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May26

NAVAIR Assistant Program Manager for Logistics (APML) Essentials Homepage

Kudos to our colleagues at the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) for their comprehensive “APML Essentials Homepage”. Although this CAC-enabled site is primarily intended for the Naval Aviation community, it contains some excellent resources and ...[Read More]
Published: May-26-10 | 2 Comments

May25

Lexington Institute Report: “Back to the Future – The Perils of Insourcing”

According to a recently released Lexington Institute report by Daniel Goure, Ph.D entitled “Back to the Future –The Perils of Insourcing”, “the record of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), in general, and Performance Based Logistics (PBL), in p ...[Read More]
Published: May-25-10 | 0 Comments

May24

Performance Based Life Cycle Product Support (PBL) Study

The Office of the Assistant Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Materiel Readiness (OADUSD(MR)), as part of the on-going implementation efforts resulting from the November 2009 Weapons System Acquisition Reform (WSAR) Product Support Assessment ...[Read More]
Published: May-24-10 | 0 Comments

May21

Updates to the Life Cycle Logistics Core Plus Guide

The Life Cycle Logistics Certification & Core Plus Development Guide, an integral part of the DAU iCatalog, has been updated to align more closely with the DoD Logistics Human Capital Strategy competencies, address new DoD initiatives and poli ...[Read More]
Published: May-21-10 | 0 Comments

May20

DAU Life Cycle Logistics Faculty Openings

Last September, I posted a blog entitled “DAU is a Great Place to Work (and We're Hiring).” Although the particulars have changed, we are accepting currently accepting applications from qualified Life Cycle Logisticians for several logistics fac ...[Read More]
Published: May-20-10 | 0 Comments

May17

The Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF)

 It is my conviction that the educational programs conducted by the Industrial College are of the greatest importance in developing the kind of enlightened military and civilian leadership our Nation must have if its purpose and security are to ...[Read More]
Published: May-17-10 | 0 Comments

May13

ACQuipedia: Another Excellent On-line Resource for the Life Cycle Logstician

Last fall, I shared some thoughts on the DAU ACQuipedia. Since many of you are new to this blog, let me take a moment to bring our new readers up-to-date on this outstanding DoD Acquisition Workforce resource. Did you know that among our many ot ...[Read More]
Published: May-13-10 | 0 Comments

May12

New LOG CoP Resources Related to Organic PBLs and Product Support Manager (PSM)

With permission from the report sponsor and authors, we have posted three excellent reports related to organic Performance Based Logistics (PBL)  arrangements and organic Product Support Integrators (PSI) to the DAU Logistics Community of Practi ...[Read More]
Published: May-12-10 | 0 Comments

May10

Reset Policy for Web-based Distance Learning Courses

As announced on the DAU Homepage “Spotlight”, DAU will be implementing a “no-reset” test policy for its web-based distance learning courses beginning with new sections of ACQ101 and SYS101 later this month. Students in existing sections will not b ...[Read More]
Published: May-10-10 | 0 Comments