Term used to describe the National Intelligence Acquisition Board (NIAB) whenever the acquisition under consideration is a joint program and is covered by a jointly signed memorandum of agreement (MOA) or a memorandum of understanding, as appropriate, the NIAB shall be formed as a JIAB and follow the same process unless determined otherwise by the MOA. For National Intelligence Program-funded programs executed within the Department of Defense, the JIAB will be co-chaired by the Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) for the Director of National Intelligence and the MDA designee for the Secretary of Defense.