scope:

Purpose

a. Issue Department of the Navy (DON) policy and procedures that implement references (a) and (b) for the management of information technology (IT)/national security systems (NSS) investments as portfolios across the DON enterprise that focuses on improving DON capabilities and mission outcomes consistent with references (c) and (d). Hereafter, use of the term "IT" includes NSS per section 3524 of title 40, United States Code (U.S.C.).

b. Establish standard operating procedures that leverage the existing decisional processes of Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) (reference (e)), Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) (reference (f)), and Defense Acquisition System (DAS) (reference (g)), to ensure that IT investments are managed collectively as capabilities that yield economies of scope and scale; are integrated with the full compliment of investment programs in the PPBE process; and, support current strategic guidance and policies.

Applicability and Scope

a. This instruction applies to:

(1) All DON commands, activities and management offices that control, fund, operate or manage IT investments regardless of security classification and acquisition category (ACAT) or non-ACAT designation.

(2) All DON IT investments under the warfighting mission area (WMA), business mission area (BMA), intelligence mission area (IMA), the enterprise information environment (EIE) mission area (EIEMA), and any new mission areas (MAs) established to manage IT investments.

(3) All current and planned DON IT investments that are part of the Global Information Grid (GIG) per reference (d).

b. Nothing in this instruction shall alter the responsibilities, functions, and relationships specified in references (h) and (i).