	Upcoming Changes to Contracting Curriculum for FY2012 A memorandum released on March 25th, 2011 notifies the contracting workforce of changes to the Contracting Curriculum and DAWIA certification standards, effective October 1, 2011. The effort involves changes to existing course assets and development of new learning assets. Additionally the transition ... More

	New HCI Director Named Mr. Keith Charles has been named the new AT&L Human Capital Initiatives director. Mr. Charles has over thirty years of leadership experience in resource and manpower management. He led the establishment of the modern Defense Acquisition Workforce, including the human capital and education requirements. In previous ... More

	Career Management Brochure In collaboration with the Service DACMs, the 4th Estate DACM team led the creation of a Defense Acquisition Career Management brochure, completed in July 2010. The brochure serves as a resource for the acquisition workforce community and provides general acquisition workforce information, contact information and registration ... More

	Announcing the New Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Workforce Waiver System for the 4th Estate The 4th Estate Director, Acquisition Career Management Office will be implementing an online AT&L Workforce Waiver System to improve consistency in the processing of waivers and to provide new tools for tracking and reporting waiver information. This ... More

	New Document Upload Capability in ACQTAS The 4th Estate is pleased to announce the development of the Employee Document Upload Capability. This capability was developed in order to further enhance the functionality of the Acquisition Training Application System (ACQTAS) by allowing employees to upload supporting documentation as part of their certification ... More

	DoD Strategic Human Capital Plan Update The Defense Acquisition Strategic Workforce Plan was hand-delivered to Congress Tuesday, April 27, 2010. The report captures how we are supporting the intent of the President and the Secretary of Defense to improve the acquisition workforce. The report highlights Dr. Carter’s theme that while “workforce size is ... More

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