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Oct16

New ACQuipedia 2.0 Now Available

DAU is pleased to announce the deployment of a new ACQuipedia 2.0 on the Defense Acquisition Portal (DAP).  The new ACQuipedia version is hosted on a SharePoint platform.  The SharePoint platform will include workflow and a user interface that w ...[Read More]
Published: Oct-16-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Oct15

A Major Update to the Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG)

A newly revised version of the Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG) was issued last week. This update represents a major revision of this comprehensive guidebook, and reflects numerous changes from the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act, recen ...[Read More]
Published: Oct-15-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Oct05

New US Army Product Support Manager (PSM) Concept of Operations (CONOPS)

On September 30, 2012, the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology) issued a comprehensive new “US Army Product Support Manager Concept of Operations (PSM CONOPS).”   According to the Assistant Secretary, “this ...[Read More]
Published: Oct-05-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Oct04

Your Responsibilities During Technical Reviews

As a life cycle logistician and/or Product Support Manager (PSM), are you familiar with each of the key program and systems engineering technical reviews, their purpose, timing, entry criteria and expected outcomes, as well as your roles, and respon ...[Read More]
Published: Oct-04-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Oct02

New LOG 211 Supportability Analysis Training Course

DAU successfully piloted the new LOG 211 Supportability Analysis  training course September 24-28, 2012 at our DAU South region campus in Huntsville, AL.  Students included participants from all of the Services, the Office of the Secretary of De ...[Read More]
Published: Oct-02-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Oct01

DAU Receives Gold Award for Learning Strategy

Following up on receiving the 2011 Silver Vanguard Award from Chief Learning Officer Magazine, the Defense Acquisition University was honored again this year as winner of the 2012 Gold Award for Learning Strategy in recognition of the DAU Learni ...[Read More]
Published: Oct-01-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Sep28

NAVAIR Commander's Intent

For those of you who are part of, support, or are interested in the Naval Aviation Enterprise, and hadn’t already seen them, recommend visiting the new Commander of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)  “Commander’s Intent” and his “NAVAIR True He ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-28-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Sep27

Updated Army Item Unique Identification Policy

For Army life cycle logisticians, in case you were not already aware, the Army issued a new version of  Army Regulation 700-145 Item Unique Identification (IUID) earlier this week. This regulation prescribes the policy for item unique identifica ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-27-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Sep26

Federal News Radio Interview with Head of DLA PBL Program Office

If you have nine minutes or so available, encourage you to listen to a fascinating September 25th radio interview with the head of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) Program Office on Washington DC’s 1500 AM Fed ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-26-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Sep26

Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy

On September 6, 2012, General Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff presided over the activation of the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy as the successor to the venerable Industrial Colle ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-26-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

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