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Defense Contract Management Agency (Jan. 4, 2006).


During an Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT & L) All Hands everybody; all parties.

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 at the Pentagon on Jan. 4, 2006, Under Secretary of Defense (AT & L) Kenneth Krieg presented a Defense Acquisition Excellence Certificate of Achievement and Defense Certificates of Recognition for Acquisition Innovation to six Defense Contract Management Agency teams:

Defense Acquisition Excellence Certificate of Achievement

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DCMA Data-Driven Cut-Through Multiple Access
) Enterprise/Northwest Florida Team. The team provided highly responsive, innovative support to Special Operations Command A subordinate unified or other joint command established by a joint force commander to plan, coordinate, conduct, and support joint special operations within the joint force commander's assigned operational area. Also called SOC. See also special operations.  and multiple other programs, by cutting process cycle times by approximately six months; and from 2001 to 2004, significantly contributed to cumulative cost avoidances to the government amounting to over $45 million.

Defense Certificate of Recognition for Acquisition Innovation

Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Boeing-St. Louis Future Combat Systems Team. The team provided exemplary performance in contract management support for the Department of the Army's Future Combat System, a massive procurement to meet emerging national security threats, including analyzing a $6.4 billion contract addition.

The Active Performance Management Pilot Implementation Team, Office of the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Transportation Policy. The team leveraged and integrated best business practices with commercial off-the-shelf technology into DoD systems to enable faster delivery of materiel ma·te·ri·el or ma·té·ri·el  
n.
The equipment, apparatus, and supplies of a military force or other organization. See Synonyms at equipment.
 to the combatant commands, thereby achieving best value supply chain management.

Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) is a component of the national missile defense strategy of the United States administered by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. Previously known as National Missile Defense (NMD), the name was changed in 2002 to differentiate it from other missile  Technology Assessment and Planning Team, DoD Missile Defense Agency. The team found new ways to transition innovative technology from the garages of small businesses into the Ballistic Missile Defense System Noun 1. missile defense system - naval weaponry providing a defense system
missile defence system

naval weaponry - weaponry for warships
 by leveraging Small Business Innovation Research and other funding to avoid more costly solutions, and expedited insertion of state-of-the-art technology into our nation's defense.

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics), Defense Systems, Systems Engineering Directorate. The directorate made unprecedented progress toward meeting the 2004 USD USD

In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar.

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The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion.
(AT & L) goal for programs to conduct "Systems Integration and Engineering for Mission Success" and drove technical discipline back into acquisition programs to reduce acquisition program risk.

Radiation Hardened Foundry Modernization Activity, BAE Systems Team, Defense Threat Reduction Agency The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (or DTRA) is a combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) whose primary function is to analyze potential threats to the United States, both homeland and abroad, and provide contingency plans for all such . The team provided exemplary performance in the development of Radiation Hardened Microelectronics Technology capabilities, uniquely needed by the Department of Defense for weapons and space systems that must operate effectively in severe radiation environments, completing the project significantly under cost and schedule with cumulative savings to date exceeding $5 million.
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Date:Jul 1, 2006
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