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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
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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

Spcial Topics:

Better Buying Power
Mission Areas
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Better Buying Power

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This community was established to help practitioners of Critical Item Management (CIM) access and understand regulatory and discretionary requirements, practices, and procedures.

The CIM Special Interest Area is partitioned to address CIM at various levels of applicability. The CSI Public Law, DFARS rules, DoD instructions, and instructions and guidance issued by the Joint Aeronautical Commanders Group (JACG) apply across the military Services, Defense Logistics Agency, and Defense Contract Management Agency. Service-specific and Agency-specific policies and guidance are also available

Please note: Each section of the CIM Special Interest Area enables users to ask questions about or comment on the material presented. These questions and comments are submitted to the appropriate Subject Matter Experts for a response

PurposeCollaboration on a private project.