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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is a combat support agency in the United States Department of Defense (DoD). The agency is staffed by over 26,000 civilian and military personnel throughout the world.
Defense Contract Management Command (DCMC) was established as a command within the Defense Logistics Agency in February 1990 to satisfy the findings of DMRD 916. DCMC transition to DCMA. On March 27, 2000, DCMC was renamed as the Defense Contract Management Agency and established independently from DLA.
The Defense Contract Audit Agency ( DCAA) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense under the direction of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). It was established in 1965 to perform all contract audits for the Department of Defense. Previously, the various branches of military service were responsible for their own ...
Department of Defense Agencies, Field Activities, and others. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)
These changes took effect on 1 February 2018. As part of the reorganization, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness (ASD(L&MR)) and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment (ASD(EI&E)) positions were combined into a new Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment.
The following Federal Agencies are headquartered in Northern Virginia. Agencies with approximately 10,000+ employees, or a $10 billion+ budget are in bold . Agency (common abbreviation) City/CDP (Area) Seal/Insignia/Crest. Defense Contract Management Agency. Alexandria.
A defense contractor is a business organization or individual that provides products or services to a military or intelligence department of a government.Products typically include military or civilian aircraft, ships, vehicles, weaponry, and electronic systems, while services can include logistics, technical support and training, communications support, and engineering support in cooperation ...
As the principal logistics official within the senior management of the DoD, the ASD(Sustainment) exercises authority, direction and control over the director of the Defense Logistics Agency. Like all other Assistant Secretaries of Defense, the ASD(Sustainment) is considered a part of the Office of the Secretary of Defense.