[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR34.003]

[Page 698]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 34_MAJOR SYSTEM ACQUISITION--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart 34.0_General
 
Sec.  34.003  Responsibilities.

    (a) As required by A-109, the agency head or designee shall 
establish written procedures for its implementation.
    (b) The agency procedures shall identify the key decision points of 
each major system acquisition and the agency official(s) for making 
those decisions.
    (c) Systems acquisitions normally designated as major are those 
programs that, as determined by the agency head, (1) are directed at and 
critical to fulfilling an agency mission need, (2) entail allocating 
relatively large resources for the particular agency, and (3) warrant 
special management attention, including specific agency-head decisions. 
The agency procedures may establish additional criteria, as specified in 
A-109, for designating major programs system acquisitions.