NDIA to sponsor DSAM offerings for industry managers: Dau courses - Career Development - Brief Article

Program Manager, May-June, 2003

The National Defense Industrial Association will sponsor offerings of DAWs Defense Systems Acquisition Management (DSAM) course to interested industry managers Aug. 18-22, 2003, at the Crowne Plaza Northstar Hotel in Minneapolis, Minn.; and Nov. 17-21, 2003, at the Adam's Mark Hotel in Orlando, Fla.

DSAM uses the same acquisition policy information provided to DoD students who attend DAU courses for formal acquisition certification. It is designed to meet the needs of defense industry acquisition managers in today's dynamic environment, providing the latest information related to:

* Defense acquisition policy for weapons and information technology systems including discussion of the new DoD 5000 series (directive, instruction, and guidebook).

* Defense acquisition and logistics excellence initiatives.

* Defense acquisition procedures and processes.

* The Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System and the Congressional budget process.

* The relationship between requirements generation, resource allocation, science and technology activities, and acquisition programs.

For further information, contact Christy O'Hara (703) 247-2586 or email cohara@ndia.org. Prospective government students must first contact Air Force Maj. Jim Ashworth at (703) 805-5809 or email James.ashworth@dau.mil.