Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com Glossary GAO General Accounting Office TRADOC US Army Training and Doctrine Command Section I Abbreviations GOCOM US Army Reserve General Office Command USAREUR US Army, Europe AAA Army Audit Agency GSA General Services Administration USARJ US Army, Japan ACSIM A s s i s t a n t C h i e f o f S t a f f f o r I n f o r m a t i o n Management HQ headquarters Section II Terms ADP automatic data processing ICB information collection budget Agency An organizational element. a . D i r e c t i n g a g e n c y . T h e a g e n c y t h a t provides the basic directive, oral or written, for which management information require- ment is created.
This agency may also be the initiating agency. b . I n i t i a t i n g a g e n c y ( f u n c t i o n a l p r o p o - nent). The agency that creates the manage- m e n t i n f o r m a t i o n r e q u i r e m e n t a n d i s responsible for the information system. c. Monitoring agency. The Army agency assigned responsibility for the Army action o n a m a n a g e m e n t i n f o r m a t i o n r e q u i r e m e n t from a non-Army agency. If the monitoring agency sets up a supporting request, it be- comes the initiating agency for that part of the data collection. d. Preparing agency.
An agency listed by the management information requirement di- rective to compile, process, reproduce, con- vert (for example, card to tape), and submit all or part of the required data or any sum- mary or extract of it. e. Using agency. An agency responsible for receiving and taking action (other than to review, approve, or forward) on data submit- ted in response to the management informa- t i o n r e q u i r e m e n t . T h e i n i t i a t i n g a g e n c y i s usually, but not always, a using agency. At an intermediate state in the flow of the data, an agency may be both a preparing agency and a using agency. f . D a t a p r o c e s s i n g a c t i v i t y ( D P A ) .
( A s explained in AR 18–7, para 1–3).
AG Adjutant General IDE interim data element ARA assigned responsible agency IG Inspector General ARCOM US Army Reserve Command IRCN interagency report control number ARSTAF Army Staff JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff COA Comptroller of the Army MACOM major Army command COM computer output microfilm MICO management information control officer CPO civilian personnel office MICLO m a n a g e m e n t i n f o r m a t i o n c o n t r o l l i a i s o n officer DA Department of the Army MOB mobilization AMC US Army Materiel Command DCA Defense Communications Agency NICP national inventory control point NSA National Security Agency DCSLOG Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics DCSPER Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel OMB Office of Management and Budget PCN product control number Data element A basic unit of identifiable and definable in- formation.
A data element occupies the space provided by fields in a record or blocks on a form. It has an identifying name and value(s) for expressing a specific fact. See AR 18–12 and TB 18–115 for policies and procedures for usage, standardization, and approval. DE data element DIA Defense Intelligence Agency RCS requirement control symbol SDE standard data element DOD Department of Defense Directive Management information requirement or im- plementing directive. A directive that— a. Creates or changes a management infor- mation requirement. b. States who will submit the data. c. Provides procedures, definitions, forms, and information sources.
DPA data processing activity SECDEF Secretary of Defense SES Senior Executive Service ECP engineering change proposal F&AO finance and accounting office TAFFS The Army Functional Files System Extensive compilation of research over and above normal operations a. This phrase provides a basis for appeal by the preparer of what it considers to be “ u n r e a s o n a b l e ” i n f o r m a t i o n r e q u i r e m e n t s . FORSCOM US Army Forces Command TAG The Adjutant General 16 AR 335–15 • 28 October 1986