University of Dayton

Acquisition Program Manager: Essential Skills, Job Description, and Career Path in Government Contracting

So what is an Acquisition Program Manager (APM)? What does that even mean? In this article, I hope to clarify some of this and provide a boundary for what the University of Dayton’s (U.D.) Government ...
usace.army.mil

Vital acquisition training treks to Southwest Asia

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait (Sept. 19, 2008) Ac"a,! Nearly 18 years ago, the U.S. Congress enacted the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act, a work of landmark legislation intended to improve the ...
Nextgov

Senators push for acquisition workforce training

Senators leading government contracting reforms introduced two bills on Dec. 17 to bolster the overstressed federal acquisition workforce. The Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (S. 2901) would ...
Nextgov

GSA Launches IT Acquisition Training Portal For Procurement Officers and Program Managers

The heavy bureaucratic burden associated with government procurement is often cited as a main reason major agency projects fail, especially when IT is a central component of those projects. But a lack ...
Government Executive

OMB issues guidelines for acquisition workforce training

The Office of Management and Budget issued fresh guidance for agencies on acquisition policy Monday, emphasizing employee training, certification, and the role of chief acquisition officers. In a ...
JD Supra

DOJ’s New Corporate Compliance Guidance: Training and Communications, Reporting and Investigations, Third-Party Management and Mergers and Acquisitions (Part III of V ...

The Justice Department’s new Corporate Compliance Guidance is keyed to the concept of a “well-designed compliance program.” Under this concept, we first examined risk assessments and policies and ...