By Susan L. Follett
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (July 15, 2015) – Open up your calendars: The Office of the Army, Director of Acquisition Career Management has scheduled a host of Army Acquisition Workforce (AAW) education, training and leadership development opportunities for FY16.
A handful of AAW leadership development opportunities are on the schedule, including four sections of the Acquisition Leader Challenge Program, a series of seminars that focus on developing leadership skills for civilians, identifying challenges for new leaders, and incorporating individual talents into a cohesive workforce. Applications will be accepted in August for the Competitive Development Group, a three-year developmental program for board-selected applicants that offers expanded training, leadership, experiential and other career development opportunities. Civilian workforce members can also take advantage of the opportunities offered through the Defense Civilian Emerging Leaders Program and the Senior Service College Fellowship, both of which will open for applications next year.
Ready for your next career challenge? Announcements open in mid-September for the Centrally Selected List/Centralized Selection Board, which fills billets for project and product managers as well as product directors. Maybe a hands-on experience is what you need for this stage of your career. Military members of the Army Acquisition Workforce might consider the Training With Industry program, which places competitively selected officers in corporate assignments, giving them extensive exposure to managerial techniques and industrial procedures. The program announcement opens July 23. Programs for 51C NCOs and FA-51 officers include Advanced Civil Schooling, which offers a number of sessions through FY16, and the Degree Completion Program, which opens for applications a year from now.
Looking for tuition assistance programs? The Student Loan Repayment Program opens in the fall, and applicants will be selected early next year. Further down the road, the Naval Post Graduate School Master’s Degree Program, which allows participants to earn an advanced degree in program management or systems engineering, will open for applications in early 2016.
A complete list of the FY16 programs, including opening and closing dates, is below, and additional information can be found on the online calendar. To be sure you don’t miss an opportunity or a deadline, be sure to subscribe by clicking the button in the lower right-hand corner, which will populate your Outlook calendar with all the relevant information. Keep in mind that dates are subject to change, so be sure to check out the AAPDS tab within CAPPMIS to confirm.
FY16 USAASC Army DACM Office Announcement Timelines
TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP)
- Announcement opening: Oct. 1, 2015
- Announcement closing: Oct. 29, 2015
- Applicant selection notification date: Jan. 19, 2016 (T)
Naval Postgraduate School Master of Science in Program Management OR Systems Engineering
- Announcement opening: Feb. 22, 2016
- Announcement closing: April 11, 2016
- Applicant selection notification date: May 16, 2016
Acquisition Tuition Assistance Program (ATAP)
- Announcement opening: May 11, 2016
- Announcement closing: June 8, 2016
- Applicant selection notification date: July 22, 2016
LEADER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Acquisition Leader Challenge Program (ALCP)
- 1st Quarter
Announcement opening: Aug. 3, 2015
Announcement closing: Aug. 31, 2015 - 2nd Quarter
Announcement opening: Nov. 12, 2015
Announcement closing: Dec. 10, 2015 - 3rd Quarter
Announcement opening: Feb. 9, 2016
Announcement closing: March 9, 2016 - 4th Quarter
Announcement opening: May 2, 2016
Announcement closing: May 30, 2016
Competitive Development Group/ Army Acquisition Fellowship (CDG/AAF)
- Announcement opening: June 28, 2016
- Announcement closing: Sept. 28, 2016
- Applicant Selection Notification Date: Early December for program to start early March 2017
Defense Acquisition University- Senior Service College Fellowship (DAU-SSCF)
- Announcement opening: Dec. 2, 2015
- Announcement closing: March 23, 2016
- Applicant Selection Notification Date: Late April for classes to start late July 2016
Defense Civilian Emerging Leaders Program (DCELP)
- Announcement opening: May 16, 2016
- Announcement closing: June 16, 2016
- Applicant selection notification date: late 2016
MILITARY EDUCATION/BROADENING OPPORTUNITIES
Training-with-Industry (TWI) [FA51 Officers]
- Announcement opening: July 23, 2015 (T)
- Announcement closing: Nov. 3, 2015 (T)
- Applicant selection notification date: no later than Dec. 31, 2015
Advanced Civil Schooling (ACS) [FA-51 Officers and MOS 51C NCOs]
ACS 17-01 [FA-51 Officers]
- Announcement opening: o/a March 15, 2016
- Announcement closing: o/a June 5, 2016
- Applicant selection notification date: o/a July 15, 2016
ACS 17-02 [FA-51 Officers]
- Announcement opening: o/a Aug. 7, 2016
- Announcement closing: o/a Nov. 5, 2016
- Applicant selection notification date: o/a Dec. 31, 2016
ACS [MOS 51C NCOs]
- Announcement opening (FY 16): Aug. 10, 2015
- Announcement closing: Nov. 30, 2015
- Applicant selection notification date: Jan. 20, 2016
ACS [MOS 51C NCOs]
- Announcement opening (FY 17): Aug. 8, 2016
- Announcement closing: Nov. 30, 2016
- Applicant selection notification date: Jan. 20, 2017
Degree Completion Program (DCP)
More information will be posted at https://asc.army.mil/web/dacm-office/.
- Announcement opening (spring): Aug. 1, 2016
- Announcement closing: Oct. 14, 2016
- Applicant selection notification date: Nov. 18, 2016
Centrally Selected List (CSL)/Centralized Selection Board (CSB) Announcements
FY17 Acquisition Key Billet – Project/Product Manager or Acquisition Director CSL Board
Announcements will be posted at, https://www.hrc.army.mil/Officer/Acquisition%20Management%20Branch%20FA51.
- Announcement opening: LTC/GS14: Sept. 14, 2015
COL/GS15: Oct. 5, 2015 - Announcement closing: LTC/GS14: Oct. 30, 2015
COL/GS15: Nov. 20, 2015 - Board dates: LTC/GS14: Jan. 11-15, 2016
COL/GS15: Feb. 2-5, 2016 - Applicant selection notification date: Spring 2016
- Announcement opening: Oct. 26, 2015 (T)
- Announcement closing: Dec. 17, 2015 (T)
- Board dates: Jan. 14-15, 2016
- Applicant selection notification date: April 1, 2016
FY16 AAW Recruitment, Training, and Retention Initiatives – Call for Requirements Announcement
Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund (DAWDF)
Information will be posted at https://asc.army.mil/web/career-development/852-program/.
- Announcement opening: Feb. 1, 2016
- Announcement closing: May 15, 2016
- Board dates: June 1-15, 2016
- Command notification date: Aug. 15, 2016
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