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October 6, 2021
Government-wide Acquisition Workforce Key Initiatives
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Is Important FAI CSOD Information Sitting in Your Spam Folder?
Your spam, junk, phishing, and/or marketing email folders may be snatching and hiding important FAI CSOD-related emails from you, and you don’t even know it! Take action now:
1. Check for missing notifications. FAI, DAU’s help desk, and course providers send a variety of emails. If you’ve submitted a help desk ticket to DAU through the ServiceNow Portal, you should have received an email from servicenow@dau.edu. If you did not receive an expected email, check your spam, junk, phishing, and/or marketing email folders.
2. Check your spam folder. Check your spam, junk, phishing, and/or marketing email folders for emails from the following email domains: @dau.edu, @csod.com, and @servicenow.com. If possible, change your email settings to allow/accept emails from these domains.
Continue to monitor your email, FAI.gov, Acquisition Today, and communications from your agency’s Acquisition Career Manager (ACM) for FAI CSOD-related updates.
Are You Using the FAI CSOD Task Aids?
Do you have questions about how to perform a task in FAI CSOD? Would step-by-step instructions help you complete your assigned system tasks with more ease (and less frustration)? Look no further! A variety of FAI CSOD Training Materials are available on FAI CSOD (select Training Guides and Videos under the Help tab). Access to FAI CSOD User Task Aids and training videos for each of your assigned user role(s) has never been so quick and easy!
If you need additional FAI CSOD support, submit a ticket through DAU’s ServiceNow Portal.
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FAI’s FY22 Training is Here!
FAI training is back and bigger than ever with even more FAC-C, FAC-COR, and FAC-P/PM sessions for FY22. Visit FAI’s website to view training sessions for the Federal acquisition workforce. Don’t wait to sign up; seats go fast! Training provided by FAI is free of charge to students and their agencies.
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Acquisition Training for the Real World Fall 2021
Acquisition Training for the Real World Fall 2021 is a two-week series of virtual training sessions on acquisition, hosted by GSA, from October 25 through November 5 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET. The daily virtual training sessions focus on GSA’s tools and digital services and the latest information on Federal Marketplace initiatives. It is open exclusively to federal agency personnel. Earn up to 11 CLPs! See all the session topics and register today!
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Acquisition Workforce Spotlight with LaTanya Anderson
Acquisition workforce members from across the federal government continue to make amazing contributions to the acquisition community every day, and FAI wants you to know about them! Check out this quarter’s spotlight featuring LaTanya Anderson, the Associate Director of the Professional Development Program Management Office from the U.S. Department of the Interior. Go to FAI.gov to learn more about LaTanya and her work with the DOI!
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FAC 093 Introduction to Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) is Live in FAI CSOD!
A new online course, FAC 093 Introduction to Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM), is now available in FAI CSOD. Acquisition professionals will develop an understanding of supply chain risk management, including common terminology, best practices, safeguarding sensitive information, general prohibitions, exclusion orders, and additional requirements for higher risk procurements. Earn 1 CLP for course completion. Register today!
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FAI and University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) Reach Agreement to Award Graduate Credit for FAC-C and FAC-COR!
FAI and University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) recently struck up an agreement that you do not want to miss out on! UMGC will award six graduate credits towards a master's degree in Acquisitions and Contracts Management for earning the FAC-C or FAC-COR. What does this mean for you? If you hold both certifications, you can earn 12 graduate credits, and may already be one-third* of the way to earning a master's degree in Acquisition and Contracts Management at UMGC! Stand even taller in the federal government by adding a master's degree from UMGC to your resume. To learn more about using your certifications for credit, or the other federal benefits that UMGC offers, contact Kathleen Hebbel. *FAC-COR satisfies the requirements for ACM 610 and FAC-C satisfies the requirements for ACM 620.
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GSA Print Management Solutions Webinar - Oct 14
Your current print-management strategy – or lack of one – may be robbing your agency of its resources! Join the complimentary GSA Print Management Solutions Webinar on October 14 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET and learn how to use the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) to improve your organization's printing strategy and reduce costs. Register today and earn 1 CLP for attending!
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Professional Services Office Hours - October 14
GSA recently added two Special Item Numbers (SINs) and revised one existing SIN under the GSA Multiple Award Schedules’ Professional Services Category. Learn about the new SINs under the Financial and Technical and Engineering Services subcategories, and understand the revision to the existing SIN under the Environmental Services subcategory. Register now for the October 14 event at 1:00 p.m. ET and earn 1 CLP for attending!
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Category Management in the DoD
On August 19, 2021, OMB and the Government-wide Category Management (GWCM) Project Management Office (PMO) held an agency engagement seminar on how the DoD incorporated category management (CM) into its training and procurement process. Speakers from the Defense Acquisition University (DAU), Air Force, Army, and Navy talked about how they train their acquisition workforce on Category Management (CM) and how they use CM principles in the procurement planning process. Unable to attend? Find the recording and presentation on the Acquisition Gateway’s Recorded Seminar page.
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Dashboard Demonstration for Market Research and Pricing Data
On September 8, 2021, the Government-wide Category Management (GWCM) Project Management Office (PMO) hosted a dashboard demonstration to show how Best-In-Class contract solutions and interactions incorporate transactional data collection with suppliers. Participants learned how GWCM dashboards support demand management strategies and are used to identify opportunities to use small businesses. Find the recording on the Acquisition Gateway’s Monthly Dashboard Demonstrations page.
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Professional Services Spotlight Webinar - October 20
Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) is a governmentwide priority and is critical to delivering secure, reliable solutions for our customers. This month, GSA will cover the full implementation of Section 889 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and how delivering secure solutions presents an opportunity for the federal acquisition workforce. Register today, and join GSA on October 20 at 1:00 p.m. ET to learn about how these factors present a threat to government acquisitions and how you can use SCRM methodologies to defend against it.
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