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Mar29

Student Pilot for Newly Updated LOG 204 Configuration Management Course

The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) is currently in the process of revising LOG 204 Configuration Management distance learning course, and is seeking students to participate in a one-week long online LOG 204 Student Pilot scheduled for Apri ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-29-16 | 5 Comments

Mar22

Maintaining America's Defense

In November 2014, in a blog post simply entitled “Leaders”, I shared some foundational principles from a presentation given at the 2014 DoD Maintenance Symposium by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Maintenance Policy and Programs. A ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-22-16 | 0 Comments

Mar18

Resolving Certificate Issue Notifications

We periodically hear from users who have received a certificate error notification when trying to access the DAU Acquisition Community Connection (ACC) or other DAU sites. As a public service, our technical team has posted detailed information o ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-18-16 | 1 Comment

Mar17

DoD Product Support Manager's (PSM) Workshop is Fast Approaching

Just a quick reminder that the DoD Product Support Manager’s (PSM) Workshop is fast approaching. Details:   ·              Dates: April 5-7, 2016 ·              Location: DAU Ft Belvoir Building 226 (Scott Hall) ·              Theme: “Prod ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-17-16 | 0 Comments

Mar16

Program Shutdown, System Retirement, Materiel Disposition, Reclamation, Demilitarization and Disposal Resources

There are extensive references, resources, and training available related to shutting down a program, system retirement, materiel disposition, reclamation, demilitarization and/or disposal. Just a few include:   DAU Learning Assets:   ·      ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-16-16 | 0 Comments

Mar15

New Perspectives, New Insights

Hot off the press, the latest issue of Defense AT&L Magazine (March-April 2016 edition) is now available. Encourage readers to take a few minutes to peruse the wide-range of articles. Just a few of the many highlights include:   ·         ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-15-16 | 0 Comments

Mar14

DAU Establishes New Additive Manufacturing Community of Practice (AM CoP)

To accommodate the rapidly expanding body of knowledge, we have upgraded and migrated the DAU Additive Manufacturing (AM) website from a contribution underneath the Logistics Community of Practice (LOG CoP) to its own stand-alone, interdisciplin ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-14-16 | 0 Comments

Mar10

Additional Insights Into the new DoD O&S Cost Management Guidebook

Following up on yesterday’s blog post entitled “New DoD Operating and Support (O&S) Cost Management Guidebook,” wanted to provide additional information about related DAU learning assets and resources, as well as to share additional details ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-10-16 | 0 Comments

Mar09

New DoD Operating and Support (O&S) Cost Management Guidebook

The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics & Materiel Readiness (L&MR) has issued the highly anticipated February 2016 “Operating and Support (O&S) Cost Management Guidebook.”  Not to be confused with the CAPE's (DoD Cost Asses ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-09-16 | 0 Comments

Mar09

Services Acquisition References and Resources

Back in January, I posted a blog focusing on the “New DoD Acquisition of Services Instruction” containing information about the issuance of the new DoD Instruction 5000.74 Defense Acquisition of Services. As a public service, wanted to also prov ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-09-16 | 0 Comments

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