Acquisition Reform: GSA and VA Efforts to Improve Training of Their AcquisitionWorkforces

摘要

This report reviews the training of the acquisition workforce in certain federalcivilian departments and agencies. You were concerned that civilian departments and agencies acquisition personnel may lack the necessary training to perform their acquisition responsibilities. These personnel are responsible for billions of dollars of procurement expenditures each year. We determined whether (1) the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) had assurance that their acquisition workforces met training requirements as defined by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) and whether contracting officers at one GSA and one VA field location met each agency's training requirements; (2) OFPP had taken action to ensure that civilian departments and agencies collected and maintained standardized acquisition workforce information, as required by the 1996 Clinger-Cohen Act; and (3) GSA and VA were taking actions to comply with Clinger-Cohen Act funding requirements.