1.10 Decision Making and the Joint Resources Council
1.10.1 Decision Making
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.
- Contracting Officer.
- Source Selection Official.
1.10.2 Joint Resources Council
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, Civil Aviation Security, Administration, Commercial
Space Transportation, Research and Acquisitions);
- Acquisition Executive (may be delegated to an
Associate Administrator);
- Assistant Administrators for System Safety
and for Policy, Planning and International Aviation;
- Chief Financial Officer, representing fiscal
fiduciary responsibilities; and
- Legal Counsel
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