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Apr30

Plethora of Interesting Articles in Latest Issue of Defense AT&L Magazine

The May-June 2014 issue of the Defense AT&L Magazine is now available, and as always, is chock-full of interesting articles, including:   ·         Protecting the Future - From the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-30-14 | 0 Comments

Apr29

Important New GAO Report on DoD Implementation of Product Support Manager (PSM) Requirement

 The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued an important new report earlier today entitled “GAO-14-326 Weapon Systems Management: DOD Has Taken Steps to Implement Product Support Managers but Needs to Evaluate Their Effects.” In the repor ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-29-14 | 0 Comments

Apr24

Competencies and Competence

Several months back, I shared some thoughts on the topic of “Vital Competencies” as they relate to the Life Cycle Logistics workforce. In that blog post, I shared five particular competencies that had been identified back in the year 2000 that n ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-24-14 | 0 Comments

Apr23

New "Provisioning & Cataloging" Training Now Available

DAU is pleased to announce the deployment of a new training entitled CLL 38 Provisioning & Cataloging. This new web-based continuous learning module, the 55th Life Cycle Logistics module available from DAU, provides information on the basics ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-23-14 | 0 Comments

Apr22

April Issue of Defense Acquisition Research Journal (ARJ) now Available

The April issue of the peer-reviewed Defense Acquisition Research Journal (ARJ) is now available for your reading pleasure. Articles include:   ·         Path from Urgent Operational Need to Program of Record - The United States went to war in ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-22-14 | 0 Comments

Apr10

New Serialized Item Management (SIM) Training Now Available

In conjunction with the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Maintenance Policy & Programs (ODASD(MPP)), DAU is pleased to announce the deployment of a new continuous learning module entitled CLM 201 Serialized Item Manage ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-10-14 | 0 Comments

Apr07

Product Support Analytical Tools

Wanted to let life cycle logisticians, product support managers, program managers, and systems engineers know that we have continued to aggressively update and populate the DoD Product Support Analytical Tools database since its initial launch i ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-07-14 | 0 Comments

Apr04

New Issue of Defense AT&L Magazine is Chock Full of Timely and Topical Articles

Wanted to call your attention to a series of articles of engaging, timely, and relevant acquisition-related articles of interest in the latest (March-April 2014) issue of the Defense AT&L Magazine. They include:   ·         What Does It M ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-04-14 | 0 Comments

Apr03

GAO Assessment of Selected Weapon Programs

On March 31, 2014, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued their annual assessment of DOD weapon system acquisitions in a report entitled  “Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs” (GAO-14-340SP). The report “incl ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-03-14 | 0 Comments

Apr02

New DoD Corrosion Prevention and Control Planning Guidebook for Military Systems and Equipment

The Office of DoD Corrosion Policy and Oversight (CPO) within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) has issued a new corrosion prevention and control guidebook.   According to the introduction of this new DoD Corrosion Prevention and ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-02-14 | 0 Comments

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