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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

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

Special Topics

Links to gateways about important topics outside the general portals and beyond the standard career fields:


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Acquisition Mission Areas

Acquisition Mission Areas

 Milestone Document Identification (MDID) is an interactive list of all the documents and actions required for each major milestone or decision point in the acquisition lifecycle, as described in DoDI 5000.02 Enclosure 4

MDID and ACAT I/IA Support

 DoD Integrated Product Support Implementation Roadmap helps the Defense Acquisition Workforce understand and build the best product support package in support of the Warfighter. The List View is a compact checklist of Product Support activities and outputs required. The Timeline View shows activities and outputs over the total lifecycle.

DoD Integrated Product Support Implementation Roadmap

 Overseas Contingency Operations - Acquisition History and Lessons Learned.

Overseas Contingency Operations

 Space Acquisition - workspace and share space gives community members immediate access to learning assets for enhancing and sustaining performance. The community includes lessons learned, updated directives, and key points-of-contact.

Space Acquisition
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