ACQUISITION WORKFORCE: Agencies Need to Better Define and Track the Training of Their Employees
Abstract
DOD and the military services have adopted multidisciplinary, multifunctional definitions of their acquisition workforce. The civilian agencies have not. DOD and the military services' definitions include contracting officers, a contracting officer representatives, and contracting officer technical representatives along with other disciplines that play a significant role in acquisitions, such as program managers, industrial specialists, and financial administrators. Civilian agencies generally include only contract and procurement specialists, contracting officers, and contracting officer representatives in their acquisition workforce definitions. Acquisition officials in two of the five civilian agencies we reviewed explained that use of a broader definition would be difficult given that they do not have the authority to establish and monitor training for other functional areas. However, other agencies with similar concerns have taken steps to address this issue. Also, in some cases, agencies established training for certain acquisition-related positions even though they were not formally included in their acquisition workforce definitions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA405739
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office