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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
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.

  

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This page introduces and illustrates the Defense Acquisition System and provides a few links to the documents, multimedia, and training that support Defense Acquisition System.

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 Acquisition Technology & Logistics Workforce
http://www.dau.mil/workforce/
 CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF INSTRUCTION 3170.01G
Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System Instruction
 CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF JCIDS Manual
Guidelines and procedures for operation of the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System
 DCAA Manual
http://www.dcaa.mil/cam.htm
 DCMA Instruction/Guidebook
http://guidebook.dcma.mil/
 Defense Acquisition Guidebook
https://dag.dau.mil/
 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement
https://dap.dau.mil/policy/Lists/Policy%20Documents/Laws%20and%20Regulations%20Defense%20Federal%20Acquisition%20Regulation%20Supplement.aspx?tag=Defense%20Federal%20Acquisition%20Regulation%20Supplement&group=Laws%20and%20Regulations
 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement PGI (Procedures,Guidance and Information)
http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/pgi/
 Defense Procurement & Acquisition Policy (DPAP) Policy Vault
http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/ops/policy_vault.html
 Department of Defense
https://dap.dau.mil/policy/Lists/Policy%20Documents/Organizations%20DoD.aspx?tag=DoD&group=Organizations
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Rapid Deployment Training
 Briefing outlining Directive-Type Memorandum (DTM WSARA) 09-027 by Prof Brad Brown
Dec 2009 - Implementation of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-23) into the DoDI 5000.02.
 DoDI 5000.02
May 2009 - DoDI 5000.02 - "The Honorable John Young, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics approved a major revision to the DoD Acquisition System (DoD Instruction 5000.02) on December 2, 2008.
 DoD's Business Transformation
December 2005 - This briefing provides an overview of the DoD's Business Transformation using these three support systems.
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Big "A" Process

Defense Acquisition Guidebook

Defense Acquisition Guidebook

Integrated Framework Chart

Integrated Framework Chart

Policy Documents

Policy Documents

Federal Acquisition Regulation

Federal Acquisition Regulation

Ask a Professor

Ask a Professor

Acquisition Community Connection

Acquisition Community Connection

Policy Documents

Best Practices Clearinghouse

Acquipedia

Acquipedia

WorkForce, Industry ethics

WorkForce, Industry ethics

AT&L Living library

AT&L Living library

DAU Video Library

DAU Video Library