Defense acquisition workforce
Subtitle: DOD's training program demonstrates many attributes of effectiveness, but improvement is needed
Contributors: Needham, John K.
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 42
Subjects: Procurement; Personnel management; Government purchasing; Employees; Training of; Evaluation; Standards; United States. Department of Defense; United States
Other titles: Defense acquisition workforce :; DOD's training program demonstrates many attributes of effectiveness, but improvement is needed
Description: The President has announced his intention to improve the acquisition process, particularly given the half a trillion dollars the federal government spent in fiscal year 2009 on acquiring goods and services. The Department of Defense (DOD) spent $384 billion in fiscal year 2009 on goods and services, double what it spent in 2001. A high-quality workforce with the right competencies and skill sets will be critical to improving DOD acquisitions. GAO was mandated to determine the efficacy of DOD's certification training for its acquisition workforce. GAO assessed (1) DOD's capability to provide certification training, (2) the extent that such training reaches members of the workforce, and (3) the extent that previous training recommendations have been implemented. To conduct this work, GAO compared DOD's certification training to GAO guidance for effective training programs and analyzed policies, data, and previous reports on acquisition training. GAO recommends DOD establish milestones for developing metrics to measure how certification training improves acquisition workforce capability and a time frame for acquiring and implementing an integrated information system. DOD concurred with the second but not the first recommendation. GAO continues to believe DOD needs to develop additional metrics.
Notes: Title from cover screen (gao.gov, viewed Nov. 7, 2010).

"October 2010."

"GAO-11-22."

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