NUMBER 5000.1
May 12, 2003
USD(AT&L)
SUBJECT: The Defense Acquisition System
References:
(a) DoD Directive 5000.1, “The Defense Acquisition System,” October 23, 2000 (hereby
canceled)
(b) DoD Instruction 5000.2, “Operation of the Defense Acquisition System,” May 12, 2003
(c) DoD 5025.1-M, “DoD Directives System Procedures,” current edition
(d) Title 10, United States Code, “Armed Forces”
(e) Section 2350a of title 10, United States Code, “Cooperative Research and Development
Projects: Allied Countries”
(f) Section 2751 of title 22, United States Code, “Need for international defense cooperation
and military export controls; Presidential waiver; report to Congress; arms sales policy”
(g) Section 2531 of title 10, United States Code, “Defense memoranda of understanding and
related agreements”
(h) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), current edition
(i) Section 1004, Public Law 107-314, “Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2003,” “Development and Implementation of Financial Management Enterprise
Architecture”
(j) DoD Directive 8500.1, “Information Assurance (IA),” October 24, 2002
(k) DoD Directive 4630.5, “Interoperability and Supportability of Information Technology (IT)
and National Security Systems (NSS),” January 11, 2002
(l) DoD Directive 2060.1, “Implementation of, and Compliance with, Arms Control
Agreements,” January 9, 2001
1. PURPOSE
This Directive:
1.1. Reissues reference (a) and authorizes publication of reference (b).
1.2. Along with reference (b), provides management principles and mandatory policies
and procedures for managing all acquisition programs.
2. APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE
2.1. This Directive applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military
Departments, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of
the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field
Activities, and all organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter
collectively referred to as "the DoD Components").
2.2. The policies in this Directive apply to all acquisition programs.
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