text: Glossary
  Is a basic function of financial management operations and provides fiscal controls to protect against
  Anti Deficiency Act (ADA) violations.
  operational contract support
  (joint) Process of obtaining goods, services and construction from commercial sources via contracting
  means in support of contingency operations. (JP 4-10)
  operational control
  (joint) The authority to perform those functions of command over subordinate forces involving
  organizing and employing commands and forces, assigning tasks, designating objectives, and giving
  authoritative direction necessary to accomplish the mission. Also called OPCON. (JP 1)
  *pre-deployment cost estimate
  A short notice estimate required to support operational assumptions and decision-making processes,
  and defines and supports requests for reprogramming or additional appropriations.
  *procurement support
  The critical role financial management plays in acquiring, certifying, accounting and disbursing the
  funding required for operational contracting support (OCS).
  *responsibility segment
  A component of a reporting entity that is responsible for carrying out a mission, conducting a major
  line of activity, or producing one or a group of related products or services.
  responsiveness
  The ability to react to changing requirements and respond to meet the needs to maintain support. (ADP
  4-0)
  simplicity
  Relates to processes and procedures to minimize the complexity of sustainment. (ADP 4-0)
  stability operations
  (joint) An overarching term encompassing various military missions, tasks, and activities conducted
  outside the United States in coordination with other instruments of national power to maintain or
  reestablish a safe and secure environment; provide essential governmental services, emergency
  infrastructure reconstruction, and humanitarian relief. (JP 3-0)
  *spot rate
  The price that is quoted for immediate settlement on a commodity, a security or a currency.
  *technical oversight
  Encompasses the provision of recommendations and advice to theater commanders regarding the
  employment, integration, direction, and control of financial management forces for the
  accomplishment of assigned missions.
  unified action
  (joint) The synchronization, coordination, and/or integration of the activities of governmental and
  nongovernmental entities with military operations to achieve unity of effort. (JP 1)
  unified action partners
  Those military forces, governmental and nongovernmental organizations, and elements of the private
  sector with whom Army forces plan, coordinate, synchronize, and integrate during the conduct of
  operations. (ADRP 3-0)
  warfighting function
  A group of tasks and systems (people, organizations, information, and processes) united by a common
  purpose that commanders use to accomplish missions and training objectives. (ADP 3-0)
  *working estimate