The ASD(A) is responsible for the department’s acquisition strategies and supporting plans, and provides management, supervision and oversight to:
• The DAU — which offers acquisition, technology and logistics training to military and federal civilian staff and federal contractors, as DOD’s corporate university
• The DCMA — which performs contract administration services for the DOD, including foreign military sales
• The deputy assistant secretary of defense for tactical warfare systems — who oversees the portfolio management, technical and programmatic evaluation, and functional oversight of DOD strategic and tactical programs
• The deputy assistant secretary of defense for space, strategic and intelligence systems — who manages all space and intelligence acquisition oversight and related activities
• The deputy assistant secretary of defense for command, control, communications, cyber and business systems — who leads the functional and acquisition oversight of all critical warfighting communications, command and control, and cyberspace capabilities
• The director of performance assessment and root cause analyses, who governs the central office for major defense authorization performance assessment, root cause analysis and earned value management
• Provides oversight and policy direction to the secretary, deputy secretary and USD(AT&L) on matters relating to acquisition systems; major defense acquisitions programs; and space, intelligence, cyber, and information system acquisitions
• Oversees the acquisition of DOD end-to-end space and intelligence infrastructure, as well as critical warfighting communications, command and control
• Is responsible for major defense authorization performance assessment; root cause analysis; earned value management; and issues policies, procedures and guidance governing the conduct of such work by the military departments and the defense agencies.