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Briefing for DAU StudentsLearn. Perform. Succeed.

Rev. Jan 13

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DAU: Established by Legislation10 USC Ch. 87 - Sec. 1746. Defense acquisition university structure“The Secretary of Defense shall establish and maintain a defense acquisition university structure to provide for the professional educational development and training of the acquisition workforce.”

DAU Mission: Provide a global learning environment to develop qualified acquisition, requirements and contingency professionals who deliver and sustain effective and affordable warfighting capabilities.

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Located with our Customers

We are part of the community, not just a place to take classes.

Region Location FY11 FY12

Fort Belvoir, VA 37,846 37,331Mid-Atlantic California, MD 27,611 28,496Midwest Kettering, OH 21,307 21,329South Huntsville, AL 35,114 34,769West San Diego, CA 30,013 29,824

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DAU: More Than Just Training Courses

Formal & informal

learning at the point of need

Training CoursesClassroom & online DAWIA, Core Plus, & Executive

Mission AssistanceConsulting - Helping organizations solve complex acquisition problemsTargeted Training - Tailored organizational trainingRapid Deployment Training - On-site & online training on the latest AT&L policies

Continuous LearningCL Modules - Online, self-paced learning modulesConferences - PEO / SYSCOM, Business Managers, DAU Acquisition Community Symposium

Knowledge SharingDAP - Online portal to Big A & HCI knowledgeACC - DoD's online collaborative communitiesVirtual Library - Online connection to DAU research collection

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DAU’s iCatalog

•Most current resource for information regarding DAU courses and the Certification & Core Plus Development Guides

•Accessible from the DAU home page (http://www.dau.mil) or directly at http://icatalog.dau.mil/

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DAWIA CertificationThe career field guides represent the most current career field certification standards by career field/path and level (I, II, or III).

It also represents the most current recommendations for continuing training and education and experience depending type of assignment. Full career field/path guide can be found at http://icatalog.dau.mil/.

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DAU Strategic PartnershipsOver 150 colleges & universities offer credit for

DAU courses toward degrees / certificates

“Excelerate” Your Master’s Degree…Through this program, partner universities

are offering the Defense Acquisition Workforce credit toward masters degrees for

DAWIA Level II and III certification.

Impact: Saves time, tuition assistance dollars and out of pocket expenses

http://www.dau.mil/aboutDAU/Pages/partnerships.aspx

8Never stop learning!

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Defense Acquisition Portal

Defense Acquisition Portal (DAP) – DAU’s Online portal to Big A, Better Buying Power, and DoD's online collaborative communities

Career Field Gateways – Access to DAU’s learning opportunities organized by career field

https://dap.dau.mil/career/

https://dap.dau.mil/

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Defense Acquisition Research Journal– This peer-reviewed scholarly journal captures acquisition

research, lessons learned/best practices, tutorials, expert opinion for the Acquisition community

Defense AT&L– An award-winning bi-monthly publication featuring articles

focused on real people and events that reflect experiences and observations for the Defense Acquisition Workforce

DAU Publication Opportunities

http://www.dau.mil/pubscats/

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Interact With Us On Social Media

•Mobile, flexible learning•True anytime-anywhere access to Acquisition, Technology & Logistics learning assets

iTunes University

Facebook: www.facebook.com/DefenseAcquisitionUniversity

DAU has engaged in social media to provide two-way communications for our workforce

Flickr: www.flickr.com/DefenseAcquisitionUniversity

Access DAU resources on your mobile device at:

www.dau.mil/mobile

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Learning Assets at www.dau.mil

Acquisition Community Connection

https://acc.dau.mil/

http://www.dau.mil/ma

Mission Assistance

https://dap.dau.mil

http://icatalog.dau.mil/

Defense Acquisition Portal

DAU Training & CL Courses

DAU Acker Library

http://www.dau.mil/Library/

DAU Online Virtual Tour

https://acc.dau.mil/virtualtour/

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Student Academic Policies & InformationStudents should visit the Student Policies and Information page at http://www.dau.mil/studentInfo/Pages/student_info.aspx for information on:

• standards of conduct • accommodations for students with special needs • prerequisite coursework• student evaluations• violations of academic policy• problem resolution procedures• requesting a transcript • …and more

DAU encourages students who have a concern or issue with the learning environment to discuss it with their instructor.Students who feel their issue is not resolved satisfactorily may go to the department chair/site manager or Regional Associate Dean for Academics.