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PURPOSE. This Directive:

a. Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for the use of capability portfolio management in order to advise senior leadership on capability investment pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of Defense by section 113 of title 10, United States Code (Reference (a)).

b. Incorporates and cancels the "Action to Critical Path (ACP) 2" portion of Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum (Reference (b)) and incorporates and cancels Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandums (References (c) and (d)).

APPLICABILITY. This Directive applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components").