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- In case there is anyone out there doing research on military spending, here's
- a list of suffixes used in budget documents to identify the Department of
- Defense component responsible for the program. Generally, all the DOD
- components are listed together in the same part of the RDT&E budget in
- Congressional budget documents, without naming the specific agency.
-
- For example, using the chart below, you can identify Program Element (PE)
- 0303123G, "global grid communications" as a National Security Agency program.
- This list was pieced together from several sources.
-
- The uniformed services, such as the Air Force, have separate sections in the
- DOD budget documents for their requests, so you can identify where their
- money goes.
-
- Suffix DOD component
- ------ -------------
- B Defense Mapping Agency
-
- C Strategic Defense Initiative Organization [someone at DOD listed
- it this way, even though it should be Ballistic Missile Defense
- Organization]
-
- D Office of the Secretary of Defense [NRO "Special Activities" are
- funded by OSD]
-
- E Advanced Research Projects Agency
-
- G National Security Agency
-
- H Defense Nuclear Agency
-
- I Defense Support Project Office [DSPO builds and operates satellites
- used to detect missile launches]
-
- J Joint Chiefs of Staff
-
- K Defense Information Systems Agency
-
- L Defense Intelligence Agency
-
- S Defense Logistics Agency
-
- W Uniformed Services University
-
- BB Special Operations Command
-
- LC Central Imagery Office [according to a Feb. 1994 CIA report,
- "The DCI and the Secretary of Defense established the CIO
- to be a centrally managed agency to serve as a focal point
- for imagery activities".]
-
-
- Paul McGinnis / TRADER@cup.portal.com
-