BY ORDER OF THE HEADQUARTERS OPERATING INSTRUCTION 65-5
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE 14 JUNE 2016
Financial Management
HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE (HAF)
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROCESS
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
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RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: SAF/AAR Certified by: SAF/AAR, (Ms. Holly C. M ehringer
and Ms. Heather K. Meyer)
Supersedes: HOI 65-5, 22 November 2010 Pages: 14
This Instruction identifies the Headquarters Air Force (HAF) Resource Management Process
and implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 65-6, USAF Budget Policy. It provides
guidance for the HAF corporate review process for resource planning, programming, budgeting
and execution of the HAF Portfolio, as well as the office of SAF/AAR for day-to-day
control and execution of HAF programs and budgets. The HAF Portfolio includes the
Secretariat and Air Staff organizations, centrally-managed programs (i.e. Army Post Office
Mail, Personnel Security Investigations, Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) Bill,
etc.), Air Force Elements (AFELMS) and HAF Field Operating Agencies (FOAs). The
objective of the HAF Resource Management Process is to address resource planning,
programming, budget, and execution issues for the HAF Portfolio through a corporate review
and approval process to ensure the HAF Portfolio effectively competes for resources.
Additionally, this process will provide for the management and utilization of manpower
positions assigned within the HAF Portfolio (with certain exceptions). HAF Portfolio in this
guidance is defined, OAC 15 funds received based on Execution Plan submissions by the
Principles of the Secretariat, Air Staff organizations, AFELMS, and FOAs. In
programming it means Program Objective Memorandum (POM) submissions by the
Principles of the Secretariat, Air Staff organizations, AFELMS and FOAs. For Manpower
and personnel, the programming comprises of OACs 9P, 4A and the OACs for each FOA,
which covers the Secretariat, Air Staff, AFELMS (in CID 3V) and FOAs.
This document defines the roles and responsibilities of SAF/AAR, the Program and Budget
