DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND THE ARMY ACQUISITION WORKFORCE


their individual development plans in the Career Acquisition Management Portal/Career Acquisition Personnel and Posi- tion Management Information System (CAMP/CAPPMIS) to account for these training goals.


Te DACM Office also provides tuition assistance for individ- ual courses or toward STEM-related degrees for those who prefer to go that route. Our Acquisition Tuition Assistance Program provides tuition, laboratory and technology fees, within limits, to workforce civilians, military occupational specialty 51 contract- ing (51C) noncommissioned officers, and flexible length and renewable-term technical-appointment employees in DOD laboratories designated as science and technology reinvention laboratories (STRLs). Te STRL program is “a new workforce- shaping pilot program that provides the STRL lab directors the authority to dynamically shape the mix of technical skills and expertise,” according to DOD.


DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION DISCUSSION


Young Bang, principal deputy ASA(ALT), said that 2023 is the year of digital transformation for the U.S. Army, at the “Digital Transformation: Supporting Army Modernization” forum during the Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition in October. (Photo courtesy of ASA(ALT))


Te Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) has a renewed focus on STEM in three tracks—engineering, program management and contracting. For officers, Advanced Civil Schooling provides an opportunity to pursue advanced degrees in STEM, whether it’s through attending NPS or a school of choice. Tat deep knowl- edge will be critical to the workforce. “We often constrain technology because we don’t understand it or are unimaginative on how to employ it,” Bang said.


Appropriations Act, 2022,” allocated $50 million to be avail- able through the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account for “recruiting and training the Department of Defense artificial intelligence-literate acquisition workforce.”


TRAIN EARLY, OFTEN Acquisition professionals do not need to wait for these train- ing opportunities to become available to begin expanding their knowledge of software innovation, data and AI. Each Army acqui- sition functional leader has published continuous learning point guidance, much of which includes digital transformation-related training opportunities. I encourage workforce professionals to review these standards, work with their supervisors and update


All of these efforts will enable a new vision for our workforce to modernize in line with industry and in advance of our adversar- ies. Tis will look like quickly gathering and conveying data to leaders to enable their decision-making, better consumption of data between systems and a flattened and simplified architecture. Our use of a continuous learning model, and a well-educated and well-trained workforce, is what will get us through 2023—the year of digital transformation for the Army.


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