 USC
Appropriations shall be applied only to objects for which the Appropriations were made except otherwise provided by law.

Common source of purpose restrictions are contained in the DoD ______

Article ____
Section _____
Clause _____
states: We can only use the appropriations, which congress provides for the purpose or purposes authorized by Congress.

Who are determined to be accountable officers in the Federal Government?

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.