Changes in contracting Level II training requirements.

In a Dec. 23, 2005, memorandum to proponents throughout the DoD contracting community, acting director of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy Domenic C. Cipicchio requested widest dissemination of the following information.

  The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) is transforming the
  contracting curriculum to incorporate new competencies necessary to
  develop a motivated and agile workforce of contract business
  strategists. The new Level I and Level III certification curricula are
  deployed, and the new Level II certification curriculum is in the
  final development stages.

  The current core contracting curriculum for Level II certification--
  CON 202, Intermediate Contracting; CON 204, Intermediate Contract
  Pricing; and CON 210, Government Contract Law--will be replaced with a
  new core curriculum in Fiscal Year (FY) 2007. DAU is advising students
  registering for Level II courses in FY 2006 of the planned changes and
  of the possibility that the current core courses may not be offered by
  DAU after FY 2006. The students are being advised to make every effort
  to complete all three of the current Level II core courses by the end
  of FY 2006.

  The Contracting Functional Integrated Product Team, which includes
  representatives from the military departments and defense agencies, is
  working with DAU to develop a transition strategy and conversion
  matrix for the transition.

Cipicchio urged contract managers to get the word out to the contracting workforce and "ensure priority for the current core contracting courses is given to individuals in the contracting career field who are most in need of the current core courses for Level II contracting certification."

View Cipicchio's memorandum with attachment at <http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/policy/policyvault/policy_dept.jsp>.