In 2007, in the landmark elections. required by the peace agreement in Aceh after a forty-year conflict, a more substantial update to the. manual gave candidates greater confidence to compete in the ever-changing world of campaign. politics.
DoD - the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947. Defense Department, Department of Defense, United States Department of Defense, Defense. executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States.
The NME was renamed the Department of Defense (DoD) in 1949. In the succeeding years of the Cold War, the DoD (commonly referred to as the Pentagon) grew into the largest of all U.S. governmental institutions as American military operations became tantamount in U.S.-Soviet jockeying for international dominance.ne of DoDâs most critical offices, the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) oversees the purchase of high-priced weapons systems. The DCMA is responsible for hundreds of thousands of contracts that have a collective value of $1.65 trillion.