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FAI
Training & Career Development Initiatives
Gloria
Sochon
Director
Federal Acquisition
Institute
March 17, 2005
Overview
FAI
background & partners
Partnership
with DAU
Goals
Acquisition
Workforce Training Fund
Initiatives
FAI
Mission
To
foster and promote the development
of a professional acquisition workforce
into effective business leaders.
FAI
Partners
OFPP
and the FAI Board of Directors
U.S. General
Services Administration
Defense
Acquisition University (DAU)
Chief Acquisition
Officer Council
Human
Capital Working Group
Interagency
Procurement Career Management Committee
(IPCMC)
Partnership
with DAU
Co-located
January 26, 2005
Leveraging
infrastructure
Developing
common career development & performance tools
Common
competencies
Common
training for contracting personnel
Federal
Contracting Certification Program managed by FAI
Coordinated
PM Certification Program
Goals
Better
training
Skills
currency
Mission-focus
Better
tools, performance support
Fuller
involvement of the acquisition team
Structured
career growth
Greater
mobility, more opportunities
Better
management information, use of resources
Acquisition
Workforce Training Fund (AWTF)
Established
by the Services Acquisition Reform
Act (SARA) of 2003
Purpose:
To ensure the federal acquisition workforce
Adapts
to fundamental changes in the nature
of federal acquisition
Acquires
new skills & perspectives to contribute effectively in the changing
environment
GSA
& OMB memos to agencies issued
July 04
Current
balance $8.5 M
Current
Training Initiatives
Partnering
with DAU on
Revision
of CON curriculum
CON110
Mission Support Planning (Oct 04)
CON111
Mission Strategy Execution (Nov 04)
CON112
Mission Performance Assessment (Dec 04)
CON120
Mission Focused Contracting (Jan 05)
CON Level
2 during FY2005
Services
acquisition course
Updated
COR/COTR training
Training
on FAR updates
Upcoming
Training Initiatives
Share
In Savings training
Performance
Based Service Acquisition
Earned
Value Management System training
Training
on small business issues (CON 260)
CON 353
for civilian agencies
Training
for non-contracting personnel
Refresher
training
Other
AWTF Initiatives
Migration
to e-training platform
Definition
and application of measures of training
effectiveness
Identifying
project/program management training
Identifying
emerging training needs
Contracting
Certification Program
A
credential to establish qualifications
Components
Education
Training
Experience
Fulfillment
Goals
Consistency
with DOD00 program
Balance
of rigor and flexibility
Acceptance
across agencies
PM
Certification Program
A
credential to establish qualifications
Components
& goals 00same as previous
Will set
a basic level of qualification to avoid conflict with other professional
certification programs
Issues
Defining
& identifying members
ACMIS
Acquisition
workforce management tool
Tracks
acquisition workforce training and
education qualifications, warrant levels,
and other information
Information
and reports available to agency managers
Coordinating
with OPM e-gov initiatives
Proposed
to become mandatory
Contracting
personnel records input by Oct 2006
Program
& project managers by April 2007
www.fai.gov or www.acmis.gov
FAI Resources
FAI Online
University: www.faionline.com
Free online
training courses available to public and private sector students
Home page: www.fai.gov
ACMIS
FACE 2005
(June 7-8)
Acquisition
Learning Seminars
Newsletter
Career
Management
Educational
Resources
Contact
Us
703-805-2300
or questions@fai.gov
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