Terms and Definitions
| accumulating costs - the collecting of cost data in an organized manner, such as through a system of accounts. | (SOURCE - White House, OMB, Circular A-21) |
| acknowledged special access program - special access program established and administered so that its existence may be affirmed (e.g., may be publicly acknowledged) however, specific details, technologies, materials, techniques, etc., of the program are classified as specified in the applicable security classification guide and made known only to those individuals approved for access to the special access program. | (SOURCE - DHS, DHS Lexicon, Terms) |
| acknowledgment - A declaration by an individual before a notarizing officer that an instrument (such as a deed, mortgage, lease, contract for the sale of land, etc.) signed by the individual is the individuals act and deed - The purpose of an acknowledgment is to permit the instrument to be recorded or received in evidence - An acknowledgment is almost never made under oath or affirmation. | (SOURCE - DOS/ USAID, FAM, 7 FAM 813) |
| acknowledgment - A message from a telegraphic addressee informing the originator that the communication has been received. Also called ACK. | (SOURCE - DOS/ USAID, FAH, 5 FAH-2 H-114) |
| acknowledgment - Brief response to members of Congress to indicate receipt of correspondence. | (SOURCE - DOS/ USAID, FAH, 5 FAH-1 H-114) |
| acoustic intelligence - Intelligence derived from the collection and processing of acoustic phenomena. Also called ACINT. | (SOURCE - DOD, DOD Dictionary, JP 2-0) |
| acoustic sensor - sensor that passively detects and utilizes the presence of sound in order to activate a device. | (SOURCE - DHS, DHS Lexicon, Terms) |
| acquired - leased for a period of sixty continuous days or more, or purchased | (SOURCE - DHHS/ HUD/ EPA/ FEMA, US Code 42, §6374) |
| acquired immune deficiency syndrome - also called AIDS. | (SOURCE - DOS/ USAID, FAA OF 1961 (P.L 87-195), Sec. 104A) |
| acquirer - organization responsible for the design, development, and delivery of capabilities (capital assets and services). | (SOURCE - DHS, DHS Lexicon, Terms) |
| acquisition - the acquiring by contract with the appropriated funds of supplies or services (including construction) by and for the use of the Federal Government through purchase or lease, whether the supplies or services are already in existence or must be created, developed, demonstrated, and evaluated. Acquisition begins at the point when agency needs are established and includes the description of requirements to satisfy agency needs, solicitation and selection of sources, award of contracts, contract financing, contract performance, contract administration, and those technical and management functions directly related to the process of fulfilling agency needs by contract. | (SOURCE - GSA/ DOD, FAR, VOL I CH A) |
| acquisition - the process of acquiring, with appropriated funds, by contract of purchase or lease, property or services (including construction) that support the mission and goals of an executive agency, from the point at which the requirements of the executive agency are stablished in consultation with the CAO of the executive agency; and include: the process of acquiring property or services that are already in existence, or that must be created, developed, demonstrated, and evaluated; the description of requirements to satisfy agency needs; solicitation and selection of sources, award of contracts, contract performance, contract financing, management and measurement of contract performance through final delivery and payment; and technical and management functions directly related to the process of fulfilling agency requirements by contract. | (SOURCE - White House, OMB, Circular A-123) |
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