The Defense Department’s ongoing effort to expand and better train its ranks of acquisition employees has been hindered by shifts in funding and the absence of an overarching strategy, auditors said in a report released Thursday.
A Government Accountability Office review of the $1.8 billion Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund found that the department “has not collected and distributed funds within required time frames, sometimes delaying distribution to components until the following fiscal year.”
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Read the GAO report here: Defense Acquisition Workforce – Improved Processes, Guidance and Planning Needed to Enhance Use of Workforce Funds – GAO – 06.22.2012
