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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS

Subtitle E--Other Matters

P. L. 111-

House Conference Report 111-288

    (a) Implementation Schedule.--Section 2445b(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ``initial operational capability, and full operational capability'' and inserting ``full deployment decision, and full deployment''.

    (b) Critical Changes in Program.--Section 2445c(d)(2)(A) of such title is amended by striking ``initial operational capability'' and inserting ``a full deployment decision''.

    (c) Definitions.--Section 2445a of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:

    ``(e) Full Deployment Decision.--In this chapter, the term `full deployment decision' means, with respect to a major automated information system program, the final decision made by the Milestone Decision Authority authorizing an increment of the program to deploy software for operational use.

    ``(f) Full Deployment.--In this chapter, the term `full deployment' means, with respect to a major automated information system program, the fielding of an increment of the program in accordance with the terms of a full deployment decision.''.

   The House bill contained a provision (sec. 823) that would amend section 2445b(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, to replace terms generally used for major defense acquisition programs with terms more appropriate to the major automated information system programs covered by the provision.

   The Senate amendment contained no similar provision.

   The Senate recedes with a clarifying amendment.

House Report 111-166 - NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010

SECTION 823--REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON FULL DEPLOYMENT DECISIONS FOR MAJOR AUTOMATED INFORMATION SYSTEM PROGRAMS

This section would amend the reporting requirement in section 2445 of title 10, United States Code, by replacing references to `initial operational capability' and `full operational capability' with the term `full deployment decision' in order to bring terminology more in line with updated acquisition regulations. For major automated information systems, the final acquisition decision is referred to as the full deployment decision (FDD). FDD is a more meaningful metric for software intensive programs than initial operational capability (IOC) and full operational capability (FOC) because the user community vice the acquisition community defines and controls IOC and FOC.