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The quarterly DACM News shares major Army Acquisition Workforce announcements, spotlights Faces of the Force, shares program successes and other updates applicable to our Army acquisition community.
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Understand the Why Behind the Work – Ebonie F. McClintock-Bennett

For Ebonie McClintock-Bennett, understanding the ‘why’ behind the work is not optional—it is essential. That perspective provides the context that turns requirements into informed decisions and ensures each action supports a broader mission. With an open mindset and a willingness to adapt, she approaches procurement as both a strategic and evolving discipline, helping the Army sustain the innovation, preparedness and responsiveness required to support the warfighter.

Catalytic Contracting: Bridging the Foxhole-to-Factory Divide Through Life Cycle Business Leadership

For the U.S. Army to maintain its decisive edge, the procurement apparatus must operate on a wartime footing that no longer treats acquisition as a slow, linear relay race. To unlock the full potential, the Army is undergoing a historic structural realignment, centering modernization efforts on the portfolio acquisition executive (PAE) model. Read how the U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC) is implementing a unified, “360-degree” framework called wrap-around contracting—an unbroken business architecture that binds the Soldier in the foxhole directly to the manufacturing line on the factory floor.

Culture Eats Digital Engineering for Breakfast

Read how the Army Systems Engineering and Architecture (ASEA), a centralized selection list-led directorate established at ASA(ALT) for the systems engineering discipline, is placing military talent into engineering and technical management roles, where they can model what a digitally fluent Army looks like in practice.

Army Signs Streamlined MRP, Aligning Authority with PAEs to Accelerate Capability Delivery

The Army has signed a new policy that fundamentally transforms the materiel release process, replacing decades of administrative friction with a risk-informed, enabling framework that delivers capabilities to Soldiers faster. The streamlined Materiel Release Policy reassigns materiel release decision authority to the Army’s newly established Portfolio Acquisition Executives, aligning the authority to release capability with the leaders accountable for delivering it.
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