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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:
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Information on career management, the DoD Human Capital Initiative, career planning, leadership training, overarching planning and guidance documents, and relevant professional organizations.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sixteen functional knowledge gateways, one for each of the defense acquisition career fields.
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Links to gateways about important topics outside the general portals and beyond the standard career fields:
This page is the one-stop source for information
Lenn Vincent
RADM, USN (Ret)
DAU Industry Chair
and links about industry support for defense acquisition.
For more information, select any of the links under “Industry” in the menu on the top-left.
The defense industry's role in Equipping the Force could be better defined as… responsible for the design of systems meeting DoD performance parameters, performing developmental testing, manufacturing/producing the system, and (if called upon to do so) providing a significant level of logistic support. Thus, their role is to design, test, produce, and logistically support almost all our weapon and space systems. Far more than just 'support', or provide 'active cooperation'. In other words, U.S. Military superiority is significantly enhanced by the mutual and active cooperation between the private and public sectors.
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Furloughs set up acquisition 'perfect storm' - DoD BuzzWed, 20 Feb 2013 22:07:01 GMTSan Francisco ChronicleFurloughs set up acquisition 'perfect storm'DoD BuzzFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A senior Army official said the civilian furloughs that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced Wednesday would create a “perfect storm” of problems for the Army acquisition community. Panetta...(More)
DOD puts governance structure in place for IMD acquisition - Defense SystemsTue, 29 Jan 2013 16:47:03 GMTDOD puts governance structure in place for IMD acquisitionDefense SystemsNew Defense Department guidance issued this month on the management of intelligence mission data (IMD) in Defense Department acquisition establishes new policies and assigns responsibilities for the management, production and a...(More)
Independent analysis of DOD authorization act offers insight on cybersecurity ... - Defense SystemsTue, 19 Feb 2013 17:04:14 GMTIndependent analysis of DOD authorization act offers insight on cybersecurity ...Defense SystemsThe 2013 NDAA calls on the defense secretary to modify acquisition regulations to prohibit DOD from entering into cost-type contracts for the production of major defense acquisition programs. “Over the pa...(More)
DOD leaders see 401st retrograde operations while sustaining critical systems ... - United States Army (press release)Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:58:59 GMTDOD leaders see 401st retrograde operations while sustaining critical systems ...United States Army (press release)Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisitions, technology and logistics (center left), looks at a Persistent Threat Detection System, while Samuel Zabrdac, product manager M...(More)
Pentagon Revamps Approach to Industrial Base, Official Says - Department of DefenseWed, 20 Feb 2013 19:30:15 GMTPentagon Revamps Approach to Industrial Base, Official SaysDepartment of DefenseLambert said the department reviewed lessons learned and crafted a plan, agreed to by Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, and Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, to ...(More)
U.S. Military superiority cannot be maintained without the active cooperation of the private sector, which today controls a greater share of critical U.S. resources than in the past. At the same time, the health of U.S. industry is dependent on the Department of Defense to maintain the security and freedom to continue to do business as usual.
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