What do employees do if they can’t get into courses and their certification is due in October? Should an extension be submitted?

The DACM Office recently published an extension waiver to extend the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification grace period an additional 12 months, retroactive to 01 April 2021. That memo is available at: https://asc.army.mil/web/12-month-extension-grace-period-for-certification/. FY21 certification standards will also be extended through 31 January until the implementation of Back-to-Basics scheduled for Feb. 1, 2022.