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The 4th Estate represents the DoD Components outside the Military Departments and collaborates with the Service DACMs in matters relative to the Defense Acquisition Workforce Education, Training, and Career Development. We also work to support the Director of Human Capital Initiatives. The 4th Estates Vision statement is as follows: "to Create an Inspired, High-Performing Defense Acquisition Workforce Empowered to Make a Difference in Acquisition Outcomes." For more information about the 4th Estate, as well as a complete list of the 4th Estate agencies, click here. | | | Yes | |
| | Certification is the procedure through which a military service or DoD component determines that an employee meets the education, training, and experience standards required for one of three career levels in any acquisition career field. Current certification checklists detailing these requirements are available in the DAU iCatalog. DAU only certifies its own employees. All DoD personnel filling acquisition positions have 24 months to achieve the certification standards (career field/path and level) assigned to their position. The Services and other Defense Agencies have their own certification programs. To view the certification process placard, click here. | | | Yes | |
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The DAU Class Schedule for all classroom courses for FY11 will be available for registration in ACQTAS on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010. Mark this important date on your calendars! All Defense Acquisition Workforce students are encouraged to review their Acquisition training needs for their next Career Field Certification and register for all classes they will need in FY11. Students will be able to create DAU applications for all upcoming classroom classes by this date. Students should be advised to register as soon as possible, once the schedule opens. The largest number of open seats, in the most cost effective locations, will be available in the month of May, and these numbers will decrease as time passes. Quota managers are invited to attend a training session regarding the FY11 class schedule launch at ASM Research headquarters in Fairfax, VA on Friday, April 23rd from 1:00-3:00pm. Remote participation via internet video connection is also available. If you plan to attend the training session, please contact the 4th Estate DACM Quota Manager at DODDACMQuotas@asmr.com. | 8/25/2010 | | Yes | |
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The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD (AT&L)) is requesting 2010 nominations for the following awards: The David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award, the USD(AT&L) Workforce Achievement Award, and the USD(AT&L) Workforce Development Award. These awards recognize the outstanding contributions of our acquisition workforce in delivering world-class products and capabilities to our Warfighters. The official memorandum, along with eligibility criteria, application/selection criteria, administrative procedures, and the application form for each of the three award programs is provided here. Nominations must be submitted electronically by August 1. The awards will be presented in conjunction with the Program Executive Officers'/Systems Command Commanders' Conference scheduled for November 2-3 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Additional information can be found at www.dau.mil/acqawards. | 8/1/2010 | | Yes | |
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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 important, quality is paramount.”
The draft has evolved and now reflects the growth strategy and the story of Secretary Gates. The report contains three chapters: 1) Strategy, 2) Analytics, and 3) Initiatives. The report includes appendices that address the Departments’ progress on key initiatives prescribed by Congress and also provides overviews on key workforce metrics and initiatives
for major acquisition career fields and DoD Components.
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| | 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 application. By providing employees with the ability to upload documentation when submitting a certification application, it reduces the requirement for reviewers to request supporting documentation by phone or email later in the review process. This should result in a faster and more efficient certification process.
Defense Acquisition Workforce students can upload certificates of training, resumes, work experience, transcripts or other documents needed by supervisors or certifying officials during the review process. The documents will be stored and maintained on the ACQTAS server for a period of ten years. The enhancement is initially being deployed for the Certification application but will be integrated into the online application process for Defense Acquisition Corps membership in the near future.
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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 system facilitates the preparation of waivers for all types of AT&L positions that have unique statutory or policy requirements (as outlined in Enclosure 5 of DoD Instruction 5000.66), including:
• General/Flag Officers
• Program Executive Officers
• Program Managers
• Deputy Program Managers
• Senior Contracting Officials
• Contracting Officers
The 4th Estate will be hosting a training session soon to provide an overview of waiver policy and a demonstration of the capabilities of this new system. Agencies will be asked to provide a point of contact that will be responsible for processing waivers, once this system is deployed. For more information on the waiver tool, visit www.atrrs.army.mil/channels/atlwaivers/admin/logon.aspx | | | Yes | |
| | 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 websites for all DACMs as well as descriptions about the DAWIA certification process. Click here for the brochure. | | | Yes | |
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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 plan provides information for the workforce and DACMs to facilitate a smooth transition to the new certification standards. The memo is located in its entirety in the Workforce Policy section of our website here. | | | Yes | |