This ER supersedes ER 25-1-106, dated 22 June 2006 and ER 25-1-2, dated 31 August 1999.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ER 25-1-106
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
CECI-ZA Washington, DC 20314-1000
Regulation
No. 25-1-106 31 October 2014
Information Management
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAPITAL PLANNING AND INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT
1. Purpose. This regulation establishes policy, roles and responsibilities for the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (USACE) Information Technology (IT) Capital Planning and Investment
Management (CPIM) process as prescribed by the Clinger Cohen Act of 1996 and Army
Regulation 25-1, Army Information Technology. The IT CPIM is an integrated management
process focused on achieving a desired business or mission outcome through the continuous
review for the selection, management and evaluation of IT investments. The CPIM process
provides IT investment requirements as outputs that integrate and feed into the budget process as
inputs to elicit funding decisions. The CPIM process uses Investment Review Boards (IRB) as
forums to validate and prioritize IT requirements and IT program budgets. A fee-for-service
(FFS) funding ceiling is established by the Deputy Commanding General (DCG) upon the
recommendations of the Executive Investment Review Board (EIRB).
2. Applicability. This regulation applies to all elements of Headquarters (HQ) USACE and all
USACE Commands.
3. Distribution. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
4. References. References are at Appendix A.
5. Terms. Special terms used in this publication are presented in Appendix B.
6. Statutory Alignment. The IT Portfolio Management (PfM) approaches across Federal
Agencies require an Investment Review Board (IRB) in order to align with not only the Clinger-
Cohen Act of 1996 (Title 40, United States Code (U.S.C.)), but National Defense Authorization
Act (NDAA) 2005 (10 U.S.C Section 2222) and as revised in NDAA 2012 (10 U.S.C. Section
2222, as amended). The 2012 statute was amended to require certification by an Investment
Review Board (IRB) and approval by the Defense Business System (DBS) Management
Committee before any appropriated or non-appropriated funds may be obligated for a defense
business system that will have a total lifecycle cost in excess of $1M . The term ‘Defense
Business System’, “…means an information system, other than a national security system,
operated by, for, or on behalf of the Department of Defense, including financial systems, mixed
systems, financial data feeder systems, and information technology and information assurance
infrastructure, used to support business activities, such as acquisition, financial management,
logistics, strategic planning and budgeting, installations and environment, and human resource
management. See, 10 U.S.C. Section 2222, as amended.” An obligation of DOD funds
