The decades-old debate about proper training for the federal acquisition corps is threatening to erupt in a donnybrook. Lines are being drawn over whom or what to blame for the perceived lack of ...

USAMMDA develops a reputation for growing acquisition workforce leaders. The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA) at Fort Detrick, Maryland, is helping to prepare future leaders ...

When Ryan Stallings walked into the Veterans Affairs Acquisition Academy two years ago, he was handed a sponge. That certainly wasn’t what he was expecting, but then again, this wasn’t going to be ...

The Defense Department spends billions of dollars acquiring products and services. DOD’s acquisition workforce (e.g., contracting officers) manages this process, but thousands of other DOD employees ...

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait (Sept. 19, 2008) Ac"a,! Nearly 18 years ago, the U.S. Congress enacted the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act, a work of landmark legislation intended to improve the ...

The buyers of products and services across government are not receiving the fresh training or modern skill sets needed to innovate and acquire the complex technology called for in today’s agency ...

Following the President’s Management Agenda’s call for more use of digital services to create customer experience-based operations, the U.S. Digital Service unveiled a new certification track ...