UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

OFFICE OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS

Office of Acquisition, Grants, and Risk Management 

MEMORANDUM 

TO: Constance Moore 

THROUGH: Director of Strategic Acquisition Management Initiatives, Office of Acquisition, 

Grants, and Risk Management, Office of Finance and Operations 

FROM: The Chief Acquisition Officer 

SUBJECT: Delegation of Acquisition Career Manager Authority 

I. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY 

Under the authority vested in me from the Secretary by EA/EK/206 certified on October 

21, 2019, and in accordance with the Office of Management and Budget Office of 

Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) Policy Letter (PL) 05-01 "Developing and Managing 

the Acquisition Workforce," I hereby appoint you as the Acquisition Career Manager for 

the Department of Education. In this role, you will ensure that the Department meets the 

requirements set forth in PL 05-01 and any other pertinent statues, regulations, or 

guidance from OFPP. Your authority and responsibilities include the following functions: 

A. Manage the identification and development of the acquisition workforce, 

including identifying staffing needs, training requirements, and other workforce 

development strategies. 

B. Propose to the Chief Acquisition Officer (CAO), through the Senior Procurement 

Executive (SPE), an annual budget for the development of the acquisition 

workforce to fulfill the requirements of PL 05-01 and other agency human capital 

objectives. 

C. Provide coordinated input to the CAO and Chief Human Capital Officer 

regarding short- and long-term human capital strategic planning for training, 

competency fulfillment, career development, accession, recruitment and 

retention, and other facets of human capital management affecting the acquisition 

workforce. 

D. Ensure Department policies and procedures for workforce management are 

consistent with those established by OFPP, as appropriate. 

E. Coordinate with agency functional advisors to ensure fulfillment of requirements 

of OFPP Policy Letter 05-01. 
F. Recommend to the Senior Procurement Executive (SPE) waivers to the GS 1102 

(Contracting Series) education and training requirements in OFPP Policy Letter 

05-01, as needed. 

G. Maintain and manage consistent agency-wide data on those serving in the 

agency's acquisition workforce in the Cornerstone On Demand System (CSOD) 

or replacement or substitute system. 

 

In carrying out the authority delegated to you, direction will be provided by me and the 

agency's SPE. 

Unless otherwise noted in future delegations of authority, amendments to the authority 

cited herein are included within the scope of this delegation. 

II. RESERVATIONS 

You are not delegated any authorities reserved by the Federal Acquisition Regulation or 

other law solely to the CAO, SPE, or head of the agency. 

Ill. REDELEGATION 

No further redelegation is authorized.

IV. CERTIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE 

This delegation is effective upon certification by the Department's Principal Delegation 

Control Officer and supersedes delegation EL/ELEP/128 certified on November 2, 2016, 

and any other previous delegation of this authority. I hereby ratify actions within the 

scope of this delegation taken by you prior to the date of certification. 

This authority delegated to you in this personal delegation may not be exercised by you, 

and will be automatically voided, if you leave your position in the Strategic Acquisition 

Management Initiatives Division, Office of Acquisition, Grants, and Risk Management, 

Office of Finance and Operations, or if this delegation is superseded or rescinded. In the 

event that you leave your position, the authority delegated herein through the Director of 

Strategic Acquisition Management Initiatives Division, Office of Acquisition, Grants, 

and Risk Management, Office of Finance and Operations will remain in effect. Thus, in 

the event that you leave your position, the Director of Strategic Acquisition Management 

will carry out all of the functions and responsibilities of the Acquisition Career Manager 

for the Department of Education and, as such, will automatically become appointed as the 

Acquisition Career Manager for the Department of Education. 

 /s 

Denise Carter 

 Chief Acquisition Officer 

OGC Clearance: Leah Travis; 5/9/2022 

Departmental Delegations Officer: Jim Clemmens 

Date Certified: 5/10/2022 

Control Number: EK/EKGS/223.