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News, announcements, training, search functions, Ask-a-Professor, and similar services with direct links supporting DoD acquisition.

Acquisition Process

Three processes cooperate to deliver capabilities needed by warfighters: the requirements process (JCIDS); the acquisition process (DAS); and the program and budget development process (PPBE). Includes links to DoD and Service policies, guidance, tools, and resources:

Workforce

Information on career management, the DoD Human Capital Initiative, career planning, leader­ship training, over­arching planning and guidance documents, and relevant professional organizations.

Policy

Encyclopedic source of acquisition policy that follows a hierarchy of policy issuance (i.e., executive, legislative, federal, etc.) and filtered according to organization, career field, and special topics.

Communities
of Practice

Links to communities of practice and special interest areas, the latest contribution and discussion posts for open ACC communities, community highlights, and links to related communities.

Training and
Continuous Learning

Information on training and continuous learning that supports DoD acquisition, information that helps manage professional training portfolios, and information on training available from DAU and DoD and Services activities.

Industry

Information on DoD industry partners that helps the participation and execution of DoD processes; including industry support pages, news, information, and links to private sector acquisition contractors.

 
 

Functional Gateways

Fifteen functional knowledge gateways, one for each of the defense acquisition career fields.

Special Topics

Better Buying Power

News, policy, and media that support greater value and efficiency in defense acquisition.

 

About this page...

Welcome to Defense Acquisition Workforce Career Management page! Here you will find links to DoD acquisition career management legislation, policy, and websites. In addition, on this page, you will find links to workforce career management and development resources at the Defense Acquisition University.



 

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Professional Organizations

Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc.
http://www.aia-aerospace.org/

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
http://www.aiaa.org/

American Management Association
http://www.amanet.org/index.htm

American National Standards Institute
http://www.ansi.org/

American Production and Inventory Control Society
http://www.apics.org/default.htm

American Society for Quality
http://www.asq.org/

American Society for Testing and Materials
http://www.astm.org/

American Society of Transportation and Logistics
http://www.astl.org/

Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering
http://www.aacei.org/

Council of Logistics Management
http://cscmp.org/Default.asp

Electrical Generating Systems Association
http://www.egsa.org/

Electronic Industries Alliance
http://www.eia.org/

Federally Employed Women
http://www.few.org/

Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits
http://www.ipc.org/

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
http://www.ieee.org/portal/site

Institute of Environmental Science and Technology
http://www.iest.org/

Institute of Industrial Engineers
http://www.iienet2.org/Default.aspx

Institution of Engineers, Australia
http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/

International Association for Continuing Education and Training
http://www.iacet.org/

International Council on Systems Engineering
http://www.incose.org/index.html

Logistics Officer Association
http://www.loanational.org/default.asp

LOGTECH
http://www.logtech.org/logtech/default.aspx

National Contract Management Association
http://www.ncmahq.org/

National Defense Industries Association
http://www.ndia.org/

National Property Management Association
http://www.npma.org/

Project Management Institute
http://www.pmi.org/Pages/default.aspx

Reliability, Maintainability, and Supportability Partnership
http://www.rmspartnership.org/

Society for Manufacturing Engineers
http://www.sme.org/

Society of Automotive Engineers
http://www.sae.org/about/index.htm

Society of Logistics Engineers
http://www.sole.org/

Society of Reliability Engineers
http://www.sre.org/

The Society for Electronic Access
http://openresource.com/openres/orgs/RO/P/SEA.shtml

Women in Science and Engineering
http://www.wise.sunysb.edu/