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- This file contains contains the DOD-Wide
- guidelines for Acquiring Computer Resources
- under the Armed Services Procurement Act.
- (Ada IC point of contact: Gil Austin)
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- MISSION CRITICAL COMPUTER RESOURCES GUIDELINES
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- DoD-Wide Guideline For
- Acquiring Computer Resources
- Under
- 10 U.S.C. 2315 (Armed Services Procurment Act)
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- In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2315, the Warner Amendment,
- computer hardware, software and services, delineated in paragraphs "a"
- through "e" below are exempt from the provisions of P.L. 89-306.
- These, together with other computer hardware, software and services,
- previously exempt from P.L. 89-306, are to be acquired in accordance
- with normal DoD acquisition procedures. To ensure consistent
- application of these criteria, all proposed acquisitions or
- utilization of any DoD general purposed computer resources requiring
- categorization as "Mission Critical" (i.e., exempt P.L. 89-306) whose
- primary application is other than those defined below shall be
- submitted for the Defense Computer Resources Board for review and
- approval in accordance with the procedures established by the Board.
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- A. Intelligence Systems:
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- Computer resources for intelligence community for the research
- and development of or use in its intelligence activities.
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- B. Cryptologic Systems Related to National Security:
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- Computer resources for the research and development of or used in
- cryptologic activities authorized by the National Security
- Agency.
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- C. Command and Control of Military Forces:
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- Computer resources in or used in the research and development of
- l) the National Military Command System, and 2) Worldwide
- Military Command and Control Systems, and 3) DoD Component
- command and control systems.
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- D. Integral Part of A Weapons System:
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- Computer resources l) physically a part of, dedicated to, or
- essential in real time to performance of weapons systems, 2) used
- for specialized training, diagnostic testing and maintenance,
- simulation, or calibration of weapons systems, and 3) used for
- research and development of weapons systems.
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- E. Critical To The Direct Fulfillment of Military of
- Intelligence Missions:
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- Computer resources in or used in the research and development of
- l) systems that will deploy as mission support in a combat
- environment, 2) war planning systems, 3) environmental systems
- supporting military missions (e.g. weather, oceanographic or
- satellite systems), 4) projects the existence of which is
- classified, 5) warning, surveillance, reconnaissance, and
- electronic warfare systems, 6) mapping, charting, and goedesy
- systems, 7) airlift, sealift, and port facilities, 8) military
- communications systems, and 9) logistics systems that provide
- direct support to operating forces or maintenance of weapons
- systems (e.g. organic supply, software support facilities for
- weapons systems, etc.).