Subject: Accounting for Contract Services.SECRETARY OF THE ARMY WASHINGTON 07 JAN 2005 MEMORANDUM FOR: SEE DISTRIBUTION SUBJECT: Accounting for Contract Services 1. The Department of Defense Business Initiative Council (BIC BIC See: Bank Investment Contract ) has sponsored an Army initiative to obtain better visibility of the contractor service workforce. Pursuant to this initiative, I am asking for your support in obtaining this information from contractors supporting the Army. 2. We must improve visibility of the entire workforce supporting the Army mission. This initiative is a first step in our plan to program and document contractor support in The Army Authorization The right or permission to use a system resource; the process of granting access. See access control. Documentation System, The Structure and Manpower Allocation The apportionment or designation of an item for a specific purpose or to a particular place. In the law of trusts, the allocation of cash dividends earned by a stock that makes up the principal of a trust for a beneficiary usually means that the dividends will be treated as System, and the Civilian Manpower Integrated Costing System in time for use in Total Army Analysis 13. 3. Army Requiring Activities are defined as the organizational units In computing, an Organizational Unit (OU) provides a way of classifying objects located in directories, or names in a digital certificate hierarchy, typically used either to differentiate between objects with the same name (John Doe in OU "marketing" versus John Doe in OU "customer that submit a written requirement or statement of need for services that are to be satisfied by a contract. Army Requiring Activities and their supporting contracting offices should include the reporting requirement defined on the enclosure enclosure (inclosure) n. land bounded by a fence, wall, hedge, ditch or other physical evidence of boundary. Unfortunately, too often these creations are not included among the actual legally-described boundaries and cause legal problems. ENCLOSURE. as a deliverable in all new contract actions beginning 60 days from the date of this memorandum. This will ensure that contractors will be paid the fair and reasonable costs associated with providing the data. This approach will also provide the Army full visibility into the costs of obtaining the data. 4. Including the reporting requirement as a line item in contracts is a responsibility of Army Requiring Activities that will be monitored by Army administrative contracting officers A US military officer or civilian employee who has a valid appointment as a contracting officer under the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The individual has the authority to enter into and administer contracts and determinations as well as findings about such contracts. . Ensuring that contractors report the required information is the responsibility of officials certifying payment to a contractor, such as Contracting Officer Representatives. 5. Guidance which more specifically defines the information requirements The information needed to support a business or other activity. Systems analysts turn information requirements (the what and when) into functional specifications (the how) of an information system. for Army Requiring Activities and implementing guidance for the contracting workforce will be provided under separate cover from the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) and the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology). Encl as Francis J. Harvey |
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