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We want our officers to receive instruction from academic professionals who are pioneers in the field.
in their current acquisition career field, as well as being certified in program management. Te first LEAD cohort will likely have some necessary grandfathered acceptance clauses.
Te changes don’t end there. Previously, students negotiated their assignments. LEAD will add additional structure to the assign- ment negotiation process. For example, in an effort to put theory into practice, each student will rotate through the Pentagon as a DA system coordinator (DASC) within the Deputy for Acqui- sition and Systems Management in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology. Tese assignments will be as NH-III 0340s, versus the previous 0301 training assignment series.
Te new program includes a writing assignment: Students will be required to submit an article for publication in Army AL&T magazine or on the Army AL&T News website. We have also engaged previous CDG/AAF graduates for mentoring relation- ships with the new students.
Te application process also will be enhanced. In addition to utilizing CAPPMIS—the Army’s source for acquisition career management—for the application portal, candidates will be further vetted by the Army DACM’s Talent Management Board of Directors, a Senior Executive Service- or flag officer-level board.
Te official announcement for applications to the inaugural LEAD class will come in October.
INSPIRING AND DEVELOPING EXCELLENCE IN ACQUISITION LEADERS Another key program we’ve further developed is Inspiring and Developing Excellence in Acquisition Leaders (IDEAL). Te
program is designed to develop current and future AAW super- visors. Te program consists of multiple one‐week sessions over a period of approximately six months. Applicants must be GS-12, -13, -14 or broadband equivalent, and DAWIA certified in their current position.
Because of the pandemic, we’re going to conclude the fiscal year 2020 cohort using Microsoft Teams. We’re canceling the fiscal year 2021 class. We hate to do that, but IDEAL optimally requires resident, face-to-face training. For the 2020 class, we’re transition- ing to small groups of four to five with an instructor. Te typical off-site visit won’t happen.
When we resume the IDEAL program, we’ll move forward having learned some valuable lessons. IDEAL leans more toward devel- oping existing supervisors, which is why we plan to open it up to GS-14s or broadband equivalents.
TRAINING WITH INDUSTRY We’ve also expanded our Training With Industry (TWI) program. TWI is a one-year work-experience training program that embeds selected acquisition officers into corporate Amer- ica, exposing them to the latest commercial business practices, organizational structures and cultures, technology development processes and corporate management techniques.
TWI grew from 10-12 positions in fiscal years 2016-2019, to 30 positions in 2020. Te final number we’ll have in fiscal year 2021 is yet to be determined, but the Army plans to maintain the growth of the program by tailoring TWI assignments more specifically to get officers the right experience to prepare them for future commands. Tus an officer involved in vehicle acquisi- tion likely would go to an automotive company; a logistics-heavy program officer to a company like Amazon or FedEx; an offi- cer involved in electronics would probably go to an electronics company. Each TWI position would be tailored with placing the right officer in the right company to better serve the Army down the line. Ten, at the conclusion of the TWI assignment, we would expect to utilize that officer in follow-on activities that were enhanced by the experience.
ADVANCED CIVIL SCHOOLING PH.D. PROGRAM Te Army Acquisition Corps is providing a path for select offi- cers to earn a doctoral degree and become acquisition technical experts through Advanced Civil Schooling. Such experts support the Army’s scientific and engineering needs across a broad spec- trum of assignments, including product and project managers, to
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