acquisition workforce
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OFPP administrator Dan Gordon said the morale of contracting officers and other acquisition workers is improving. OPM issued a new IT program and project management competency guidance.
July 20, 2011 -
Mark E. Krzysko, deputy director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, told Federal News Radio about the new system the Pentagon is using to improve acquisition. The Acquisition Visibility program gives DoD officials on-demand access to procurement data.
July 15, 2011 -
GAO finds the Pentagon isn\'t moving fast enough in improving the skills of their workforce. House lawmakers focused in the acquisition workforce, specifically. DoD defended its efforts, pointing to the 8,600 new acquisition workers hired over the past few years.
July 15, 2011 -
Shay Assad, the Defense Department\'s director of defense pricing, and Dick Ginman, the Pentagon\'s director of defense procurement and acquisition policy, join host Roger Waldron to talk about their new roles. June 7, 2011 - (Encore presentation June 21, 2011)
June 07, 2011 -
FAI, DAU teaming together to provide contracting officers and others training and tools.
June 06, 2011 -
GSA Chief Acquisition Officer Mindy Connolly, discusses GSA\'s acquisition workforce, the Myth-Busters campaign, and sustainability in government procurement. May 31, 2011
May 31, 2011 -
Agencies asked 125 annuitants for help last year with Army leading the way, bringing 44 retired federal workers back to help with acquisition processes.
May 19, 2011 -
Al Burman, president of Jefferson Solutions and Chair of the Procurement Round Table, joins host Roger Waldron to talk about the work his group is doing. May 10, 2011
May 10, 2011 -
Shay Assad, director of the office of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, told industry professionals Thursday that DoD would provide them with a clearer picture of what the Pentagon wants when it issues solicitations to industry. Past acquisition processes, he said, had forced vendors to guess what factors DoD thought were truly important.
March 18, 2011 -
Some administration officials fear the acquisition workforce can\'t properly manage government contracts. Dan Gordon said strengthening that workforce is OFPP\'s number one priority. He also said he wants to improve communication between government acquisition officers and industry.
February 18, 2011 -
A new memo from Dan Gordon, OFPP administrator, details hiring flexibilities and new tools for agencies.
February 11, 2011 -
The Defense Department wants its information technology projects to be developed in smaller, faster chunks that take no more than 18 months to deploy. One Air Force program executive officer says he\'s already doing it in 12 months.
February 08, 2011 -
Times are tough all over, and the acquisition workforce is facing the same budget challenges as the rest of the Federal government. Larry Allen, President of Allen Federal Business Partners, joined me today to talk…
February 02, 2011 -
Washington said he wants to pursue work in the commercial aviation industry.
December 02, 2010 -
The commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service wants to take his organization to new heights in how it serves its agency and vendor customers. FAS saw its revenue grow to $52 billion in 2010, but Kempf wants to offer more services and meet its customers\' needs better to increase its revenue. FAS will require all new schedule contract offers and modifications to be done electronically by the end of 2011.
November 24, 2010