Developing and Managing the Federal Acquisition Workforce

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Developing and Managing the Federal Acquisition
Workforce

• Lesley Field
• [phone]
• lfield_at_omb.eop.gov

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Emphasis on Human Capital

• Human Capital is part of the Presidents
  Management Agenda
• The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP)
  has responsibility for establishing policies and
  procedures to manage the civilian (non-DAWIA)
  acquisition workforce including
• Accession
• Education
• Training
• Career Development
• Performance Incentives

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Draft Policy Letter 05-01 on Workforce Development

• Intend to release by April 2005
• Purpose is two-fold
• Broadly define the acquisition workforce
• Closely align civilian and defense workforce
  requirements

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Broadly Defining the Workforce

• The Services Acquisition Reform Act (SARA)
  defines acquisition broadly to include functions
  other than traditional contracting (management
  and measurement of performance, tech and mgmt
  direction, etc.)
• Policy Letter gives Chief Acquisition Officers
  (CAOs) responsibility for identifying their
  workforce to include, at a minimum
• All GS-1102s
• All warranted Contracting Officers (COs)
  regardless of series
• All GS-1105s
• Program and project managers, as identified by
  the CAO
• All CORs and COTRs
• Any acquisition-related position identified by
  the CAO

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Aligning the Civilian and Defense Workforce
Requirements

• Core competencies aligned
• Core training aligned
• No change to the qualification standard for
  civilian 1102s (no change to the education
  standard)

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Federal Acquisition Certification Contracting
GS-1102

• Level I, II, and III (likely)
• Required for new COs warranted after January 1,
  2007 (SPEs can waive on case-by-case basis
  w/documentation)
• Career enhancing credential
• 80 continuous learning points required to keep
  certification (and warrant, if applicable)
• FAI is developing certification program for CAOC
  approval
• Prospective candidates
• Legacy workforce
• All civilian agencies, at a minimum, shall accept
  this as evidence an employee meets the minimum
  requirements

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Federal Acquisition Certification Program and
Project Managers and Others

• Generally reflect the DAU requirements, though
  may be limited to basic training
• FAI will develop recommendations for other
  disciplines
• Career enhancing credential

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CORs and COTRs

• CAOs responsible for developing basic and
  refresher training for agency CORs and COTRs
• CORs and COTRs shall enter training information
  into ACMIS
• DAU is preparing to launch a revised on-line
  COR/COTR course this spring

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Acquisition Career Management Information System
(ACMIS)

• By October 1, 2006 (proposed)
• All GS-1102s
• All COs regardless of series
• All GS-1105
• By October 1, 2007 (proposed)
• CORs/COTRs
• Program and project managers, as appropriate
• Hope to integrate OPMs competency management
  inventory system and ACMIS

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Agency Acquisition Career Manager

• CAO shall designate a person to manage
  implementation of this Letter at the agency level
  to include, but not limited to
• Managing identification of the workforce
• Proposing to the CAO an annual budget
• Providing input to the Chief Human Capital
  Officer on human capital strategic planning
• Proposing a transition plan
• Recommending waivers, as necessary
• Maintaining and managing agency-wide data

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Other Human Capital Initiatives

• CAOC Human Capital Working Group
• Reviewing FSS study on emerging trends in
  acquisition
• Identifying data needs to help agencies determine
  future human capital needs
• FAI Board of Directors
• Provides general guidance and direction to FAI
• Assists FAI in prioritizing needs for Acquisition
  Workforce Training Fund
• Collocation of FAI and DAU
• Ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 11, 2005
• Will help civilian agencies leverage DAUs
  training development and delivery efforts

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Questions?