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Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on ACQ-50

Service developmental/operational test activities

This preserves the record’s role labels; it is not an additional verified institutional directory node.

Authority holder · recorded legal basis

Secretary of Defense establishes/designates pathway; Service Secretaries through Service test activities; DOT&E independent evaluator

Executing office · routing lead

Service developmental/operational test activities

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Intake

Use the responsible program or contracting office for this instrument.

The recorded role is not itself a general application endpoint.

What this role does not control

A routing lead does not establish funds, an individual delegation or approval of the proposed action.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedThe record states funding rules and conditions; no program amount is attributed to this action.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram-specificRecorded executing role: Service developmental/operational test activities. Use the responsible program’s process.

Selected instrument

ACQ-50 · Test & evaluation

Use an alternative iterative, data-driven test pathway

For covered programs, integrate developmental/operational testing around unified objectives and ongoing data while preserving independent DOT&E evaluation.

What this is not / limit: Specified master-plan/milestone-event exemptions do not mean no evaluation.

Executing role: Service developmental/operational test activities

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense establishes/designates pathway; Service Secretaries through Service test activities; DOT&E independent evaluator

Eligibility gate

  • Unified T&E and test-data strategies; government ownership/access to specified raw test data and analytics.
  • Designation after required guidance or qualifying post-enactment software/covered-hardware program.

Funding condition

  • Program resources for data collection, storage, analytics and testing; implementation/coverage must be confirmed.

All recorded limits

  • Specified master-plan/milestone-event exemptions do not mean no evaluation.
  • DOT&E retains independent sufficiency/effectiveness assessment and raw-data access.
Other statutory tools
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementProgram-specific
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Actor sources & routing basis

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.