# Presentation: 673514

## DoD’s Implementation of 

**the **
**National Technology Transfer **
**and Advancement Act (NTTAA)**
**P.L. 104-113**

## DoD Supports P. L. 104-113 Goals

**DoD has a process in place to encourage the use of industry standards in lieu of Military documents. **
**It is DoD policy for each Military document to undergo a review every 5 years.**
**Since July 1994, DoD has reviewed and categorized all of its Military specification and standards.**

## DoD Supports P.L. 104-113 Goals

**The DoD Process (cont.):**
**DoD maintains executive level oversight on development of new documents to determine if there is a commercial counterpart.**
**DoD requires any mandatory use of a Military series document in a major acquisition be justified and approved by the appropriate authority. **

## DoD Supports P.L. 104-113 Goals

**DoD continually works with standards organizations to develop industry replacements for Military documents.**
**DoD pursuing avenues to ensure continued participation in NGS bodies.**
**DoD foresees increased reliance on NGS in Future Logistics Enterprise.**

## DoD NGS Policies Flow from Public Law 

**Notes:**
NOTES TO INSTRUCTORS:  There are three main policy documents that address the use of NGS in the DoD.  

P.L. 104-113 basically says that federal agencies shall use NGS in preference to government specs and standards unless impractical.  They don’t define impractical -- which is fine since it then leaves it to the discretion of the agency.  But an example might be that there is an existing ASTM, but it would take two years to make the needed changes for the document to meet our requirements and that’s outside of our procurement schedule.  The law also encourages federal employees to participate on the NGS technical committees, but leaves it to the discretion of the agency since funding or people may not be availabl,e or there could be other valid reasons as well for not participating.

OMB Circular A-119 is being revised to reflect the law.  Actually, the current circular which is dated 1993 is already consistent with the law, but is being expanded to include regulatory federal agencies as well.  OMB is resolving the comments on the draft now, and it might be approved before the end of the calendar year.

DoD 4120.3-M is under revision as well.  It merely echoes the Public Law and OMB circular, but it also addresses the adoption procedures.  The first draft should go out for coordination before the end of the calendar year.

##           Specs and Standards     			Infrastructure			

## DoD NGS Participation

- 870 DoD personnel participate in NGS body activities.
- NGS bodies with the largest DoD participation:
- SAE	364
- ASTM	238
- EIA	46
- IEEE          25
- ASME       23

## DoD Adopted NGS

## DoD Adopted NGS

**8981 NGS adopted by DoD.**
**NGS bodies with largest number of adopted documents:**
**    ****ASTM    2784**
**    ****SAE        2052**
**    ****AIA        1147**
**    ****ANSI      425**
**    ****UL          223**
**    ****EIA        160 **
**     **

##              Summary

**DoD pioneered use of NGS and advocates reliance on these documents**.
**DoD will continue to aggressively pursue NGS development and use.**