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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS
Subtitle B—Acquisition Policy and Management
JWNDAA Section
House Conference Report 109-702
(a) MILESTONE A LIMITATION.—The Department of Defense executive or entity that is the milestone decision authority for an information system described in subsection (c) may not provide Milestone A approval for the system unless, as part of the decision process for such approval, that authority determines that the system will achieve initial operational capability within a specified period of time not exceeding five years.
(b) INITIAL OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY LIMITATION.— If an information system described in subsection (c), having received Milestone A approval, has not achieved initial operational capability within five years after the date of such approval, the system shall be deemed to have undergone a critical change in program requiring the evaluation and report required by section 2445c(d) of title 10, United States Code (as added by section 816 of this Act).
(c) COVERED SYSTEMS.—An information system described in this subsection is any Department of Defense information technology business system that is not a national security system, as defined in 3542(b)(2) of title 44, United States Code.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) MILESTONE DECISION AUTHORITY.—The term ‘‘milestone decision authority’’ has the meaning given that term in Department of Defense Instruction 5000.2, dated May 12, 2003.
(2) MILESTONE A.—The term ‘‘Milestone A’’ has the meaning given that term in Department of Defense Instruction 5000.2, dated May 12, 2003.
The House bill contained a provision (sec. 813) that would require that a Department of Defense information technology business system be fielded within 5 years of the system entering the technology development phase of Milestone A approval. If such a program did not achieve initial operating capability within 5 years, the Department would be prohibited from obligating or expending any further funds on that program.
The Senate amendment contained no similar provision.
The Senate recedes with an amendment that would maintain the requirement of the Department to field information technology programs within 5 years of Milestone A approval. Failure to achieve initial operating capability within 5 years of Milestone A approval would result in the Department being subject to reporting requirements contained in section 816 of this Act.
House Report 109-452
This section would require that Department of Defense information technology business systems be fielded within five years of the system entering the technology development phase of the acquisition process, known as Milestone A approval. The committee is concerned that many large information technology acquisition programs begin with great promise, yet linger in the development phase for many years without delivering any useful products to the Department. This section would limit the time allowed for development of such systems.
