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The Defense Acquisition Portal (DAP) was launched on July 20, 2009 to replace the AKSS. Like its predecessor, DAP continues to provide acquisition information for all DoD service components and across all functional disciplines.
DAP serves as the central point of access for all AT&L resources and information, and to communicate acquisition reform. As the primary reference tool for the Defense AT&L workforce, it provides a means to link together information and reference assets from various disciplines into an integrated, but decentralized, information source.
The DAP is an evolution of the AKSS, and will enhance the breadth and scope of the acquisition process beyond the AKSS, which is replaced by the DAP. The DAP includes all of the elements and forces affecting the Big Acquisition Process, including Human Capital Initiatives. All of the content in the AKSS will be transferred to the DAP. There is a new tab dedicated to the Acquisition Workforce, providing information on career management, the Human Capital Initiative, and the 4th Estate. This information includes services on career planning, leadership training, overarching guidance documents, and links to information on professional organizations. There is also a major new feature in DAP called "Acquisition Career Gateways" where each of the fourteen identified acquisition career fields has its own area providing a career certification guide, formal course enrollment procedures, continuous learning and job specific courses, Ask-A-Professor Q&As, Performance Support/Consulting services available through DAU, and highlighted career field information through blogs by career field experts. Your previous bookmarks will find the new DAP automatically through address redirects.
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