BY ORDER OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT
HQ UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
ACADEMY INSTRUCTION 16-501
8 JUNE 2017
Certified Current 6 January 2021
Operations Support
CORPORATE PROCESS AND
GOVERNANCE
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at
www.e-publishing.af.mil for downloading or ordering.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: HQ USAFA/A5/8
Supersedes: USAFAI16-501, 10
November 2011
Certified by: HQ USAFA/A8P
(Mr. Steven Sandridge)
Pages: 15
This instruction describes the Academy corporate process for resource programming and
planning and implements the programming portion of Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 16-5,
Planning, Programming and Budgeting System (PPBS), 27 September 2010 and AFI 16-501,
Control and Documentation of Air Force Programs, 15 August 2006. Use this instruction along
with Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction 5000.02, Operation of the Defense Acquisition
System, 2 February 2017. This publication does not apply to Air Force Reserve Command
(AFRC) units and the Air National Guard (ANG). Refer recommended changes and questions
about this publication to the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) using Air Force (AF) Form
847, Recommendation for Change of Publication. Include the mandatory statement regarding
waiver authority. (Use AFI 33-360, Table 1.1 for Waiver Tier Authority.) The authorities to
waive requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier 3 (T-3) number following the
compliance statement. See AFI 33-360, Publications and Forms Management, for a description
of the authorities associated with the Tier numbers. Submit requests for waivers through the
chain of command to the appropriate Tier waiver approval authority. The waiver authority for
non-tiered requirements in this publication is the (USAFA/A8). Ensure that all records created
as a result of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with (IAW)
Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 33-363, Management of Records, and disposed of IAW Air Force
Records Information Management System (AFRIMS) Records Disposition Schedule (RDS).
