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LOGM 231 - Appropriations Law and the Planning Programming Budgeting & Execution (PPB&E) Process


PROGRAM: Supply Chain Management
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 3
TOTAL CONTACT HOURS MIN: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2021

The planning programming budgeting and execution system is one of the three decision support systems that is used in the Department of Defense weapon system and platform acquisition for items including ships, jets, vehicles and other Department of Defense systems.   The Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process is the Department of Defense (DoD) internal methodology used to allocate resources to provide capabilities deemed necessary to accomplish the Department’s missions. The major output of the Planning, Programming, and Budgeting phases of PPBE is the Defense budget request that will be included in the President’s Budget (PB) to be submitted to Congress not later than the first Monday in February for the next fiscal year than begins 1 October of the same calendar year. The ultimate objective of the PPBE process is to provide DoD components with the optimal mix of forces, equipment, and support that are attainable within established fiscal constraints.  Students will also gain experience in the preparation of budgets for tasks they are likely to perform within DoD industry or Government Service.

MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to be able to:

  1. Understand the processes and relationship(s) between the Senate, the House, and the final approval of the National Defense Appropriations Act (NDAA).
  2. Discuss the purpose of the NDAA
  3. Identify the DoD PPB&E as a decision support system
  4. Describe the planning phase in the national defense strategies
  5. Describe the primary products of the programming phase
  6. Describe the primary products of the budgeting phase
  7. Describe the primary products of the execution phase
  8. Explain continuing resolution and its role in the budget process
  9. Discuss the impact of continuing resolution on government operations
  10. Differentiate colors of money and describe its application across the DoD budget
  11. Demonstrate how to complete a Task Planning Sheet
  12. Discuss the data needed to prepare and submit a cost estimation for labor and material


COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -  

  • PPB&E’s Four Phases
  • DoD Weapons Systems
  • Program Objective Memorandum (POM))
  • Major Budget Issues
  • Continuing Resolutions
  • Obligtation and Expenditure Benchmarks
  • Annual Defense Budget
  • Platforms Definitions
  • Budget Estimate Submission (BES)
  • National Defense Appropriations Act (NDAA)
  • Appropriation Lw
  • Future Years Defense Program (FYDP)

 
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