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Government Motor Vehicle—A motor vehicle that is owned, leased, or rented by a DoD
Component (not an individual), primarily designed for over-the-road operations, and whose
general purpose is the transportation of cargo or personnel. Examples of government motor
vehicles are passenger cars, station wagons, vans, ambulances, buses, motorcycles, trucks, and
tractor-trailers. Vehicles on receipt to and operated by non-DoD persons, agencies, or activities
such as the U.S. Postal Service or the American Red Cross are not government motor vehicles.
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)—The maximum allowable total weight of a road vehicle
that is loaded to capacity, including the weight of the vehicle itself plus fuel, passengers, cargo,
and other miscellaneous items such as extra aftermarket options/accessories.
Hazardous Waste—Any solid waste defined as a hazardous waste pursuant to 40 CFR, §261.3 or
authorized state or host nation rules and regulations.
Host Nation—A nation receiving the forces or supplies of allied nations, coalition partners, or
North Atlantic Treaty Organizations to be located on, to operate in or to transit through its territory
(DOD). A nation receiving the forces and/or supplies of allied nations and/or NATO organizations
to be located on, to operate in, or to transit through its territory. Also called HN. (JP 3-57).
Indirect Labor—Labor not directly related to the repair of a specific vehicle (work order) or item
of equipment.
Information Technology—Any equipment, or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment,
that is used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control,
display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information by the executive
agency. This includes equipment used by a Component directly, or used by a contractor under a
contract with the Component, which (i) requires the use of such equipment, or (ii) requires the use,
to a significant extent, of such equipment in the performance of a service or the furnishing of a
product. The term “IT” also includes computers, ancillary equipment, software, firmware and
similar procedures, services (including support services), and related resources. Notwithstanding
the above, the term “IT” does not include any equipment that is required by a Federal contractor
incidental to a Federal contract. Note: The above term is considered synonymous with the term
“information system” as defined and used in AF programs. The term “IT” does not include
National Security Systems (NSS) according to Tittle 44 United States Code Section 3502.
Interservice Vehicle Support (other government agencies)—Maintenance performed by one
government agency for another.
In-Transit Visibility (ITV)—Describes extensive use of cargo tracking systems to determine
location of cargo at any given time.
Item Manager—An individual within the organization of an inventory control point or other such
organization assigned management responsible for one or more specific items of materiel.
Life Cycle Management—(1) The management of a system or item, starting with the planning
process and continuing through successive management processes and associated life-cycle
management phases and associated milestones, until a system is terminated. (2) A management
process, applied throughout the life of an automated information system that bases all
programmatic decisions on the anticipated mission-related and economic benefits derived over the
life of the automated information system.