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|OrganizationName= Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
|OrganizationType= Independent Agencies
|Mission= DCMA's mission is to ensure the integrity of the contracting process and provide a broad range of contract management services for the Department of Defense, other federal agencies, and international partners. It aims to deliver quality products and services to the warfighter on time and at the best value.
|OrganizationExecutive= Director
|Employees= 10637
|Budget= Approximately $1.3 billion (fiscal year 2015)
|Website= https://www.dcma.mil
|Services= Contract Administration; Quality Assurance; Earned Value Management; Engineering Support; Property Management
|ParentOrganization= U.S. Department of Defense, under the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
|CreationLegislation= Defense Management Review Decision 916; DoD Directive 5105.64
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|HeadquartersLocation= 37.242318, -77.319315
|HeadquartersAddress= 3901 A Avenue, Fort Gregg-Adams, VA 23801, USA
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The '''Defense Contract Management Agency''' ('''DCMA''') is an agency of the [[United States]] federal government reporting to the [[Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment]]. It is responsible for administering [[contract]]s for the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] (DoD) and other authorized federal agencies. Its headquarters is located at [[Fort Gregg-Adams|Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia]]. DCMA also administers [[Foreign Military Sales]] contracts.

==History==
[[Contract management|Contract administration]] within DoD has been studied and modified for many years. In the early 1960s, a study was commissioned by the Secretary of Defense to examine the entire DoD contracting process. Known as "Project 60," the findings pointed to numerous benefits of consolidating contract administration and audit. At that time, each defense agency and military service was administering and auditing its own contracts, which resulted in a great amount of duplicate effort. Many of the contract administration responsibilities were eventually moved to the [[Defense Logistics Agency]] (DLA). However, the military services continued to retain oversight of the major weapon systems acquisition programs.

==Defense Contract Management Command==
The contract administration process was again reviewed in 1989. Citing continued problems with the manner in which the services were administering contracts, a Defense Management Review Decision (DMRD) 916 recommended the establishment of a joint command to administer defense contracts, to ensure that consistent policies and standards were applied to the defense acquisition process. Defense Contract Management Command (DCMC) was established as a command within the [[Defense Logistics Agency]] in February 1990 to satisfy the findings of DMRD 916.

==DCMC transition to DCMA==
On March 27, 2000, DCMC was renamed as the Defense Contract Management Agency and established independently from DLA. In DoD Directive 5105.64, the Deputy Secretary of Defense formally established the mission, responsibilities and functions of DCMA; save for 18 specific exceptions detailed in the [[DFARS|Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement]], DoD activities normally delegate a wide variety of contract administration functions to DCMA.

The DCMA headquarters moved from a [[northern Virginia]] location to Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia, as part of the federal 2005 [[Base Realignment and Closure]] process. The new headquarters was dedicated as [[Herbert Homer Hall]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dcma.mil/News/Article-View/Article/1956646/herbert-homer-hall/|title=Herbert Homer Hall|date=11 September 2019|access-date=13 February 2020}}</ref> on September 15, 2011. Homer was a DCMA employee killed in the [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcma.mil/News_Room/press_release/2011/090111.cfm|title=DCMA to officially open new HQ on Fort Lee|author=DCMA news release|date=September 1, 2011|access-date=April 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407062444/http://www.dcma.mil/News_Room/press_release/2011/090111.cfm|archive-date=April 7, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

According to the DoD's Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Estimate, DCMA had 10,637 civilian and 472 military personnel, located in 
over 740 locations, managing over 19,000 contractors and nearly 350,000 active contracts. The operations and maintenance budget estimate for fiscal year 2015 was approximately $1.3 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/fy2015/budget_justification/pdfs/01_Operation_and_Maintenance/O_M_VOL_1_PART_1/DCMA_PB15.pdf|title=Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Estimates Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)|date=March 2014|access-date=July 8, 2015}}</ref> By 2019, those numbers changed slightly. As of 14 January 2019, DCMA had 11,641 civilians and 552 military assigned. Number of contractors and number of active contracts remained roughly constant. Total contracts serviced were valued at $5.2 trillion and authorized contractor payments per day was valued at $678 million.<ref name="autogeneratedmil">{{cite web|url=https://www.dcma.mil/About-Us/|title=DCMA About Us|date=14 January 2019|access-date=19 February 2020}}</ref>

==DCMA seal, duty badge, and lapel pin==

[[File:Seal of the Defense Contract Management Agency.svg|thumb|Defense Contract Management Agency seal]]

The DCMA Seal is pictured above. The eagle represents courage, honor, and dedicated service to the United States, represented by the shield of thirteen pieces. The thirteen pieces of the shield represent the original thirteen colonies that became the first thirteen states. The thirteen pieces are joined together by the blue chief, representing Congress. The eagle is clutching thirteen arrows and an olive branch with thirteen leaves and thirteen olives, similar to the Great Seal of the United States. The eagle is superimposed atop a map of the world, representing DCMA's global mission. The rays emanating from the center to the thirteen stars represent glory. The color blue matches the canton of the American flag and signifies vigilance, perseverance, and justice. The circle shape and blue color are also reminiscent of the official seal of the Department of Defense.<ref name="autogeneratedmil"/>

[[File:DCMA Duty Badges and Lapel Pin.jpg|thumb|DCMA duty badges and lapel pin]]

In 2018, DCMA and the military services (the US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, and US Marine Corps—as the US Space Force did not exist in 2018) approved a duty badge for military personnel to wear while assigned to DCMA. A similar lapel pin version is also available for civilian employees (and military not in uniform). The badge and lapel pin were designed by The Institute Of Heraldry (TIOH), working at the direction of military officers assigned to DCMA. Those officers directed the badge and lapel pin be reminiscent of the DCMA Seal and they wrote the heraldry of the Seal (above) as part of the badge/pin approval process. Then-Director of DCMA, United States Air Force Lieutenant General [[Wendy M. Masiello]] approved the badge and pin for DCMA. Ultimately, TIOH approved the badge and pin as an official insignia for the US military and the individual Services approved the badge for wear on military uniforms.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dcma.mil/News/Article-View/Article/1589556/dcma-personnel-now-authorized-to-wear-new-organization-badge/|title=DCMA personnel now authorized to wear new organization badge|date=1 August 2018|access-date=13 February 2020}}</ref>

==List of DCMA directors==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan=2| {{abbr|No.|Number}}
! colspan=2| Director
! colspan=3| Term
! rowspan=2| Service branch
! rowspan=2| {{abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}}
|-
! Portrait
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Term length
|-
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 1
| military_rank     = Major General
| image             = Maj Gen Timothy P. Malishenko.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Timothy P. Malishenko]]
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = March 2000
| term_end          = ~April 1, 2001
| timeinoffice      = ~{{ayd|March 15, 2000|April 1, 2001}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:Military service mark of the United States Air Force.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]
| ref               = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/106334/major-general-timothy-p-malishenko/|title = Major General Timothy P. Malishenko}}</ref>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 2
| military_rank     = Brigadier General
| image             = BG Darryl A. Scott.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Edward Harrington (soldier)|Edward Harrington]]
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = ~April 1, 2001
| term_end          = 2003
| timeinoffice      = ~{{ayd|March 15, 2000|June 30, 2003}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:Military service mark of the United States Army.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Army|U.S. Army]]
| ref               = 
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 3
| military_rank     = Major General
| image             = Maj Gen Darryl A. Scott.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Darryl A. Scott]]
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 2003
| term_end          = January 2006
| timeinoffice      = ~{{ayd|June 30, 2003|January 30, 2006}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:Military service mark of the United States Air Force.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]
| ref               = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/105005/major-general-darryl-a-scott/|title = Major General Darryl A. Scott}}</ref>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = –
| military_rank     = 
| image             = Portrait gray.png
| officeholder      = [[Keith Ernst]]
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = January 2006
| term_end          = May 2008
| timeinoffice      = ~{{ayd|January 30, 2006|May 30, 2008}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:SES Emblem.svg|75px]]<br />[[Senior Executive Service (United States)|Senior Executive]]<br />[[Senior Executive Service (United States)|Service]]
| ref               = <ref name=williams>{{cite web|url=http://www.allgov.com/officials/ernst-keith?officialid=28424|title=AllGov - Officials}}</ref>
| acting            = y
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 4
| military_rank     = 
| image             = Portrait gray.png
| officeholder      = [[Charlie E. Williams Jr.]]
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = May 2008
| term_end          = November 25, 2013
| timeinoffice      = ~{{ayd|May 30, 2008|November 25, 2013}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:SES Emblem.svg|75px]]<br />[[Senior Executive Service (United States)|Senior Executive]]<br />[[Senior Executive Service (United States)|Service]]
| ref               = <ref name=williams/>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = –
| military_rank     = 
| image             = Portrait gray.png
| officeholder      = [[James M. Russell (defense official)|James M. Russell]]
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = November 25, 2013
| term_end          = June 6, 2014
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|November 25, 2013|June 6, 2014}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:SES Emblem.svg|75px]]<br />[[Senior Executive Service (United States)|Senior Executive]]<br />[[Senior Executive Service (United States)|Service]]
| ref               = <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/117775/dcma-change-leadership-russell-becomes-acting-director | title=DCMA change of leadership: Russell becomes acting director }}</ref>
| acting            = y
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 5
| military_rank     = Lieutenant General
| image             = LIEUTENANT GENERAL WENDY M. MASIELLO.JPG
| officeholder      = [[Wendy M. Masiello]]
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = June 6, 2014
| term_end          = May 4, 2017
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|June 6, 2014|May 4, 2017}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:Military service mark of the United States Air Force.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]
| ref               = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/108139/lieutenant-general-wendy-m-masiello/|title=Lieutenant General Wendy M. Masiello}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dcma.mil/News/Article-View/Article/815387/lt-gen-masiello-takes-command-of-dcma/|title = LT. GEN. Masiello takes command of DCMA}}</ref>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 6
| military_rank     = Vice Admiral
| image             = Vice Adm. David H. Lewis.jpg
| officeholder      = [[David H. Lewis]]
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = May 4, 2017
| term_end          = June 4, 2020
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|May 4, 2017|June 4, 2020}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:Emblem of the United States Navy.svg|75px]]<br />[[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]
| ref               = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=522 |title=Navy.mil Leadership Biographies |access-date=2020-05-22 |archive-date=2020-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319172326/https://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=522 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dcma.mil/News/Article-View/Article/1192628/navy-vice-adm-david-lewis-takes-helm-of-dcma/|title = Navy Vice Adm. David Lewis takes helm of DCMA}}</ref>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 7
| military_rank     = Lieutenant General
| image             = Army Lt. Gen. David G. Bassett.jpg
| officeholder      = [[David G. Bassett]]
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = June 4, 2020
| term_end          = December 20, 2023
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|June 4, 2020|December 20, 2023}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:Military service mark of the United States Army.svg|75px]]<br>[[United States Army|U.S. Army]]
| ref               = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dcma.mil/About-Us/The-Director/|title = Lt. Gen. David Bassett, U.S. Army}}</ref>
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = 8
| military_rank     = Lieutenant General
| image             = LtGen Gregory L. Masiello.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Gregory L. Masiello]]
| officeholder_sort = 
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = December 20, 2023
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|December 20, 2023}}
| defence_branch    = [[File:Emblem of the United States Marine Corps.svg|75px|U.S. Marine Corps]]<br />[[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]]
| ref               = <ref>{{cite web|last=Perry|first=Thomas|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/460568/lt-gen-gregory-masiello-takes-charge-dcma|title=Lt. Gen. Gregory Masiello takes charge of DCMA|date=2023-12-21|access-date=2023-12-22|publisher=Defense Contract Management Agency|location=[[Fort Gregg-Adams]]|website=DVIDS}}</ref>
}}
|}

==References==
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