Results of the 2000 survey of the Defense acquisition workforce - Acquisition Initiatives — Reaching the Workforce - Brief Article

Program Manager, Jan, 2002

Do you want to know the impact of acquisition initiatives on the workforce? The Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Initiatives) Web site at http://www.acq.osd.mil/ar/aws2000/default.htm contains the results of Defense acquisition workforce responses on how acquisition initiatives impact their jobs. Links at that Web site further direct users to the following categories:

Survey Interpretation: Summarizes the overall findings of the survey.

Initiatives Relevance: Compares the relevance of initiatives between the 1998 and 2000 surveys.

Initiatives Impact: Compares the impact of initiatives between the 1998 and 2000 surveys.

Management Support: Reports on the perceived attitude of acquisition workforce management.

Management Posture: Management's orientation toward change.

Outcome Measures: The extent to which acquisition managers are adopting outcome-based performance management systems.

Customer Orientation: The customer focus of acquisition management.

Employee Satisfaction: Overall perception of current and expected job satisfaction.

Knowledge Management: The defense acquisition communities' focus on knowledge management practices.

Workforce Demonstration: Compares the responses to six selected questions from both Acquisition Workforce Demonstration respondents and those who are not in a demonstration project.

Acquisition Initiatives Feedback, Management Support Feedback, and Job Satisfaction Feedback: Links to feedback forms.