Office of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation

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United States Department of Defense office government organization

The Office of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation is a senior U.S. Department of Defense organization responsible for providing independent analysis of defense programs, budgets, and costs to inform high-level strategic and resource decisions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation	2
Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office	1
Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation	1
Office of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Department of Defense office ⓘ government organization ⓘ
advises	Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ surface form: Secretary of Defense other senior Department of Defense leaders ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
focusesOn	cost-effectiveness of defense programs ⓘ long-term defense resource planning ⓘ trade-offs among defense capabilities ⓘ
goal	ensure affordability of defense programs ⓘ improve efficiency of defense spending ⓘ provide objective analytic support for strategic decisions ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	ODCAPE ⓘ
hasHead	Office of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation
hasParentOrganization	Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ
hasPredecessor	Office of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation
hasShortName	Director, CAPE ⓘ Office of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
legalBasis	10 U.S.C. § 139 ⓘ Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ surface form: Title 10, United States Code
locatedIn	Arlington, Virginia ⓘ Pentagon ⓘ surface form: The Pentagon
oversees	analysis of alternatives for major defense investments ⓘ independent cost estimates for major defense acquisition programs ⓘ
partOf	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
positionRank	Presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed official ⓘ
reportsTo	United States Deputy Secretary of Defense ⓘ surface form: Deputy Secretary of Defense United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ surface form: Secretary of Defense
responsibleFor	analysis of defense budgets ⓘ analysis of defense resource allocation ⓘ development of analytic methods for cost estimation ⓘ development of analytic methods for program evaluation ⓘ independent analysis of defense programs ⓘ independent cost assessment of Department of Defense programs ⓘ program evaluation of major defense acquisition programs ⓘ programmatic analysis for the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution process ⓘ support to the Quadrennial Defense Review ⓘ supporting senior leadership decisions on force structure ⓘ supporting senior leadership decisions on modernization ⓘ supporting senior leadership decisions on readiness ⓘ
subjectArea	cost analysis ⓘ defense economics ⓘ program evaluation ⓘ
usesProcess	Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System ⓘ surface form: Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution system
worksWith	Defense Agencies ⓘ Joint Staff ⓘ United States military departments ⓘ surface form: Military Departments

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of the Secretary of Defense → oversees → Office of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation ⓘ

Office of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation → hasShortName → Office of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation

Office of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation → hasPredecessor → Office of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation

Office of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation → hasHead → Office of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation

Major Defense Acquisition Programs → monitoredBy → Office of the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation ⓘ

subject surface form: Major Defense Acquisition Program

this entity surface form: Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office