Defense Acquisition University continues to win honors in e-Learning.The Defense Acquisition University (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 ) received three awards at the fifth Annual Corporate University Xchange Excellence Awardsr ceremony. The University earned top honors in the Measurement and Alignment categories and an honorable distinction in the e-Learning category. The awards were presented at the Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. in Boston, Massachusetts “Boston” redirects here. For other uses, see Boston (disambiguation). Boston is the capital and most populous city of Massachusetts.[3] The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the unofficial economic and cultural center of the entire New , on December 3, 2003. Among the finalist in these and other categories were IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corporate Learning, the Boeing Leadership Center, General Motors University, and FedEx Ground University. On September 23, 2003, the DAU received the Brandon Hall Gold Medal Award for Excellence in e-Learning Best Practices at a ceremony in Los Angeles, California. DAU competed against 189 other applicants in the Best Practices category, with each entry being analyzed by a panel of 56 subject matter experts. DAU earned a Gold Medal for the AT&L Performance Learning Model, an enterprise-wide learning strategy that uses e-learning techniques to deliver to the members of the DoD Acquisition, Technology and Logistics workforce career-long training through formal courses, rapid deployment training on emerging initiatives, continuous learning modules, and knowledge-sharing resources. What's New? As always, ASMC ASMC American Suzuki Motor Corporation ASMC American Society of Military Comptrollers ASMC Association of Sales & Marketing Companies ASMC Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference ASMC Area Support Medical Company ASMC American Small Manufacturers Coalition welcomes your input and professional development news. Send items to John Raines, CGFM CGFM Certified Government Financial Manager , Associate Director for Professional Development, ASMC National Headquarters, 2034 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 145, Alexandria, VA 22314 or through e-mail at raines@asmconline.org. The toll-free number is (800) 463-563Z |
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