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1.10.1 Decision Making _{(Revised 01/2003)}

The Acquisition Management System streamlines decision making and accountability within FAA, and fosters partnership between users and providers throughout the acquisition management lifecycle. The Joint Resources Council makes corporate-level resource and investment decisions, and establishes acquisition programs. Integrated Product Teams implement acquisition programs established by the Joint Resources Council. They are empowered to make and are responsible for all program decisions except those explicitly retained by or assigned to another decision authority by the Joint Resources Council. Appendix A defines the roles and responsibilities of the following key officials and organization elements:

• Joint Resources Council.
• Line of Business Associate Administrators.
• Acquisition Executive.
• Associate Administrator for Research and Acquisitions.
• Systems Engineering/Operational Analysis Team.
• Director, Office of Independent Operational Test and Evaluation.
• Mission Analysis Steering Group.
• Integrated Product Leadership Team.
• Integrated Management Team.
• Integrated Product Team.
• Integrated Product Team Leader.
• Office of the Chief Counsel _{(Added 01/2003)}
• Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition _{(Added 01/2003)}
• Contracting Officer.
• Source Selection Official.

1.10.2 Joint Resources Council _{(Revised 07/2002)}

The Joint Resources Council makes corporate-level decisions. The deliberations of this body focus on five investment-related decisions: (1) the mission need decision which determines what capability the agency will pursue; (2) the investment decision which determines what acquisition programs the agency will approve and fund fully; (3) Acquisition Program Baseline change decisions which alter the performance, cost, schedule, and benefit baselines established at the investment decision; (4) approval of the agency's RE&D and F&E budget submissions; and (5) approval of the NAS Architecture baseline. The Joint Resources Council also participates in development of the agency's operations budget submission.

Membership of the Joint Resources Council consists of:

• Associate Administrators representing the FAA lines of business (Air Traffic Services, Airports, Regulation and Certification, Commercial Space Transportation, and Research and Acquisitions);
• Acquisition Executive (may be delegated to an Associate Administrator);
• Assistant Administrators for System Safety, for Policy, Planning and International Aviation, and for Region and Center Operations;
• Chief Financial Officer, representing fiscal fiduciary responsibilities;
• Legal Counsel; and
• Chief Information Officer.