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January 28, 2013 By AMK

DOT struggles to define acquisition workforce needs, says GAO

The Transportation Department lacks the data to properly determine  acquisition workforce needs and goals for its operating administrations, which  spent more than $5.6 billion on procurement in fiscal 2011, says the Government  Accountability Office.

In a Jan. 23 report,  GAO says DOT acquisition workforce plans have significant limitations in their  data due to to a lack of internal controls to maintain, compare and reconcile  the data compiled from the department’s 11 operating administrations.

The report says the disparate data means there is no clear plan to meet  future workforce needs, despite GAO finding that four of the 11 administrations  would have to replace 50 percent or more of their contract specialists by the  end of fiscal 2013 to manage estimated attrition and meet staff certificaiton  requirements.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.fiercegovernment.com/story/dot-struggles-define-acquisition-workforce-needs-says-gao/2013-01-24#ixzz2Iv4rlfV7

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Also see Transportation Department faces huge shortfall in acquisition workforce – http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/fedbiz_daily/2013/01/transportation-department-stares-down.html,

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: acquisition strategy, acquisition training, acquisition workforce, DOT, FAA, GAO, OFPP, planning

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