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The case for more acquisition training options

Jan R. Frye is the senior procurement executive at the Department of Veterans Affairs. I couldn't be happier with the success of the Department of Veterans Affairs' Acquisition Academy, the ...
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DHS’s plans to fix problems with its hiring and training for the acquisition workforce might not work

The Homeland Security Department has wrestled with recruiting and retaining acquisition personnel to help service its 22 component agencies since its inception, but a new report noted that while ...
University of Dayton

Acquisition Program Manager: Essential Skills, Job Description, and Career Path in Government Contracting

So what is an Acquisition Program Manager (APM)? What does that even mean? In this article, I hope to clarify some of this and provide a boundary for what the University of Dayton’s (U.D.) Government ...
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Vital acquisition training treks to Southwest Asia

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 ...
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Senators push for acquisition workforce training

Senators leading government contracting reforms introduced two bills on Dec. 17 to bolster the overstressed federal acquisition workforce. The Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (S. 2901) would ...