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non-FAR-based process (planes), Currier said. Each stop along each line repre- sents a step in the process and is labeled with information icons and numbered icons. Te numbered icons link to FAR citations for quick reference. Te map is further color-coded to represent the differ- ent acquisition efforts: Te orange line is for contract administration, the red is for acquisition planning and the blue is for contract execution. Te green line indi- cates places for industry engagement, which is extremely important to acquisi- tion, Currier said. “We want to include industry at every single phase of the process.”


The map brings users focused infor- mation on a topic when they need it through an information link—a blue icon labeled with an “I”. Tese links take users to lists of regulations, best practices, templates, mythbusting, examples and a wealth of other information related to the


acquisition process, Currier explained. Te references icons are linked directly with websites that contain the topic informa- tion, and are therefore updated when a parent organization updates the website. Currier can also update the map in real time with suggestions from users—which she encourages them to send in—or with new and trending information related to acquisition.


Te primary method of acquisition is the FAR-based process, Currier said. But with technologies changing so fast, the Army doesn’t have time for that anymore. It’s now looking to a non-FAR-based process, like other transaction authority. Currier believes it is her job to get everyone to think critically about the different tools the Army has in acquisition.


“You have to look at the tool for what you’re trying to buy,” she said, and “select the appropriate tool that takes into


consideration the risk, the time we have to solve the problem, to make sure we have the best risk management profile to get the products and services to the warfighter.” Te map will help users learn to select the appropriate acquisition tool.


While the map is not a larger part of the decluttering of the acquisition process, it is a picture of how the process works today and will change to reflect how the process changes over time, Currier said. “It’s not meant to be the end-all to everything; it is meant to be a jumping-off place” where users can get the information they need at a moment’s notice.


For more information, go to https://www. dau.mil/tools/t/Subway-Map. If you have suggestions on how to improve the map, submit them to SubwayMap@DAU.mil.


—JACQUELINE M. HAMES


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