Acquisition Intelligence is the application of intelligence about adversary threats, and the planning for intelligence dependencies in acquisition i.e., threat and intelligence supportability.…

Acquisition of Services: Services encompass all non-product procurements and involve the performance of specific activities in support of DoD missions. 

The proactive planning and integration of all security disciplines and other defensive methods into the defense acquisition process to protect weapons systems and related sensitive…

Earned Value Management (EVM) is a widely accepted best practice for program management, used across the DoD. Program managers use EVM as a tool to provide joint situational awareness of program…

DoD Information Technology (IT) includes all software applications (SW) and the hardware/firmware those applications run on (IT/SW). This DAU Media Site is meant to be an Acquisition Workforce…

Intellectual Property (IP) in DoD acquisitions is critical for ensuring return on technology investment, promoting technical innovation, and enhancing competition, supportability, technical…

International Acquisition/Security Cooperation refers to the entire spectrum of activities that the defense acquisition workforce engages in with allied and friendly nations and other foreign…

Small business concerns shall be afforded an equitable opportunity to compete for all contracts that they can perform to the extent consistent with the Government’s interest. "It is the…

Small business concerns shall be afforded an equitable opportunity to compete for all contracts that they can perform to the extent consistent with the Government’s interest. It is the policy of…

The Software Development Knowledge Area is cross-functional in nature and encompasses the application of iterative software development methodologies and tools to design, test, deliver, and…