Purpose

This regulation establishes policy for the Department of the Army (DA)'s Cost and Economic Analysis Program to support decisionmaking throughout the Army and assigns responsibility for aspects of the cost and economic analysis program to appropriate officials. This regulation contains management control provisions and Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) management controls. Existing CBA management processes are proscribed in the DA Cost Benefit Analysis Guide.

Applicability. This regulation applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve. It also applies to all Army activities performing cost or economic analyses.