The Office of Federal Procurement Policy and the Chief Acquisition Officers Council announce: the Chief Acquisition Officer Council (CAOC) Acquisition Management Award 2006.

Paul Denett, administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) presented the Chief Acquisition Officer's Council (CAOC) Acquisition Management Award 2006 for excellence in acquisition workforce management on Nov. 9, 2006.

The CAOC Acquisition Management Award was established to recognize outstanding achievement by federal agencies in various acquisition-related initiatives. This year's nominees were teams that have demonstrated outstanding support of their organization's acquisition workforce--including contracting, program management, project management, and property management--resulting in improved mission delivery.

These teams recognize the importance of the organization's acquisition workforce and establish training, development, and/or workforce management programs that provide the workforce with the necessary skills and competencies to support the organization's short- and long-term needs.

The 2006 award was conferred jointly on two teams from the Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration--the Office of Acquisition's (OA) Acquisition and Program Management Support Division and the OA's Office of the Chief of Staff.

TSA's Acquisition and Program Management Support Division built a framework of certification and training, and implemented program management support tools such as the TSA Acquisition Program Status Report system, an executive-level tool to monitor key program metrics such as program manager certification. In addition, the OA's Office of the Chief of Staff developed a program known as "Fellows--Next Generation" to recruit entry-level contract specialists and provide them with intensive training in the basics of contracting.

Additional information on the award recipients and nominees will be featured in the next edition of FAInsight at <www.fai.gov/index.asp>.