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Attachment A - Acronyms and Abbreviations
| ACE-IT |
| Army Corps of Engineers Information Technology |
| AFOR |
| Assumption Of Full Responsibility |
| AGC |
| Army Geospatial Center |
| AMIP |
| ACE-IT Management Implementation Plan |
| AOR |
| Assumption Of Responsibility |
| ARSS |
| ACE-IT Radio Systems and Services |
| CDRL |
| Contract Document Requirements Language |
| CIO |
| Corporate Information Officer |
| CMDB |
| Configuration Management Database |
| CMIP |
| Configuration Management Implementation Plan |
| CONUS |
| Continental United States |
| CoP |
| Community of Practice |
| COR |
| Contracting Officer's Representative |
| CPC |
| Central Proccessing Center (Vicksburg) |
| CTCSS |
| Continuous Tone-Coded Squelch System |
| DAA |
| Designated Approving Authority (typically the CIO) |
| DGPS |
| Differential Global Positioning Systems |
| DIACAP |
| DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process |
| DISA |
| Defense Information Systems Agency |
| DIU |
| Digital Interface Units |
| DOD |
| Department of Defense |
| DRGS |
| Direct Readout Ground Station |
| EIP |
| Engineering Installation Package |
| ERDC |
| Engineer Research and Development Center |
| ESD |
| Enterprise Service Desk |
| ESOH |
| Environmental Safety and Occupational Health |
| FAR |
| Federal Acquisition Regulation |
| FEMA |
| Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FISMA |
| Federal Information Security Management Act |
| FOA |
| Field Operating Activity |
| FPCON |
| Force Protection Condition |
| FSB |
| Field Service Bulletin |
| FSS |
| Flight Service Station |
| GIG |
| Global Information Grid |
| GOES |
| Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
| HECSA |
| Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity |
| HQDA |
| Headquarters Department of Army |
| IDS |
| Intrusion Detection System |
| IM/IT |
| Information Management/ Information Technology |
| IPS |
| Intrusion Protection System |
| IWR |
| Institute for Water Resources |
| LTR |
| Joint Travel Regulation |
| MAC |
| Mission Assurance Category |
| MOA |
| Memorandum Of Agreement |
| MOU |
| Memorandum Of Understanding |
| MSS |
| Minimally Supported Sites |
| NACI |
| National Agency Check with Written Inquiries |
| NRRS |
| National Recreation Reservation Systems |
| NTIA |
| National Telecommunications Information Administration |
| OCI |
| Organization Conflict of Interest |
| OCONUS |
| Outside Continental United States |
| OPSEC |
| Operational Security |
| OSD |
| Office of Secretary of Defense |
| OSHA |
| Occupational Safety & Health Administration |
| PBO |
| Property Book Officer |
| PM |
| Preventive Maintenance |
| PrM |
| Preventive Maintenance |
| PWS |
| Performance Work Statement |
| QASP |
| Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan |
| RMF |
| Risk Management Framework |
| RTR |
| Readiness to Transition Review |
| SCADA |
| Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
| SINAD |
| Signal, Noise, and Distortion |
| SLA |
| Service Level Agreement |
| SME |
| Subject Matter Experts |
| SOP |
| Standard Operating Procedures |
| SRP |
| Site Requirements Package |
| TECHCON |
| Technical Control |
| ULA |
| USACE Logistics Activity |
| USACE |
| US Army Corps of Engineers |
| VAR |
| visitor access requests |
| VPN |
| Virtual Private Network |
| VSAT |
| Very Small Aperture Terminal |
| VSWR |
| Voltage Standing Wave Ratio |
| WPC |
| Western Processing Center (Portland) |
18. Terms and Definitions
| 24X7X365 |
| Support required 24 hours a day including all weekends, holidays, and February 29 in the case of a leap year. |
| Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) |
| The maximum percent defective, the maximum number of defects per hundred units, or the number of defects in the lot that can be considered satisfactory on the average, or the degree of deviation from perfect performance for a specific contract requirement before the Government will consider the contract performance unacceptable. As long as the defective performance does not exceed the AQL, the Government will not reject the services. However, performance at an AQL does not imply that the Service Provider may knowingly perform in an unsatisfactory manner. |
| ACE-IT Online |
| The information portal where all ACE-IT activities, both internal |
and customer-facing, are posted and managed.
| Access Control Mechanism |
| Ability and means to communicate with (i.e. input to or receive output from) or otherwise make use of any information, resource, or component in an IS. |
| Accident |
| An unintentional or unexpected event or series of events resulting in an individual’s occupational illness, injury, or death; damage to or loss of equipment or property; and/or damage to the environment |
| Acquisition |
| The act of receiving, controlling, validating, recording, classifying, and summarizing transactions in terms of money, analyzing and interpreting those transactions, and reporting the operating results and related resource management information to higher headquarters. |
| Alternate Work Location |
| A work location other than the usual work location primarily for Continuity of Operations (COOP). Alternate Work Locations specifically INCLUDE Government quarters for senior officials (VIPs). Alternate Work Sites or Locations specifically EXCLUDE personal residences used for telework. |
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A U.S. standards organization composed of representatives from industry, technical societies, consumer organizations, and government agencies.
| Application Software |
| Software that performs a specific task or function, such as word- processing, creation of spreadsheets, generation of graphics, or facilitating e-mail. An application should be considered a system for the purpose of reporting to the Army Information Technology Registry unless it is part of a larger system already being reported. |
| Architecture |
| The structure of components, their interrelationships, and the principles and guidelines governing their design and evolution over time. |
| As Built Drawings |
| Drawings and/or diagrams reflecting the current state of the network or system providing a basis for ongoing support by the contractor. |
| Asset Management |
| The life-cycle management of assets, encompassing not only the inventory of existing equipment, but also the acquisition, maintenance and disposal of assets. Asset management is also the responsibility for analyzing contracting requirements; planning competition and source selection; evaluates quotes and offers; supports awarding contracts; plans and executes contract administration; monitors contract quality and administers payments; and modifies termination and close out of contracts. |
| Assets |
| An item of economic value owned by a federal agency. The item may be physical in nature (tangible) or a right to ownership (intangible) that is expressed in terms of cost or some other value. |
| Assumption of Responsibility |
| The not later than date for transition of responsibility for the functions in a particular transition phase from the outgoing Contractor(s) to the incoming Contractor(s). |
Assumption of Full Operational Responsibility
The not later date for all Phase-in activities to be completed and performance of services transitioned to the full responsibility of the incoming Contractor(s) from the outgoing (Contractor(s).
| Attribute |
| A property or characteristic of one or more entities. Also, a property inherent in an entity or associated with that entity for database purposes. |
| Authentication |
| Security measure designed to establish the validity of a transmission, |
message, or originator, or a means of verifying an individual’s eligibility to receive specific categories of information.
Automated Information System
(AIS)
Any assembly of computer hardware, software, or firmware configured to collect, create, communicate, compute, disseminate, process, store, or control data or information in an electronic form. AISs can be stand-alone computers, small computers, word processors, multi-user computers, terminals, and networks.
| Automation |
| Conversion of a procedure, process, or equipment to automatic operation. When allied to telecommunications facilities, automation may include the conversion to automatic operation of the message processing at an exchange or remote terminal. |
| Bandwidth |
| The maximum rate at which an amount of data can be sent through a given transmission channel. |
| Bar Code |
| A code or symbol used for identification purposes, which is composed of a pattern of varying-width parallel bars and spaces that can be read by an electronic scanner. Bar codes are used on products, coupons, cases, pallets, etc. The symbol of the Universal Product. |
| Benchmark |
| A procedure, problem, or test that can be used to compare systems, components, processes, and so forth to each other or to a standard. |
| Billing |
| The process of sending an invoice listing amounts owed. |
| Budget |
| A planned program for a fiscal period in terms of (1) estimated costs, obligations, and expenditures; (2) source of funds for financing, including reimbursements anticipated, and other resources to be applied; (3) explanatory and workload data on the projected programs and activities. |
| Business Day |
| A business day is considered every official working day of the week. Another common term is working day. Typically, these are the days between and including Monday to Friday and do not include public holidays and weekends. |
| Calendar Day |
| The 24-hour period of time beginning at 12:00 A.M. (Midnight). |
| Calendar Days |
| Consecutive days without regard to weekends or holidays. |
| Calendar Year |
| The 12-month period of time from January 1st to Dec 31st. |
| Certification |
| Comprehensive evaluation of the technical and non-technical security features of an IS and other safeguards, made in support of the accreditation process, to establish the extent to which a particular design and implementation meets a set of specified security requirements. |
| Communication Network |
| A set of products, concepts, and services that enables the connection of computer systems for the purpose of transmitting data and other forms (for example, voice and video) among the systems. |
Communication Security
(COMSEC)
Measures and controls taken to deny unauthorized persons information derived from telecommunications and to ensure the authenticity of such telecommunications. COMSEC includes cryptographic security.
| Communication Systems |
| A set of assets (transmission media, switching nodes, interfaces, and control devices) that establishes linkage between users and devices. |
| Compliance |
| A system that meets or is implementing an approved plan to meet all applicable Technical Architecture mandates. |
Corps Enterprise Architecture (CeA) A management tool to enhance communications between USACE business leaders and information technology experts to ensure IT is effectively used to achieve current and future business needs. The CeA provides the foundation for transformation of IM/IT and the ACE-IT Transformation Plan.
| Computer Security |
| Measures and controls that ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information processed and stored by a computer. |
| Condition |
| The status of personnel and equipment (readiness) as they interact with the operational environment during mission planning, preparation, and execution; a situation or circumstance. |
| Configuration |
| An expression in functional terms (that is, expected performance) |
and in physical terms (that is, appearance and composition).
Configuration Control Board
(CCB)
Sometimes called a Change Control Board, is the process designed to manage approved designs and the implementation of approved changes to automated information system’s hardware, software, communications, and policies throughout the system’s life cycle. This board is necessary to ensure the effective use of funds, the efficient use of information resources and the maintenance of the integrity of the systems being managed. Each member of the board has a role to represent the stakeholders of the system
| Configuration Item |
| Any component that needs to be managed in order to deliver an IT Service. Information about each CI is recorded in a Configuration Record within the Configuration Management System and is maintained throughout its Lifecycle by Configuration Management. CIs are under the control of Change Management. CIs typically include IT Services, hardware, software, buildings, people and formal documentation such as Process documentation and SLAs. |
| Configuration Management |
| The management of security features and assurances through control of changes made to hardware, software, firmware, documentation, tests, test fixtures and test documentation of an IS throughout the development and operational life of the system. |
Continental United States
(CONUS)
The 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia.
| Continuing Resolution Authority |
| An interim appropriations until permanent appropriations are enacted. Authorizes continuation of normal operations at a rate not exceed the latest congressional action or the previous year’s rate and no new starts or expansions to a program. |
Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) and/or Contingency Plan
A plan maintained for emergency response, backup operations and post disaster recovery for an IS, as a part of its security program, that will ensure the availability of critical resources and facilitate the continuity of operations in an emergency situation, also known as a contingency plan.
| Contract |
| Any enforceable agreement or order to buy supplies or services. |
| Contract Administration Office |
| The activity responsible for administering the contract. |
| Contract Authority |
| Statutory authority that permits obligations to be incurred in advance |
of appropriations or in anticipation of receipt to be credited to a revolving fund or other account. (By definition, contract authority is unfunded and must subsequently be funded by an appropriation to liquidate obligations incurred under the contract authority or by the collection and use of receipts.)
| Contract Discrepancy Report |
| A report transmitted to the contractor by the Contracting Officer, initiated by the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative. |
| Contract Modification |
| Any written change in the terms of a contract. Only contracting officers acting within the scope of their authority are empowered to execute contract modifications. |
| Contracting Officer (KO) |
| A Department of the Army civilian employee or military officer who has a valid appointment as a contracting officer under the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulations. An appointed contracting officer has authority to enter into and administer contracts and make determinations and findings to such contracts. The term includes an authorized contracting officer’s representative acting within the |
limits of his or her authority. The term also includes purchasing and contracting officers and ordering officers.
| Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COR and/or COTR) |
| An individual designated in writing by the Contracting Officer to act as an authorized representative of the Contracting Officer to perform specific contract administrative activities within the scope and limitations as defined by the Contracting Officer. |
| Contractor Acquired Property |
| Property procured or otherwise provided by a contractor for the performance of a contract. It does not include government-furnished materiel or equipment. |
| CorpsNet |
| The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) data network providing the communications to support the USACE mission areas including but not limited to Civil Works (CW), Military Programs (MP) and other environmental programs in the Army. CorpsNet is an enterprise USACE resource operated and maintained by ACE-IT with Corps corporate direction. |
Corps Enterprise Architecture (CeA) A strategic, representational view that defines US corps of Engineers’ business, information, applications (information systems), and information technologies necessary to support the mission, programs, and projects of the enterprise. The CeA identifies the current “state” (Baseline or AS-IS) as well as the “objective, end- state” (Target or TO-BE) of the organization, and serves as a “blueprint” for implementing changes to the business, information, applications, and information technology needs of the enterprise. The CeA is a “tool” used in the architecture alignment and assessment management process and is critical component in the Information Technology capital planning and investment control.
Corps of Engineers Corporate Information (CECI) The organization that leads USACE IM/IT activities, providing all inherently government IM/IT activities, performing quality management of the services provided by ACE-IT, and managing IT services related to excluded activities and sites.
| Cost |
| The financial measurement of resources used in accomplishing a specified purpose, such as performing a service, carrying out an activity acquiring an asset, or completing a unit of work or a specific project. Accounting for activities on a cost basis means that all significant elements should be included in the amounts reported as total costs. |
| Cost Analysis |
| The systematic examination of the cost of interrelated activities and equipment to determine the relative costs of alternative courses of action. |
| Cost Benefits |
| A measure of the expense of obtaining certain information compared with the benefits to be derived by having the information. Information should not be provided if the costs of providing it exceed the benefits to be derived, unless it is required to meet legal or other specified purposes. |
| Cost-Effective |
| Describes the course of action that meets the stated requirement in the least costly method. Cost-effectiveness does not imply a cost savings over the existing or baseline situation; rather it indicates a cost savings over any viable alternative to attain the objective. |
| Current Year |
| The fiscal year in progress. |
| Customer |
| Any person or entity authorized to be provided services or utilize services under the contract. Also pertains to Project Delivery Team(s) (PDT), Project Mangers and Restoration, Coordination, and Verification (RECOVER) and/or U.S. Corps of Engineers |
employees within HQUSACE, Divisions and Districts.
| Customer Complaints |
| Complaints made by customers that, if validated, may be used by the Government for the purpose of assessing the contractor’s quality assurance or for taking deductions to the contract price. |
| Data |
| The representation of facts, concepts, or instructions in a formalized manner suitable for communication, interpretation, or processing by humans or by automatic means. |
| Data Administration |
| The comprehensive management of an organization’s data, such as by ensuring consistent definitions of data elements and coordinating the development of data dictionaries. |
| Data Calls |
| A call for data from an individual or several groups used to compile information for specific purposes within the organization. |
| Data Center |
| A facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems. It generally includes redundant or backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections, environmental controls (e.g., air conditioning, fire suppression) and security devices. |
| Defect Rate |
| The ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the number of defects to the total number of occurrences in the population. Alternatively, the defect rate may be expressed as a whole number representing the number of defects over a specified period of time. When planned sampling is used, the defect rate is calculated by dividing the total of all defects by the total population. |
| Delegation of Authority |
| The transfer of authority for certification of funds availability from major activity directors to others. This delegation must be in writing. |
| Delivery Order |
| A document issued by the contracting officer under a basic agreement or indefinite quantity-type contract (open-end or call-type contracts). |
| Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) |
| A physical or logical subnetwork that contains and exposes external- facing services to a larger untrusted network, ie. the Internet. |
Deployable Location Services
(DLS)
Deployable Location Services (DLS) are used primarily in support of emergencies or contingency operation and also directly support the Enterprise Emergency Response Team (EERT). DLS utilizes Fly-away Kits (FAK) consisting of CorpsNet components that augment existing services to provide a mobile virtual CorpsNet environment for emergency or contingency response.
| Designated Billing Office |
| The office or individual named in a procurement document who is first to receive invoices or bills from vendors. This is usually the Finance and Accounting Office, but contracting officers can name other individuals or offices. The date bills or invoices reach the designated billing office is used to determine the correct payment due date under the Prompt Payment Act. |
| Designated Payment Office |
| The office named in the contract that will pay the vendor. If the |
contract requires invoice approval before it is sent to the payment office, vendors must send the invoice to the address stated in the contract (the designated billing office).
Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) A Global Positioning System (GPS) with an additional correction (differential) signal added. This correction signal improves the accuracy of the GPS and can be broadcast over any authorized communication channel.
| Digital Signature |
| The product of an asymmetric cryptographic system that is created when the owner of the private signing key uses that key to create a unique mark (the signature) on an electronic document or file. Like a written signature, the purpose of a digital signature is to guarantee that the individual sending the message really is who they claim to be. |
| Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) |
| Passing of high-speed data traffic over a standard phone line. |
| Direct Costs |
| Cost (labor, material, contracts, travel, and transportation) that can be identified directly with a final cost objective (i.e. customer order or work authorization.) |
| Directive |
| A written instruction communicating policy and/or procedures in the form of orders, regulations, bulletins, circulars, handbooks, manuals, notices, numbered memorandums, and similar issuances. |
| Disbursement |
| The payment of a legal liability of the U.S. Government that decreases the accountability of the finance and accounting office making the disbursement. Disbursements are made to transfer funds, advance funds, or liquidate valid obligations of the U.S. |
Government.
| District Support Team |
| A team at each regional level within the Corps that provides support to the District. |
| Document |
| Recorded information regardless of physical form or characteristics. Often used interchangeably with record. |
| Documentation |
| The act or process of substantiating by recording actions and/or |
decisions.
| Electronic Bid Solicitation (EBS) |
| A means of placing service and supply solicitations and construction drawings and specifications on the Internet so that contractors can easily download the data and bid on the project. When there are hundreds of pages of specifications and drawings involved, it may not be practical to download the data from the World Wide Web. In that case, the government contracting office may place the data on a CD. |
Electronic Contract Solicitation
(ECS)
A means of placing service and supply solicitations and construction drawings and specifications on the Internet so that contractors can easily download the data and bid on the project. When they are hundreds of pages of specifications and drawings involved, it may not be practical to download the data from the World Wide Web. In that case, the government contracting office may place the data on a CD-ROM.
| E-Mail Thread |
| Series of e-mail messages. |
Emergency (as related to Information Technology) Situations demanding immediate attention and resolution.
Emergencies frequently evoke a reprioritization of ordinary operating procedure priorities and a redirection of resources until the emergency is contained. Examples of situations that require emergency support are when problems are affecting mission production, when the local area network is not available, cyber security event, when electronic mail is not available. Emergencies frequently require a reprioritization of ordinary operating procedure priorities and a redirection of resources until the emergency is resolved.
Emergency Operations Center
(EOC)
A facility accommodating essential life support facilities, administrative equipment, communications capabilities, and personnel essential to the commander for planning, directing, and controlling emergency operations of assigned missions.
Emergency Preparedness and Operations All aspects of accident prevention associated with the planning and execution of emergency and disaster preparedness, and response and recovery.
| Emergency Relocation Site (ERS) |
| A remote location, away from a USACE Division and/or District Office, where work activities can continue in an emergency. If the emergency renders the normal office space inaccessible, the ERS would be used to conduct regular business. The ERS is required to be capable of sustaining operations for up to 30 days. The ERS is |
required to have voice and data communications’ capabilities in both secured and unsecured mode.
| End User |
| An individual or external entity to the enterprise, that interfaces directly with information systems equipment and/or software and benefits directly by that interaction. |
| End-User-Operated Equipment |
| Information systems equipment operated by the end user. |
Engineering Change Proposal
(ECP)
Form to officially request and document changes to the existing USACE IM/IT infrastructure. The form is also used to track the review and approval infrastructure change process.
| Enterprise |
| Enterprise Information Management / Information Technology |
(IM/IT) is a set of tightly integrated, scalable, secure, standard technologies, processes, services, and suppliers, that ensures bother vertical and horizontal access to corporate resources across multiple business domains. To control costs and maintain "Unity of Command," new and emerging requirements and associated solutions must meet or exceed enterprise standards and be fully compatible with or enhance existing business processes.
| Emergency Change Advisory Board (ECAB) |
| The ECAB reviews and approves or disapproves Request for Change (RFC) recommendations in an emergency situation. |
| Enterprise SharePoint (ESP) |
| ACE-IT's short name for the Enterprise SharePoint Farm consisting of Internal and External Farms providing published web sites, teaming, and collaboration areas for all Supported Organizations. The SharePoint Farms are located at the Processing Centers and have been architected/sized for growth. |
| Environment |
| The conditions (such as physical, political, and economic) within which an architectural configuration must operate. |
| Evaluate |
| An analysis to determine the suitability of something for its proposed use. |
| Expenditures |
| A payment by check or equivalent action that constitutes a charge against the appropriation cite. |
| Extranet |
| A private network that uses Internet protocols and the public |
telecommunications system to securely share information among selected external users. An extranet requires the use of firewalls, authentication, encryption, and virtual private networks (VPNs) that tunnel through the public network.
| Facilities |
| Industrial property (other than materiel, special tooling, special test equipment, and military property) for production, maintenance, research, development, or testing, including real property (other than land) and rights therein, buildings, structures, improvements, and plant equipment (including capital leases). |
Federal Information Processing
(FIP)
Equipment that is used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data for information by a federal agency. Some samples of FIP resources are software, services, support services, maintenance, related supplies, and systems.
| Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration Officer |
| Investigator or compliance officer employed by assigned to, or under contract to OSHA. |
| Federal Protective Service |
| The law enforcement organization within the Department of |
Homeland Security.
| Fiber Optic Cable |
| A cable using one or more optical fibers as the propagation medium. |
| Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) |
| An encapsulation of Fibre Channel frames over Ethernet networks. |
| Field Operating Activities |
| Offices such as Districts and Laboratories within the USACE. |
| Field Service Bulletin |
| Notices designed to inform customers of potential equipment issues and specific to particular equipment and applications. |
| Firewall |
| System or group of systems that enforces an access control policy between two networks with the properties of allowing only authorized traffic to pass between the networks from inside and outside the controlled environment and is immune. |
| Firmware |
| Software (programs or data) that has been written onto read-only memory (ROM). Firmware is a combination of software and hardware. An example of firmware is a computer program in a ROM integrated circuit chip. Another example is a program embedded in an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM) chip that may be modified by special external hardware but not by an application program. |
| Fiscal Quarter |
| The four quarters in a fiscal year (1 October through 30 September). First quarter is 1 October through 31 December; second quarter is 1 January through 31 March; third quarter is 1 April through 30 June; and fourth quarter is 1 July through 30 September. |
| Fiscal Year (FY) |
| Any yearly accounting period without regard to its relationship to a calendar year. The fiscal year for the Federal Government begins on 1 October and ends on 30 September. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 1999 (FY 99) is the year beginning 1 October 1998 and ending 30 September 1999. |
| Fiscal Year Designation |
| A digit indicating the fiscal year in which the appropriation is available for obligation. In a funds citation, the FY is one digit. In many other uses, it is two digits. If funds are no-year funds (non- expiring), the FY designation is “X.” |
| Framework |
| Illustration of an overall architecture framework, used as a guide for assisting governments as they create architectures for their organizations. |
| Full-Duplex |
| A circuit that permits simultaneous transmission in both directions. |
| Function |
| Within the context of the Army Enterprise Architecture framework, a synonym for activity. |
| Functional Manager |
| The senior operating official at all levels exercising managerial control of an activity or operation. This individual usually can acquire and commit resources for the abatement of occupational safety and health hazards. |
| Functional Proponent |
| Commander or chief of an organization or staff element that is the operative agency charged with the accomplishment of a particular function(s). |
| Generic Data Acquisition and Control Systems (GDACS) |
| Computer systems used through PLC (programmable logic controllers) to monitor and control governor systems that control hydroelectric turbines in USACE powerhouses. GDACS is an enclave SCADA. |
Geographic Information System
(GIS)
A scientific and engineering application used by design professionals and other subject matter experts to assemble, analyze, and report on spatially oriented data and attributes (typically database management systems (DBMS) related to project-specific requirements).
| Global Positioning System (GPS) |
| A worldwide satellite navigational system formed by 24 earth- orbiting satellites and their corresponding receivers on the earth. |
| Government Directed Action |
| Operational direction from the Government to the Contractor(s) to provide specific direction or amplification to an existing approved solution. |
Governmental In Nature/Inherently Governmental Inherently governmental functions that are so intimately related to the public interest as to mandate performance by Government employees or military personnel. These functions include those activities that require either the exercise of discretion in applying Government authority or the making of value judgments in making decisions for the Government. Governmental functions normally fall into two categories: 1) the act of governing, i.e., the discretionary exercise of Government authority, and 2) monetary transactions and entitlements. All functions are either Governmental In Nature
| Government Funded Equipment (GFE) |
| Equipment items that the Government will direct fund the purchase price on a cost reimbursable basis after contract start. |
| Government Furnished Property (GFP) |
| Equipment items that the Government owns now and will turn over to the Service Provider at the start of the contract for the Service Provider to manage during the contract. |
| Hardware |
| The generic term dealing with physical items (as distinguished from the capabilities or functions), such as equipment, tools, implements, instruments, devices, sets, fittings, trimmings, assemblies, subassemblies, components, or parts. The term is often used in regard to the stage of development, as in passage of a device or component from the design stage into the hardware stage as the finished object. In data automation, the physical equipment or devices forming a computer and peripheral components. |
| Hydrography |
| Those parts of a map collectively, that represent surface water. |
| Imagery |
| A pictorial representation of a person, place, thing, idea, or concept, either real or abstract, used to convey information. |
| Indirect Cost |
| Cost (labor, material, contracts, travel, and transportation) that cannot be identified directly with the final cost objective. (that is, customer orders or work authorization). |
| Inflation |
| A general increase in price levels (economist’s definition); an increase in cost of an item without a corresponding increase in real value received, that is, no change in quality or quantity received (consumer’s definition). |
| Information |
| The meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in their representations. Information is a shared resource and is not owned by any organization within the restrictions of security, sensitivity, and proprietary rights. |
Information Exchange Requirement Substantive content, format, throughput requirements, and classification level.
| Information Management |
| Planning, budgeting, manipulating, and controlling of information throughout its life cycle. |
| Information Mission Area (IMA) |
| The resource requirements and associated information management activities employed in the development, use, integration, and management of information. The umbrella term covering all activities involving information as a resource, specifically the disciplines of telecommunications, automation, visual information, records management, publications and printing and library management. |
| Information Requirement |
| The expression of need for data or information to carry out specified and authorized functions for management purposes that require the establishment or maintenance of forms or formats, or reporting or recordkeeping systems, whether manual or automated. |
| Information System (IS) |
| Any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment that is used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data, including computer software, firmware, and hardware. Included are computers, word processing system, networks, or other electronic information handling systems. |
| Information Technology (IT) |
| Hardware, firmware, and software used as a part of the information system to perform DOD information functions. This definition includes computers, telecommunications, automated information systems, and the automatic data processing equipment. IT includes any assembly hardware, software, and/or firmware configured to collect, create, communicate, compute, disseminate, process, store, and/or control data or information. |
Information Technology Architecture An integrated framework for evolving or maintaining existing IT and acquiring new IT to achieve the agency’s strategic and information resources management goals.
Information Technology Investment Portfolio System A collection of IT investments that represents the best balance of costs, benefits, and risks and is designed to improve the overall organizational performance and maximize mission performance.
Information Technology Management Process An end-to-end integrated process that includes the information management/information technology (IM/IT) business planning, business/functional process improvement, capital investment planning and investment control IT management and oversight, acquisition of C4/IT, fielding, and prioritization.
| Information Technology Support Agreement |
| An agreement to provide recurring IT support, the basis for reimbursement (if any) for each category of support, the billing and payment process, and other terms and conditions of the agreement. |
| Inspection |
| The process of determining compliance with standards through formal and informal surveys of workplaces, operations, and facilities. |
Installation Service Support Agreement The document that dictates the agreement between tenant organizations for installation support and general services.
| Internal Control |
| A plan or organization intended to coordinate methods and measures within an organization to safeguard assets, check the accuracy and reliability of accounting and related data, promote operating efficiency, and encourage adherence to managerial policies. |
| Internal Control Documentation |
| Written policies, organization charts, procedural write-ups, manuals, memoranda, flow charts, decision tables, completed questionnaires, software, and related written materials used to describe the internal control methods and measures, to communicate responsibilities and authorities for operating such methods and measures, and to serve as a reference for persons reviewing the internal controls. |
| Internal Control Standards |
| The standards issued by the Comptroller General for use in establishing and maintaining systems of internal control. Those standards are applicable to all operations and administrative functions but are not intended to limit or interfere with duly granted authority for the development of legislation, rule making, or other discretionary policy making in an agency. |
| Internal Control Techniques |
| The application of prescribed processes and documents to efficiently and effectively accomplish an internal control objective and to help safeguard an activity from waste, loss, unauthorized use, or misappropriation. |
| Internal Controls |
| The manner in which financial, manpower, and property resources are to be controlled and safeguarded by the regular authorization, approval, documentation, recording, reconciling, reporting, and related accounting processes. |
| Intra-Agency Agreement |
| A formal agreement between two entities within the Department of Defense, usually involving a transfer of funds. |
| Intra-Government Agreements |
| A project order under 41 U.S.C. 23, an Economy Act (31 U.S.C. |
1535), or a procurement order to another military department for reimbursable procurement or direct citation.
| Inventory |
| When used as a verb, to sight, tag or mark, describe, record, and report the property involved, for the purpose of reconciling the inventory results with the property records. |
Inventory of Federal Government Property Consists of tangible personal property (goods) 1) to be consumed in normal operations, 2) to be incorporated in production of goods for later consumption in normal operations, or 3) in process or finished that will ultimately be sold. Included are goods in the hands of others, yet owned by the Government. Goods issued for use in construction of real or personal property are accountable as construction in progress and are excluded from inventory.
| IS Security Incident |
| An unexplained event that could result in the loss, corruption, or |
denial of access to data, as well as any event that cannot be easily dismissed or explained as normal operations of the system. Also, an occurrence involving classified or sensitive information being processed by an IS where there may be: 1) a deviation from the requirements of the governing security regulations; 2) a suspected or confirmed compromise or unauthorized disclosure of the information; 3) questionable data or information integrity (for example unauthorized modification); 4) unauthorized modification data; 5) unauthorized release; or 6) unavailable information for a period of time.
| IS Serious Incident |
| Any event that poses grave danger to the Army’s ability to conduct established information operations. |
IT Capital Planning and Investment Control An end-to-end integrative process that frames and manages the life cycle of an IT investment. Its purpose is to maximize the value and to assess and manage the risks of the IT acquisitions of the Army. The process includes the selection, management, and evaluation of IT investments.
| Joint Technical Architecture- Army (JTA–A) |
| The complete set of rules derived from the JTA that prescribes the technical standards for Army IT systems and enables interoperability among joint systems. |
| Key |
| Information (usually a sequence of random or pseudo-random binary digits) used initially to set up and periodically change the operations performed in crypt-equipment for the purpose of encrypting or decrypting electronic signals, determining electronic |
countermeasures patterns (e.g., frequency hopping or spread spectrum), or producing other keys.
| Key Management |
| Process by which a key is generated, stored, protected, transferred, loaded, used, and destroyed. |
| Knowledge Base (KB) |
| Comprises a range of strategies and practices used in an organization to identify, create, represent, distribute, and enable adoption of insights and experiences. Such insights and experiences comprise knowledge, either embodied in individuals or embedded in organizations as processes or practices. |
| Lease Agreement |
| An agreement to convey the use of an asset or part of an asset (such as part of a building ) from one entity , the lessor, to another, the lessee for a specified period of time in return for rent or other compensation. |
| Liability |
| A debt or other legal obligation that must be liquidated by payment, renewed, or refunded at some future date. |
| Life Cycle |
| The total phases through which an item progresses from the time it is initially developed until the time it is either consumed, in use, or disposed of as being excess. |
| Location |
| A system that allows microcomputers to share information and resources within a limited (local) area. |
| Maintenance |
| Preventative measures, normal repairs, replacement of parts and structural components, and other activities needed to preserve an asset so that it continues to provide acceptable services and achieves its expected life. |
| Maintenance and Repair Expense |
| Any costs incurred for an asset that do not significantly improve the quality or quantity of outputs of the original asset or that fail to significantly increase the economic life of the original asset. These costs, regardless of the dollar amount, should be recognized as maintenance and repair expenses (i.e. not added to the depreciable basis of the original asset nor capitalized separately). |
| Management Information System |
| An organized method of providing past, present, and projected |
information relating to internal operations and external developments. It supports the planning, control, and operating functions of an organization by furnishing necessary information to decision makers in a timely fashion.
| Measure |
| One of several measurable values that contribute to the understanding and quantification of a key performance indicator. |
Memorandum of Agreement
(MOA)
Any written agreement as to how a program will be administered.
Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU)
Defacto agreements that are generally recognized by all partners as binding even if no legal claim could be based on the rights and obligations laid down in them.
| Message (Telecommunications) |
| Record information expressed in plain or encrypted language and prepared in a format specified for intended transmission by a telecommunications system. |
| Metrics |
| The elements of a measurement system consisting of key |
performance indicators, measures, and measurement methods.
| Minimally Support Sites |
| USACE locations where ACE-IT is not the primary IT service provider where a minimal level of enterprise services are provided (such as email and access to CorpsNet). The current MSS are: the |
249th Eng Bn, Korea District (POF), Japan District (POJ), Europe District (NAU), Washington Aqueduct (WAD), and Transatlantic Division (TAD).
| Mission |
| A group of tasks, with their purpose, assigned to military organizations, units, or individuals for execution. |
Mission Critical (MC) Information System A system that meets the definitions of “information system” and “national security system” in the Clinger–Cohen Act, the loss of which would cause the stoppage of warfighter operations or direct mission support of warfighter operations.
| Mission Essential (ME) Information System |
| A system that meets the definitions of “information system” and “national security system” in the Clinger–Cohen Act that the acquiring component head or designee determines is basic and necessary for the accomplishment of the organizational mission. (The definition of “the Organizational Mission” is one of the organizational missions of the Army—not just a single Major Army Command or Department of the Army functional proponent.) |
| Mission-Related |
| Processes and functions that are closely related to the mission. |
| Moves/Adds/Changes (MACs) |
| Activity associated with relocating, activating, disconnecting, or changing the features associated with devices, components, or related infrastructure associated with a location's IM/IT system ensuring that organizations can manage and control the merging of people and their assets, and proactively plan for moves and relocations during change events. |
| Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) |
| A packet switching protocol developed by the IETF. |
| Negotiated Contract |
| A purchase or sales agreement made by a government agency, normally without employing formal advertising. |
| Negotiation |
| The communication by any means of a position or an offer on behalf of the United States, DOD, or any office or organizational element thereof, to an agent or representative of a foreign government (including an agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision thereof) or of an international organization in such detail that the acceptance in substance of such position or offer would result in an international agreement. The term also includes any communication conditional on subsequent approval by higher authority but excludes mere preliminary, exploratory, or informal discussions or routine meetings conducted on the understanding that the views communicated do not and will not bind any side. (Normally, the approval authority will authorize the requesting command to initiate and conduct the negotiation.) |
| Network |
| Communications medium and all components attached to that medium that is used to transfer information. Components may include IS, packet switches, telecommunications controllers, key distribution centers, and technical control devices. |
| Network Access Control (NAC) |
| A method of bolstering the security of a proprietary network by restricting the availability of network resources to endpoint devices that comply with a defined security policy; also called network admission control. |
| Network Enclave |
| The total physical and organizational environment that includes all data, applications, people, and facilities under control of a single authority with a common uniform policy that governs security- related practices. Examples include local organization’s computing environment, service layer networks, classified LANs, remote LANs or systems; and virtual private networks. |
| Non-Enterprise |
| Stand-alone technology and / or service that is managed and administered outside of the Enterprise domain. It is independently funded and has a separate management and support structure that does not interfere, compromise, or co-exist with the enterprise. |
| Nonpublic Data/Information |
| Data/information that is personally identifiable and subject to the Privacy Act, classified according to the National Security Act, subject to a Freedom of Information Act exemption, or sensitive. |
| Notice To Proceed |
| A written notice from the project owner to the contractor in which the contractor is authorized to proceed with the work on a specified date |
Occupational Safety and Health Deficiency A deficiency not in compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration or Army Occupational Safety and Health Program requirements, but do not, in themselves, create a potential for producing an occupational injury or illness. Deficiencies may, however, create a potential for secondary injuries or illnesses or may contribute to the severity of an injury or illness that has already occurred. Examples include lack of fire detection or suppression equipment and system, a broken smoke alarm, lack of exit signs, and railings that are two inches below standard height. A clear distinction between hazards and deficiencies may not always be possible; therefore, the judgment and experience of qualified safety, fire protection, and health personnel must be relied upon.
Occupational Safety, Fire Prevention, and Health Guidance Occupational safety, fire prevention, and health requirements that are included in Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards, Army Occupational Safety and Health standards, technical manuals, Army directives, national consensus standards, or other regulatory federal standards or directives.
| Offeror |
| A person or entity that makes an offer in response to a request for proposal. |
| Official Publications |
| Engineering regulations, circulars, pamphlets, circulars, manuals, and other documents originating from HQUSACE and subordinate commands. |
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