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Fiscal Receipts

Information Technology Development

DCMARDT&EPartial Reconciliation0605013BL
What it is
Information Technology Development — a research & development program run by DCMA.
What changed
-$3.43M FY25→26
Who gets it
No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals
$6.71M
FY25 Total
$4.71M
FY26 Request
$1.28M
FY25→26 Change
-$3.43M
Budget Trajectory
FY24: $6.71MFY25: $4.71MFY26: $1.28MFY24FY25FY26
FY24
$6.71M
FY25
$4.71M
FY26
$1.28M

FY2026 award data is a partial year — USASpending awards are reported on a rolling basis and the fiscal year does not close until September 30. why →

No research dossier for this program — dossiers cover 50 of 326 programs, ranked by FY2026 requested dollars. why →

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

Exhibit R-1

AccountOrgTypeAmount
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideDCMAFY24 Actuals$6.71M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideDCMAFY25 Enacted$4.71M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideDCMAFY25 Total$4.71M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideDCMAFY26 Disc. Request$1.28M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-WideDCMAFY26 Total$1.28M

Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)

ProjectAll Prior YearsFY24 ActualsFY25 TotalFY26 BaseFY26 Request
Program Element$202.2M$6.71M$4.71M$1.28M$1.28M
01: Systems Modifications and Development$202.2M$6.71M$4.71M$1.28M$1.28M

Program Narratives

MissionSystems Modifications and Development

Development and research initiatives are a core component in the DCMA ability to align efforts appropriately to the DoD CIO IT strategy. The DCMA aligns with the DoD strategy for software modernization of enterprise capabilities. This involves migrating the DCMA application infrastructure to enterprise hosting environments and modern technology platforms, rationalizing existing applications to ensure capabilities align with mission requirements, and adopting new DoD strategies for modern software development methodologies. This will ensure delivery of secure, interoperable, and optimized solutions. To meet the needs of the DoD community, the DCMA is dedicated to developing and implementing its IT modernization strategy.

MissionInformation Technology Development

The DCMA is engaged in several major Information Technology (IT) initiatives to improve and modernize the information technology environment. IT is the primary enabling capability the acquisition workforce relies upon to communicate with contractors, the DoD acquisition community and other customers. The National Defense Strategy IT modernization efforts drive these initiatives. The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) continues to execute an IT modernization strategy established to improve visibility, insight, and collaboration between DCMA, the military services, other defense agencies, and contractors in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). Core to this strategy is the Modernization and Analytics Initiative (MAI) program to modernize and integrate the entire DCMA portfolio of aging Contract Administration Services (CAS) capabilities and supporting infrastructure, leveraging Platform and Software as a Service (PaaS/SaaS) cloud environment, the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE), the Department of the Navy (DoN) Product Data Reporting and Evaluation Program (PDREP), and OUSD(C) ADVANA Business Intelligence and Data Analytics platform to enable department-wide CAS capabilities. These efforts support the Director’s strategic objective to modernize CAS tools to improve DCMA processes, enhance DOD Acquisition insights, and standardize contract administration actions and data accessibility across the Department enterprise. Development and research initiatives are core components of the DCMA ability to align efforts appropriately to the DoD IT strategy. In FY 2026, the DCMA continues to invest in the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) (hosts Wide Area WorkfFlow (WAWF) and Electronic Data Access (EDA)). This core initiative will empower mobile and fixed users' ability to utilize DoD enterprise capabilities at the same level with improved efficiency and effectiveness. The DCMA aligns with the DoD strategy for software modernization of enterprise capabilities. This involves migrating the DCMA application infrastructure to enterprise hosting environments and modern technology platforms, rationalizing existing applications to ensure capabilities align with mission requirements, and adopting new DoD strategies for modern software development methodologies. These solutions will improve process gaps to streamline/simplify automated contract administration, provide real-time data visibility, reduce manual intervention, and provide effective, regulatory-based tools for use across the Department.

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (1)

System Modifications and Development

The DCMA uses the system and modifications program for its IT modernization strategy. The MAI program utilizes commercial innovations such as Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) with cost-effective solutions. It ensures future Contract Management oversight to the DoD base by: (i) aligning to the DoD IT Strategy for Software Modernization, DoD Cloud Computing efforts, and investing in Next-Generation Infrastructure while ensuring secure supply chains (ii) supporting the Strategic Plan for Defense Wide Procurement Capabilities and implementing a robust environment that enables development of enterprise solutions and environment to enhance the DCMA Contract Administration Support mission. This approach promotes the tenets of reusable code, pre-built applications, a no code/low code environment, and industry developed solutions that can ride on the same platform. This enterprise environment will encompass data analytics across multiple sources and enable business-process driven citizen development of low code applications to provide DoD instantaneous and dynamic business insight of Contract Management data. PIEE is an existing Defense Business System that provides an information technology platform of enterprise services, capabilities, and systems grouped into modules with the objective of seamlessly supporting the end-to-end Procure-to-Pay (P2P) business processes for the Department of Defense (DoD). Leveraging role-based access, PIEE provides users with the access to many of the critical enterprise capabilities used every day by hundreds of thousands of users spanning all Services, Defense Agencies, and Industry such as the Department’s e-Invoicing, contracts repository, and contract surveillance tools. The DCMA intent is to partner with DLA to modernize unsustainable capabilities within the PIEE environment making the DCMA capabilities available to the Department user base. The goal is to expand and update DOD Contract Administration capabilities for flexibility and enhanced acquisition decision making by leveraging DoD common development and operating environments and engaging similar stakeholders that facilitate efficiencies and increased capabilities while directly supporting DoD data initiatives. MAI accomplishments include managing the development and delivery of the following modernized applications: Fraud Intake, Fraud Allegations and Fraud Database. General Council Matters Management (GMM), Customer Satisfaction Survey Tool (CSST), Telecom Asset Request System (TARS) and Industrial Base Integrated Defense System (IBIDS). Whereas PIEE managed development and delivery of Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) for new/enhanced applications (e.g., Contract Closeout (CCO), Duty Free Entry (DFE), Award Management Team (AMT), Delivery Schedule Manager (DSM), Contract Property Administration Management (CPAM), Government Furnished Property (GFP), Modifications and Delivery Orders (MDO), & Audit Tracking and Action Tool (AT-AT)) and support the DCMA ongoing eTool replacement initiative.

No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 17 of 326 programs). why →

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