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| Which branch of government can raise taxes? |
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| All bills for raising revenues shall orginate from the? |
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| Which branch of government executes laws? |
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| What is the term used when a resolution passes from one house to another? |
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| What is the term used when a bill leaves Congress en route to the President? |
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| Where do all bills orginate? |
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| If Congress is adjourned and the President fails to sign a bill during the 10-day period, that bill does not become law and is called a? |
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| This IMB issued document can change funding for individual programs, reduce or increase overall funding for the Agency or direct additional funding be added to specific programs within existing agency funding levels. Can be appealed to the President by the Agency Head? |
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| Which circular established the format for the budget and guidance for submitting budget estimates? |
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| When does the President transmits the budget to Congress? |
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| No later than the first Monday in February prior to the budget year. |
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| Which branch of the government appropriates? |
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| The first concurrent resolution (from Congressional Budget Office) must be adopted NLT? |
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| The second resolution allows Congress to set ceilings for budget authority (debt) and floors for revenue (taxes), this is due NLT? |
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| _________ are requested to provide funds in addition to amounts already appropriated for the ongoing budget year? |
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| _________ considers disagreements between the two Houses, and makes recommendations to resolve differences? |
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| A __________ provides funding for a specific period of time until appropriation bills are approved by Congress and the President? |
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| Define a full time permanent? |
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| A position normally filed on a permanent basis and having a regular schedule. |
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| Fund allotments place operational obligation authority at the lowest level to increase effective management. What level are funds allotted? |
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| The amount of money available that an organization can obligate is? |
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| Funds legally reserved for a specific purpose are? |
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| Funds that have actually been disbursed from the Treasury are? |
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| What is the SF 133, Report on Budget Execution? |
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| Must be submitted quarterly. Covers each open fiscal year for each account, status of budgetary resources for each year, amount obligated, disbursed on a cumulative basis for the current fiscal year. |
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| Funds appropriated, but not apportioned by OMB are? |
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| Unallotted apportionments |
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| Funds obligated, but not yet outlayed are? |
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| When transferring funds from planned requirements to unfunded requirements, the requirement must? |
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1-be unanticipated
2-higher priority than a funded requirement |
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| What is reprogramming of funds? |
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| A shift of funds from one purpose to another within the same appropriation |
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| Transfers occur between appropriations and require what? |
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| Statutory authority from the Armed services and appropriations committees |
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| What is the last phase of the budget process? |
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Performance Review and Audit
- Congress thru GAO audits
- DoD internal controls |
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| The 1993 Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) requires? |
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- strategic planning
- development of performance plans
- goal setting
- performance reporting |
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| On the spending side, the federal budget represents what % of the Gross Domestic Product? |
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| What is the authority for annual mandatory expenditures found in a permanent statutes? |
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| Direct (Mandatory) Spending |
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| Military departments (Army, Navy and Air Force) are responsible for organizing, training, supplying, and equipping forces for assignment to the? |
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| Unified Combatant Commands |
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| The Budget Enforcement Act divides spending into two types, which are? |
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1 - direct (mandatory (64%))
2 - discretionary (13 annual appropriations bills (36%)) |
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| Who acts as resource consultant and advisor to Secretary of Defense, as well as manager and arbiter of the Defense resource management process? |
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| Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) AKA Chief Financial Officer (Defense) |
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| The 1947 National Security act establishes a civilian Secretary of Defense responsible for? |
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- cabinet level position
- principal advisor to the President and is responsible for the formulation of general defense policy
-exercises authority, control and direction over DoD |
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| Which act redesignated the National Military Establishment as the Department of Defense? |
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| The National Security Act Amendment of 1949 (10 USC 111) |
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| What act established the National Security Council? |
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| The National Security Act of 1947 |
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| By law, statutory members of the National Security Council (NSC) are? |
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President
Vice President
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of State |
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| National Security Council (NSC) statutory advisory includes? |
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- Director of National Intelligence
- Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff |
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| The Office of the Secretary of Defense consists of? |
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Under secretaries for:
Acquisition, Technology and Logistics;
Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer;
Intelligence;
Personnel and Readiness;
Policy; and
Director of Defense Research and Engineering |
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| The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is the principal advisor to the? |
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| President, National Security Council and SECDEF |
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| Which act identified the Chairman of the JCS as the senior ranking member of the Armed Forces? |
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| Goldwater Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986 |
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| The Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller/CFO is the principal advisor to the SECDEF on financial matters to include? |
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- Resource allocation
- Financial management and accounting
- Budget formulation and execution |
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| ________ are military commands with broad continuing missions? |
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| Unified Combatant Commands |
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| True or false? The operational chain of command runs from the President to the SECDEF to the commanders of the Unified Combatant Commands. |
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| Whose functions within the chain of command by transmitting to the Commanders of the Unified Combatant Commands the orders of the President or SECDEF? |
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| Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff |
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| When is the President's budget submitted to Congress? |
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| On or before the first Monday in February |
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| Which CCOMs are borderless? |
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- Joint Forces Command
- Special Forces Command
- Strategic Command
- Transportation Command |
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