Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation (DoD FMR) Volume 14, titled “Administrative Control of Funds and Antideficiency Act Violations,” establishes the comprehensive statutory and regulatory framework governing the proper execution of DoD funds and the strict prohibition of financial overreach. The volume dictates the administrative control of funds by requiring DoD Components to maintain rigorous systems for managing apportionments, allotments, and allocations to ensure obligations and expenditures never exceed currently available amounts. It details the provisions of the Antideficiency Act (ADA), which explicitly prohibits government officials from authorizing obligations or expenditures in excess of an appropriation, obligating funds before they are authorized,  ...