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  2. Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act - Wikipedia

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    At the same time, President Reagan established the Packard Commission to review the management of the DoD. Both studies indicated that acquisition workers were undertrained and inexperienced, resulting in the enactment of DAWIA as part of the FY 1991 National Defense Authorization Act.

  3. U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center - Wikipedia

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    The Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act, aimed to professionalize the defense acquisition workforce. The Army DACM Office supports DAWIA-required training, education and experience for the workforce through three main lines of effort. [citation needed]

  4. Defense Acquisition University - Wikipedia

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    The Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requires Defense Acquisition Workforce members to be certified for the positions they hold. DAU offers training courses for all Defense Acquisition Workforce members in 7 functional areas and at three certification levels. [12] Functional Areas: Auditing; Business: Financial Management

  5. Defense Civilian Training Corps - Wikipedia

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    The Defense Civilian Training Corps (DCTC) is a program of the United States Department of Defense to recruit and train university students for careers as civil servants in the department. Training occurs via campus-based instruction at participating universities.

  6. MIL-STD-498 - Wikipedia

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    MIL-STD-498 standard describes the development and documentation in terms of 22 Data Item Descriptions (DIDs), which were standardized documents for recording the results of each the development and support processes, for example, the Software Design Description DID was the standard format for the results of the software design process.

  7. List of professional designations in the United States

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    Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act Contracting Certification: DAWIA Contracting Certification: Defense Acquisition University: I, II, and III Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting: FAC-C: Federal Acquisition Institute: I, II, and III Industry Certification in Contract Management - Defense: ICCM-D: National Contract ...

  8. Contracting Officer's Technical Representative - Wikipedia

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    A Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) is a business communications liaison between the United States government and a private contractor.The COTR is normally a federal or state employee who is responsible for recommending actions and expenditures for both standard delivery orders and task orders, and those that fall outside of the normal business practices of its supporting ...

  9. Technology readiness level - Wikipedia

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    The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Decision Point (DP) Tool originally named the Technology Program Management Model was developed by the United States Army. [8] and later adopted by the DAU. The DP/TPMM is a TRL-gated high-fidelity activity model that provides a flexible management tool to assist Technology Managers in planning, managing ...