Defense Acquisition University










































Defense Acquisition University
DAU Seal.png
Established October 22, 1991 (October 22, 1991)
Budget $220 Million
President James P. Woolsey
Vice-president Frank L. Kelley
Location
Fort Belvoir
,
VA
,
USA
Nickname DAU
Affiliations
US Federal Government, Department of Defense
Website DAU Website
Accredited by COE, IAECT, ACE

The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) is a corporate university of the United States Department of Defense offering "acquisition, technology, and logistics" (AT&L) training to military and Federal civilian staff and Federal contractors.[1] DAU is headquartered in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and is accredited by the American Council on Education (ACE), International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and the Council on Occupational Education (COE).[2]




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Leadership




  • 2 Locations


  • 3 Admissions and costs


  • 4 Training and certificates


  • 5 Controversy


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References





History


The University Charter was created in October 1991 by Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 5000.57. Originally a loose consortium of existing training commands, DAU worked to standardize the training courses and establish mechanisms that allowed for centralized management of training funds for the DoD workforce.


In the late 1990s, the consortium arrangement was replaced by a centralized structure, more like that of a corporate university. By 2014, DAU had grown to the point of graduating 181,970 students.[3]





Claude Bolton-Former head of DAU and Former Assistant Secretary of the Army for AT&L



Leadership


DAU was headed by a Commandant until the year 2000 when it became a civilian institution, and since then the chief executive position has the title "President." DAU's Commandants and Presidents have included William L. Vincent (1991-1993), Claude M. Bolton (1993–1996), Richard A. Black (1996–1997), Leonard Vincent (1997–1999), Frank J. Anderson (1999-2010), Katrina McFarland (2011-2012), and James P. Woolsey (2013–present).[4]



Locations




DAU's Headquarters Building on the base of Fort Belvoir near Washington, DC


DAU is headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and serves approximately 150,000 members of the defense acquisition workforce in all. DAU also has several other locations across the United States as well an online presence. The Capital and Northeast Region campus is located at Fort Belvoir and provides access and services to The Pentagon and Washington Department of Defense agencies. It is the biggest facility, serving an AT&L workforce of about 33,000 people. Other facilities include DAU Mid-Atlantic, located in California, Maryland (near the Patuxent River Naval Air Station), DAU South, in Huntsville, Alabama (just outside Redstone Arsenal), DAU Midwest, located in Kettering, Ohio, and DAU West in San Diego.[5]



Admissions and costs


Applicants must have a current affiliation with the United States government in order to qualify to participate in training courses offered by DAU. The United States Military Services and the DoD have internal registration and quotas for DAU class, while the Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) accepts applications and registers most non-DoD students.


U.S. Federal employees and defense contractors may attend DAU courses at no cost when space is available. DAU charges tuition only to certain foreign students.[6]



Training and certificates


The Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requires Defense Acquisition Workforce members to be certified for the positions they hold. DAU offers training courses for all Defense Acquisition Workforce members in 14 career fields and at three certification levels.


Certifications available:




  • International Acquisitions

  • Business Cost Estimating

  • Business Financial Management

  • Contracting

  • Engineering

  • Facilities Engineering

  • Industrial/Contract Property Management

  • Information Technology

  • Life Cycle Logistics

  • Production, Quality, and Manufacturing

  • Program Management

  • Purchasing

  • Science and Technology Management

  • Test and Evaluation

  • Requirements Management



The American Council on Education (ACE) assigns ACE credits to various DAU courses. DAU coursework can apply toward college and university degrees and certificates at some partner institutions.[7]



Controversy


On July 2011 a hacking incident occurred affecting DAU’s Web-based training site. This incident occurred on a vendor’s network that provided the learning management system's underlying source code[8] and inhibited access to online courses for almost two months. While DAU was not hacked, U.S. Cyber Command (U.S. CYBERCOM) evaluated the risk level to DAU’s system based on the incident that occurred on the vendor’s network, and temporarily suspended online training courses to secure the system and protect students' personal information.



See also



  • Military acquisition

  • Joint Capabilities Integration Development System



References





  1. ^ DAU Annual Report


  2. ^ DAU Accredited


  3. ^ 2014 Annual Report


  4. ^ DAU Historical Leadership


  5. ^ About DAU Locations


  6. ^ Eligibility and costs


  7. ^ DAU website.


  8. ^ Bright, Peter (2011-07-12). "'Military Meltdown Monday' — 90K Military Usernames, Hashes Released". www.wired.com. Retrieved 2013-10-13..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}










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