C A R E E R D E V E L O PME N T U P DAT E
ARMY AL&T
From the Acquisition Support Center Director
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his summer brings the retirement of U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC) Deputy Director COL
Brian C. Winters after more than 26 years of military service. Since he assumed the position in August 2007, his accomplishments, leader- ship, and the goals he set for this organization have brought a new standard for acquisition career development. I consider myself truly blessed to have had such a superb, effi- cient, and trustworthy officer as part of our team. Following in COL Winters’ footsteps will be COL Bill Boruff. A recent U.S. Army War College graduate, COL Boruff has served in numer- ous acquisition positions since 1995. Most recently, he served as the Commander, Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), Combat Vehicles BAE, York, PA. While serving there, he deployed to Iraq as Commander, DCMA Northern Iraq, October 2007–July 2008. He brings essential knowledge and expertise to the job and our expectations for his success run high.
Acquisition Growth Last year, the Secretary of Defense announced his intent to grow the defense acquisition workforce 15 percent by FY15. As part of the Secretary’s growth strategy initiative, the Army acquisition workforce is projected to grow by approximately 4,000 personnel associated with the DOD initiative to rebalance the workforce through insourcing. The balance of the growth—1,885—is pursued through new govern- ment civilian hires to Army acquisition workforce roles. To ensure proper vetting within the Army acquisition community, the Army established an Acquisition Workforce Growth Task Force that has been actively planning and deploying initiatives that support the defense acquisition workforce growth strategy. Acquisition workforce size is a function of the force planning process that reflects deliberate enterprise decisions from balancing total mission needs and available resources, including budget. While the Army has significant efforts underway to increase the size and improve the quality of its acqui- sition workforce, we operate under the constraint that “quantity is important, but quality is paramount.” Task Force efforts have been finalized and details have been vetted within the functional communities. The growth details by acquisition organization, functional expertise, and FY for hires will be added to the growth strategy. The path ahead will continue using the Section 852 Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund to assist the process.
USAASC Human Resources (HR) Summit The 2010 USAASC HR Summit, held March 23–25, 2010, at the Fort Belvoir, VA, Officers Club, was an HR forum with
both civilian and military representatives from activities within the Direct Reporting Unit (DRU). Topics included insourcing, delega- tions, teleworking, Section 852 workforce growth, regionalization, the Defense Civilian Acquisition Workforce Demonstration Project, and other Army programs and policies concerning HR. The summit was very successful in meeting our outcomes of:
• Providing the latest information on HR issues. • Creating an open discussion/working environment among the program executive offices and USAASC on numerous topics germane to their HR functions and operations.
• Sharing and discussing lessons learned about policies, programs, and issues directly affecting the activities within the DRU.
We look forward to more HR summits in the years to come.
Delegations of Civilian Personnel Authorities The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs is responsible for the delegation of various personnel authorities to Army Commands, Army Service Component Commands, DRUs, and the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army (AASA) with authority to redelegate through command channels to commanders of independent field activities. The AASA maintains the authority to redelegate the authorities to HQDA Principal Officials. Within the past year, the AASA has delegated the following authorities:
• Voluntary early retirement authority/voluntary separation incentive. • Expedited hiring authority for acquisition positions. • Recruitment, relocation, retention, and enhanced retention incentives.
The AASA is working on the delegation of approximately 60 additional authorities. For more information, contact Garet McKimmie at (703) 805-1015/DSN 655-1015 or
garet.mckimmie@
us.army.mil.
Army Acquisition Center of Excellence (AACoE) In January 2010, the establishment of the AACoE in Huntsville, AL, was announced by LTG N. Ross Thompson III, then-Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (AL&T). AACoE will consolidate Army institutional training, education, and career development courses for the AL&T Workforce in one centralized area, offer- ing increased student interaction with senior military and civilian leaders. As part of this effort, the FA51 Intermediate Qualification Course (IQC), hosted by the Institute for Advanced Technology at the University of Texas-Austin, will move to Huntsville and integrate into an AACoE in continued partnership with the College of Professional and Continuing Education, Huntsville, and the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) South Region. The AACoE will improve the effectiveness of our leader development while increasing acquisition synergy and reducing costs. Recently, the course was expanded to include civilian Competitive
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