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The acquisition program's portion of Procurement. This appropriation funds acquiring and deploying a complete system with a cost of $250,000 or more is an investment and should be budgeted in a Procurement appropriation. Complete system cost is the aggregate cost of all components (e.g., equipment, integration, engineering support and software) that are part of, and function together, as a system to meet an approved documented requirement. For modification efforts, only the cost of the upgrade (e.g., new software, hardware, and technical assistance) is counted towards the investment threshold. The total cumulative cost of the system is not considered when deciding what appropriation to use to fund modernization.
[Refer to FMR Vol 2A, Chapter 1, page 1-24 for more details. Link: http://www.defenselink.mil/comptroller/fmr/02a/02a_01.pdf] |