DAU and USMC sign Memorandum of Agreement for contingency contract training.On August 1, 2006, the Defense Acquisition University and the U.S. Marine Corps established a contingency contract training program, the culmination of an initiative started by Shay shay n. Informal A chaise. [Back-formation from chaise (taken as pl. )] Noun 1. Assad, Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, OUSD OUSD Oakland Unified School District (Oakland, CA) OUSD Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (AT & L), when he was USMC's assistant deputy commandant, Installations and Logistics (Contracts). Tim Shannon, dean of DAU's Capital and Northeast Region, and Mike Mutty, acting assistant deputy commandant, Installations and Logistics (Contracts), signed the 5-year Memorandum of Agreement A memorandum of agreement (MOA) or cooperative agreement is a document written between parties to cooperatively work together on an agreed upon project or meet an agreed upon objective. The purpose of an MOA is to have a written understanding of the agreement between parties. , marking a shift to mission-focused training to support Marines in worldwide contingencies such as Afghanistan and Iraq. Under the agreement, Marines will complete a 5-month program of instruction focused on contracting on the battlefield. This practitioner-based training will develop the practical skills necessary for contingency contracting Contracting performed in support of a peacetime contingency in an overseas location pursuant to the policies and procedures of the Federal Acquisition Regulatory System. See also contingency. officers to support deployed units. |
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