Defense Acquisition University (DAU)

Defense Acquisition University is a Department of Defense resource that supports the Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) workforce access to certification training and continuous learning.

The Defense Acquisition University is a best-in-class corporate university for the Defense Acquisition Workforce. Everything at DAU is for the acquisition professional—from formal courses and continuous learning modules to knowledge sharing assets and consulting. As your learning partner, DAU will be with you in the classroom, online, and in your workplace-- whenever and wherever you need DAU. All of our learning assets are meant to help you develop and manage acquisition programs, projects, and systems that continue to make our nation’s war fighters the best-equipped armed forces in the world.

The DAG web-site https://dag.dau.mil  has been re-designed to provide the acquisition workforce and our industry partners with a more effective, user-friendly capability to instantly access best business practice, supporting policy, and lessons learned.
In addition to its more

Defense Acquisition Portal

https://acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=1

http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives

Contracting 

DAP - Policy and Regulation Shortcuts

Directory of Acquisition Systems and Services

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Ammunition Forum Contingency Contracting Continuous Process Improvement Contracting Data Management DoD Wireless Earned Value Management Facilities Engineering Information Technology Life Cycle Logistics Production Quality & Manufacturing Program Management Risk Management Science & Technology Management Small Business Systems Engineering	A-76, Competitive Sourcing Process ACE for Services Acquisition Law Acquisition Research Alternative Dispute Resolution Business, Cost Estimating & Financial Management Contracting Officers Representative (COR) Contractors Accompanying the Force DHS Acquisition Policy DoD Packaging, Handling, Storage & Transportation (PHS&T) Emergency Response & Recovery Contracting Environment, Safety & Occupational Health (ESOH) Financial Management Government Property Instructional Systems Design International Program Management Joint Rapid Acquisition Naval Open Architecture Operations Research/Systems Analysis Performance-Based Acquisition Reliability, Availability & Maintainability Strategic Sourcing Software Acquisition Management Spectrum & E3 Compliance Test & Evaluation Termination TRMC - T&E/S&T Unique Identification
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August 2009 Issue
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Acquisition Hot Topic Forums

DEFENSE ACQUISITION PORTAL IS LIVE
The Defense Acquisition University has deployed the initial version of the Defense Acquisition Portal (DAP). It can be seen and used at https://dap.dau.mil/. The DAP will enhance the breadth and scope of the acquisition process beyond the AKSS (Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics Knowledge Sharing System), which is replaced by the DAP. The DAP includes all of the elements and forces affecting the Big Acquisition Process, including Human Capital Initiatives. Replacing the AKSS, all of the content in the AKSS has been transferred to the DAP, with the majority of it located under the Acquisition tab. There is a new tab dedicated to the Acquisition Workforce, providing information on career management, the Human Capital Initiative, and the 4th Estate. This information includes services on career planning, leadership training, overarching guidance documents, and links to information on professional organizations. There is also a major new feature in DAP called "Acquisition Career Gateways," where each of the fourteen identified acquisition career fields has its own area providing: a career certification guide; formal course enrollment procedures; continuous learning and job specific courses; Ask-A-Professor Q&As; Performance Support/Consulting services available through DAU; and highlighted career field information through blogs by career field experts. The Search feature has been completely reengineered to make it much easier to find the specific kind of learning or job support asset needed. Comments and suggestions on the content and format of the DAP, or on additional information that you would like to see in the DAP, can be made by selecting the "Submit Feedback" button.

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