Dau South Region's 2nd Annual Conference and Expo.On Feb. 18-19, 2004, over 200 government, military, and industry contract management professionals met at the Huntsville Marriott to participate in the DAU DAU - /dow/ [German Fidonet] D"ummster Anzunehmender User. A German acronym for stupidest imaginable user. From the engineering-slang GAU for Gr"osster Anzunehmender Unfall (worst foreseeable accident), especially of a LNG tank farm plant or something with similarly disastrous South's 2nd Annual Conference and Expo. "Contracting: Smart Business for Mission Support" was the theme selected by DAU South Region's Contract Management Department, who spearheaded this year's event. The combined efforts of co-chairs Ron Fontenot, department chair, and Phyllis Roberts, professor of contracting, resulted in an agenda that included top leaders in the field of contract management and that served as "Rapid Deployment Training" for participants. Jim McCullough, dean of DAU South Region, kicked off the conference. Linda Neilson, executive director, acquisition workforce and career management, gave an informative lunchtime presentation on AT & L Workforce Initiatives. General session and workshop topics included: 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. ; Contractors on the Battlefield; Revision of OMB OMB abbr. Office of Management and Budget Noun 1. OMB - the executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76-Acquisition Update; and DFARS DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement DFARS DoD Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement Transformation. Guest speakers included Ron Poussard, deputy director, defense acquisition regulations system, Office of the Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP DPAP Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy ); and Mark Lumer, contracting executive, U.S. Army Space and Missile Command Missile Command is a 1980 arcade game by Atari Inc. that was also licensed to Sega for European release. The plot of Missile Command is simple: the player's six cities are being attacked by an endless hail of ballistic missiles, some of them even splitting like . To underscore the timeliness of the conference, a memorandum from Deidre Lee, director, DPAP, entitled "Contract Period for Task and Delivery Order Contracts," was issued on Feb. 18. Conference attendees received the memorandum hot off the press. The complete list of speakers and their topics may be found on the DAU South Region Web site at <http://www.dau.mil/regions/South/conference2004.asp>. |
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