Current Events

• DPAC senior leadership and staff will be attending From Transit Hubs to Combat Zones: Serving the Government Customer with Lightweight Materials, a one-day Georgia Institute of Technology workshop.
  
  
• On May 8th, 2012, the DPAC Telecommunications Study Group released a public Request for Information (RFI) on “Addressing Information and Communications Technology Requirements”.  Responses to the RFI are due by June 9th, 2012.
  
  
• On April 13th, 2012, the DPAC Fuel Cell Study Group released a public Request for Information (RFI) on " Addressing Availability and Cost of Fuel Cell Systems ". Responses to the RFI are due by May 14th, 2012.

The Defense Production Act

The Defense Production Act (DPA), created in 1950 and most recently reauthorized in 2009, provides the President a broad set of authorities to ensure domestic industrial capabilities can meet “national defense” requirements. Read more about the DPA.

The Defense Production Act Committee

The Defense Production Act Committee (DPAC) is an inter-agency body comprised of the heads of federal acquisition Departments and Agencies. The DPAC was established in 2009 under Section 722 of the DPA. The Committee is charged with providing advice to the President on the effective use of the DPA as well as making recommendations to Congress regarding issues that require legislative action. The President has directed the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to alternate as Chair of the Committee on an annual basis.

Brett B. Lambert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy, is performing the duties of Executive Director of the DPAC.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Lynn
chairs the DPAC Principals Meeting

On September 20, 2011, Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III convened 19 fellow DPAC Principals to establish a number of Study Groups. Initially, inter-Agency groups have been established to conduct industrial capability assessments and develop long-term strategies addressing supply chains of Telecommunications, Metal Fabrication, and the Power & Energy subsectors. Each Industrial Capability Study Group will be led by a civilian Agency and supported by Department of Defense staff and resources. Additionally, an inter-Agency DPA Authorities Study Group will be coordinated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to examine DPA authorities.

DPAC Study Groups

	Energy & Power	Telecommunications	Metal Fabrication	DPA Authority