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November 3, 2015 By AMK

OFPP: Inaugural IT acquisition cadre starts work

An information technology-focused cadre of acquisition professionals will begin work, said Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) Administrator Anne Rung.

OFPPThe creation of the group was mandated by the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, or FITARA.

“We are delighted that this week we kicked off our first class of digital IT acquisition specialists,” said Rung during an Oct. 26 panel discussion at the ACT-IAC Executive Leadership Conference.

“It’s career acquisition employees who partner with industry to go through this six-month experiential, hands-on training, and the idea is to put them back in the agencies to touch the IT acquisitions,” she said.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/rung-inaugural-it-acquisition-cadre-starts-work-week/2015-10-26

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: acquisition reform, category management, FITARA, information technology, IT, OFPP, OMB, procurement reform

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