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As part of the efforts to recognize acquisition professionals who contribute to outstanding improvements in acquisition throughout the federal government, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council is seeking nominations for the 2024 Acquisition, Program Management, Small Business and Procurement Equity, and Sustainable Acquisition Excellence Awards. Nominations are being solicited for federal employees engaged in team or individual activities that led to excellent results in any of the following acquisition areas in fiscal year 2023. The deadline for nominations is Aug. 20, 2024.

Christine Harada, Senior Advisor for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy at the Office of Management and Budget, discusses the Better Contracting Initiative, a four-pronged initiative to ensure that the federal government is getting better terms and prices when purchasing goods and services, as well as a few resources to help make your job easier.  

An important announcement was released by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy on Oct. 19, 2023! It outlines mandatory training due by June 30, 2024, recommended training, a reminder on the continuous learning common period window and much more!

A key component of FAC-C Modernization is a Contracting Certification Exam that will be required for new contracting professionals who have not previously held any FAC-C or DAWIA certification.

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is modernizing the Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C).

Bookmark the FAI Student Training Guidebook! The guidebook is a resource for federal civilian agency acquisition workforce students, acquisition career and training managers, training and development vendors, and others who participate in Federal Acquisition Certification training.

As part of the efforts to recognize acquisition professionals who contribute to outstanding improvements in acquisition throughout the federal government, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council is seeking nominations for the 2023 Acquisition, Program Management, Small Business and Procurement Equity, and Sustainable Acquisition Excellence Awards.

If you’re a contracting professional, watch this video to learn about the future of the FAC-C framework and what it means for you. 

FAI and OFPP have released a new online course, FAC 098 Contract Innovation Exploration, in FAI CSOD.

A new online course, FAC 097 Navigating Buy American and Trade Agreements, is now available in FAI CSOD. This new course incorporates all of the changes from FAR Rule 2021-008, including the new domestic content requirements for Buy American, the new fallback threshold, as well as the new price evaluation preferences for critical items and critical components.