This new online course will help you recognize cultural barriers to innovation and determine ways to address them. Also, you will identify authoritative sources that empower and/or encourage acquisition innovation and leverage resources and tools that support the use of innovative practices and technologies by acquisition teams. Register for this new online course in FAI CSOD and earn 1.5 CLPs.

Calling all innovators! Do you have a game-changing, innovative acquisition technique that has improved outcomes, e.g., reduced barriers to entry for small businesses, accelerated award, or improved customer satisfaction? If so, we want to hear from you! Visit the Periodic Table of Acquisition Innovations and click on “Submit an Innovation." Submit your ideas today and see them come to life. As we work together to shape the future of our field, let's make a difference together!

Watch PILCast #26 to hear about how a team at Immigration and Customs Enforcement used a new innovative procurement technique to purchase complicated services. Discovery is a process where, as part of the solicitation, vendors are given an opportunity to come in and ask the government questions about the government's requirements. Using this technique results in vendors better understanding the government's requirements and thus submitting better responses to the solicitation. Visit the DHS PIL YouTube channel for more PILCasts.

The Partnership for Public Service is now accepting applications for the Mission Support Leadership Program, formally LEAP. It is designed for GS-12 to GS-14 federal employees in the acquisition field and prepares mission-critical federal professionals to become more effective leaders. By the end of the course, participants are able to make values-based decisions, use their roles to build strong partnerships, identify how to drive positive impact within their organizations and demonstrate enhanced leadership attributes.

Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2023-02 was published in the Federal Register on Feb. 14, 2023. The list of documents included in this FAC is as follows:

• Introduction
• FAR Case 2019-008; final rule, effective March 16, 2023
• FAR Case 2020-007; final rule, effective March 16, 2023
• Technical Amendments; final rule, effective March 16, 2023
• Correction and Small Entity Compliance Guide

To view and download the latest version of the FAR, please visit https://www.acquisition.gov/content/list-sections-affected.

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