# Presentation: 461041

## Developing and Managing the Federal Acquisition Workforce

- Lesley Field
- (202) 395-4761
- lfield@omb.eop.gov

## Emphasis on Human Capital		

- Human Capital is part of the President’s Management Agenda
- The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) has responsibility for establishing policies and procedures to manage the civilian (non-DAWIA) acquisition workforce including:
- Accession
- Education
- Training
- Career Development
- Performance Incentives

## Draft Policy Letter 05-01 on Workforce Development

- Intend to release by April 2005
- Purpose is two-fold:
- Broadly define the acquisition workforce
- Closely align civilian and defense workforce requirements

## Broadly Defining the Workforce

- The Services Acquisition Reform Act (SARA) defines acquisition broadly to include functions other than traditional contracting (management and measurement of performance, tech and mgmt direction, etc.)
- Policy Letter gives Chief Acquisition Officers (CAOs) responsibility for identifying their workforce to include, at a minimum:
- All GS-1102s
- All warranted Contracting Officers (COs) regardless of series
- All GS-1105s
- Program and project managers, as identified by the CAO
- All CORs and COTRs
- Any acquisition-related position identified by the CAO

## Aligning the Civilian and Defense Workforce Requirements

- Core competencies aligned
- Core training aligned
- No change to the qualification standard for civilian 1102s (no change to the education standard)

## Federal Acquisition Certification – Contracting GS-1102

- Level I, II, and III (likely)
- Required for new COs warranted after January 1, 2007 (SPEs can waive on case-by-case basis w/documentation)
- Career enhancing credential
- 80 continuous learning points required to keep certification (and warrant, if applicable)
- FAI is developing certification program for CAOC approval
- Prospective candidates
- Legacy workforce
- All civilian agencies, at a minimum, shall accept this as evidence an employee meets the minimum requirements

## Federal Acquisition Certification – Program and Project Managers and Others

- Generally reflect the DAU requirements, though may be limited to basic training
- FAI will develop recommendations for other disciplines
- Career enhancing credential

## CORs and COTRs

- CAOs responsible for developing basic and refresher training for agency CORs and COTRs
- CORs and COTRs shall enter training information into ACMIS
- DAU is preparing to launch a revised on-line COR/COTR course this spring

## Acquisition Career Management Information System (ACMIS)

- By October 1, 2006 (proposed):
- All GS-1102s
- All COs regardless of series
- All GS-1105
- By October 1, 2007 (proposed):
- CORs/COTRs
- Program and project managers, as appropriate
- Hope to integrate OPM’s competency management inventory system and ACMIS

## Agency Acquisition Career Manager

- 	CAO shall designate a person to manage implementation of this Letter at the agency level to include, but not limited to:
- Managing identification of the workforce
- Proposing to the CAO an annual budget
- Providing input to the Chief Human Capital Officer on human capital strategic planning
- Proposing a transition plan
- Recommending waivers, as necessary
- Maintaining and managing agency-wide data

## Other Human Capital Initiatives

- CAOC Human Capital Working Group
- Reviewing FSS study on emerging trends in acquisition
- Identifying data needs to help agencies determine future human capital needs
- FAI Board of Directors
- Provides general guidance and direction to FAI
- Assists FAI in prioritizing needs for Acquisition Workforce Training Fund
- Collocation of FAI and DAU
- Ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 11, 2005
- Will help civilian agencies leverage DAU’s training development and delivery efforts

## Questions?