Home

News, announcements, training, search functions, Ask-a-Professor, and similar services with direct links supporting DoD acquisition.

Acquisition Process

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:

Policy

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.

Communities
of Practice

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.

Training and
Continuous Learning

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.

Applications

AT&L Knowledge Management Systems (AKMS) applications.

 
 

Functional Gateways

Sixteen functional knowledge gateways, one for each of the defense acquisition career fields.

Special Topics

Links to gateways about important topics outside the general portals and beyond the standard career fields:


         Bill Kobren, Director

Bill Kobren
Director
Logistics & Sustainment Center


RSS Feed RSS Feed

Gateway Links

Overview
Certification Guide
Continuous Learning
Enroll in a Course
Mission Assistance
Ask A Professor
Director's Blog

Archives

August 2009 (2)
September 2009 (10)
October 2009 (8)
November 2009 (6)
December 2009 (8)
January 2010 (9)
February 2010 (8)
March 2010 (8)
April 2010 (11)
May 2010 (9)
June 2010 (11)
July 2010 (9)
August 2010 (10)
September 2010 (9)
October 2010 (10)
November 2010 (10)
December 2010 (9)
January 2011 (10)
February 2011 (9)
March 2011 (12)
April 2011 (9)
May 2011 (11)
June 2011 (10)
July 2011 (10)
August 2011 (12)
September 2011 (14)
October 2011 (13)
November 2011 (9)
December 2011 (11)
January 2012 (12)
February 2012 (20)
March 2012 (14)
April 2012 (11)
May 2012 (12)
June 2012 (12)
July 2012 (11)
August 2012 (11)
September 2012 (14)
October 2012 (12)
November 2012 (9)
December 2012 (10)
January 2013 (12)
February 2013 (8)
March 2013 (11)
April 2013 (9)
May 2013 (12)
June 2013 (10)
July 2013 (10)
August 2013 (14)
September 2013 (14)
October 2013 (10)
November 2013 (14)
December 2013 (8)
January 2014 (8)
February 2014 (12)
March 2014 (12)
April 2014 (11)
May 2014 (12)
June 2014 (11)
July 2014 (9)
August 2014 (10)
September 2014 (14)
October 2014 (10)
November 2014 (10)
December 2014 (9)
January 2015 (14)
February 2015 (12)
March 2015 (10)
April 2015 (11)
May 2015 (12)
June 2015 (10)
July 2015 (11)
August 2015 (11)
September 2015 (11)
October 2015 (12)
November 2015 (12)
December 2015 (10)
January 2016 (10)
February 2016 (12)
March 2016 (16)
April 2016 (16)
May 2016 (16)
June 2016 (14)
July 2016 (11)
August 2016 (19)
September 2016 (19)
October 2016 (20)
November 2016 (7)


Bloggers Only

Login

   Home Skip Navigation LinksAT&L Functional Gateways > Life Cycle Logistics > Director Bill Kobren's Blogs

May28

Calling all DoD Technical Data Management Professionals

Development of the new LOG 215 Technical Data Management course is entering the home-stretch, with the scheduled July 21-25, 2014 student pilot quickly approaching. For those who are not already familiar with this new course, LOG 215 Technical Dat ...[Read More]
Published: May-28-14 | 0 Comments

May27

New DoD Performance Based Logistics (PBL) Guidebook

The Better Buying Power (BBP) 2.0 Implementation Guidance of April 24, 2013 included direction to “increase effective use of Performance-Based Logistics.” In a subsequent November 22, 2013  "Performance Based Logistics Comprehensive Guidanc ...[Read More]
Published: May-27-14 | 2 Comments

May22

Save the Date for the 2014 DoD Product Support Manager (PSM) Workshop

Attention all DoD Program Managers (PM), Product Support Managers (PSM), and their defense industry counterparts: the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Materiel Readiness has advised that the DoD Product Support Manager (PS ...[Read More]
Published: May-22-14 | 0 Comments

May20

Defense Acquisition Workforce Achievement & Development Awards for 2014

On May 19, 2014, the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition Technology and Logistics announced the call for nominations for the 2014 Defense Acquisition Workforce Achievement and Development Awards.  This awards program advances the Bette ...[Read More]
Published: May-20-14 | 0 Comments

May16

Detection and Avoidance of Counterfeit Electronic Parts Final Rule Issued (DFARS Case 2012-D055)

The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS): “Detection and Avoidance of Counterfeit Electronic Parts” (DFARS Case 2012–D055) Final Rule was published in the Federal Register on May 6, 2014. The rule “amends the DFARS to partia ...[Read More]
Published: May-16-14 | 0 Comments

May15

New CAPE Operating & Support (O&S) Cost-Estimating Guide

The DoD Cost Assessment & Performance Evaluation (CAPE) recently issued a newly revised “Operating & Support (O&S) Cost-Estimating Guide” to replace the old 2007 version. We have posted links to it under both the DAU Logistics Commun ...[Read More]
Published: May-15-14 | 0 Comments

May13

The Excellent Milestone Documentation Identification (MDID) Tool Gets Even Better

The excellent Milestone Documentation Identification (MDID) tool on the Defense Acquisition Portal (DAP) has just gotten even better.   For those who may not have used it before or are not familiar with it, you may ask, “What exactly is the MD ...[Read More]
Published: May-13-14 | 0 Comments

May09

What Would you Recommend?

As I shared in a blog post last week entitled “Important New GAO Report on DoD Implementation of Product Support Manager (PSM) Requirement,”  the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued an important new report entitled “GAO-14-326 ...[Read More]
Published: May-09-14 | 1 Comment

May06

LOG 365 Executive Product Support Manager's Course Successfully Passes Key Developmental Milestone

DAU successfully piloted its new two-week LOG 365 Executive Product Support Manager’s Course at Fort Belvoir, Virginia from April 21-May 2, 2014. This two-week long executive-level course is required for DoD Product Support Managers (PSM) assign ...[Read More]
Published: May-06-14 | 2 Comments

May05

Professional Development News

Because a number of workforce members are either involved with, members of, or have received training or professional certification from one these organizations – or are engaged in some way shape or form with supply chain disciplines related to th ...[Read More]
Published: May-05-14 | 0 Comments

 Next >>