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DoD Funding Lifecycle

Appropriation Lifecycle - DAU Acquipedia
A term used to describe the periods and uses of appropriation categories (RDT&E, Procurement, MILCON, O&M, MILPERS). This is a critical part of fiscal/appropriations law, as appropriations can only be used for specific purposes depending on the period of the appropriation lifecycle.
DoD Grants Lifecycle
From the DoD, visuals on the funding cycle
Interactive Defense Acquisition Life Cycle Wall Chart
Interactive Defense Acquisition Life Cycle Chart provides additional layers of information to the top level view of the Defense Acquisition System. In addition to detailed definitions of the chart components, this tool also provides links to more in depth information on each topic area

Research Guides

Pentagon Library - Military Document Research Guide
Spanning nearly 200 years of military history, the collection is comprised of current and historical regulatory, administrative, and training publications issued by the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, and other selected government agencies. The collection is one of the most comprehensive collections of historical DOD, War Department, and Department of the Army documents anywhere.
DAU ACQuipedia
ACQuipedia serves as an online encyclopedia of common defense acquisition topics. Each topic is identified as an article. Each article contains a definition, a brief narrative that provides context, and includes links to the most pertinent policy, guidance, tools, practices, and training which further augment understanding and expand depth.
Library of Congress Federal Government Contracting Resource Guide
Doing business with U.S. federal agencies requires an understanding of a complex series of rules, regulations and laws. This guide provides access to useful historical, statistical, news, and administrative resources in both print and electronic form.

Databases

Military and Government, Hein Online
HeinOnline’s Military and Government allows users to research the functions of the federal government in administrating the armed forces and the issues confronting service personnel both on and off the battlefield. With funding to the Department of Defense making up the largest portion of the U.S. federal budget—spending more on its military than any other country in the world, at $721.5 billion in FY2020—users will find a large number of publications devoted to appropriating, authorizing, and accounting for funds spent by the military, as well as debate on the necessity and effects of spending such large sums. The share of funding appropriated to the armed forces matches the size of this HeinOnline collection: with more than 17,000 titles and nearly 3 million pages, users will find thousands of titles related to myriad issues, from women’s changing role in the military, the development of new weaponry, and navigating benefits offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs after service. To aid users in navigating the amount of content in this collection, HeinOnline editors have subject coded every title in this collection based on its content and service branch (when applicable).
HeinOnline
Legal research database, with numerous libraries covering congressional publications, law publications, treaties, etc.
Military Balance+
The Military Balance + is the online defense database from The International Institute for Strategic Studies, that allows researchers and users to plan, analyse and enable delivery of policy and commercial objectives for the private sector, governments, armed forces and media. The database includes equipment data, defense budget data, defense procurement data, military deployment data and policy and capability analysis.
Military Database
ca. 1916-present. Covers topics across all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering, and more. An important benefit of it is its content diversity. Included are scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more. Database Guide