The true test of training is its impact upon an organization - often referred to as "return on investment" (ROI). For VA, one of the key indicators of ROI from the VA Acquisition Academy Acquisit...
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Internship Program Hires and Trains Returning Veterans for Federal Career in Contracting
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Striving for Innovation, Culture, Performance and Collaboration - The VA Acquisition Academy receives acknowledgement as a top 10 in this years 100 honorees.
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The VA Acquisition Academy receives acknowledgement as a top 10 in this years 100 honorees.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/2017090601.asp
Executive Interview with Ruby Harvey, Chancellor, VA Acquisition Academy
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The program offers new optimism and confidence to returning wounded warriors and provides a great source of talent for the federal workforce. It’s mutually beneficial and rewarding.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news201608291.asp
Ways that agencies can achieve innovative outcomes through acquisitions.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news201608293.asp
Collaboration, innovation and high performance are the mark of this year’s winning organizations.
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Recognizing that it takes an entire team to make the acquisition system work better, the Academy recently expanded its curriculum offerings through its Performance Excellence (PE) program to prov...
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20151211-2.asp
Did you know there is a law requiring Federal facilities management (FM) personnel to have the competencies necessary to manage Federal buildings?
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20151211.asp
A school for the Veterans Affairs workforce trains professionals to buy and manage goods and services.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20151107.asp
PMNetwork Voices - Inside Track Interview with Melissa Starinsky, Chancellor, Veterans Affairs Acquisition Academy, U.S. Department of Veterans, Frederick, Maryland
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Interview with David Sella, Program Manager, Warriors to Workforce and Federal News Radio 1500 AM
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Interview with Paul Gregory, Vice Chancellor, Program Management School and Federal News Radio 1500 AM
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The Veterans Affairs Department earned three and NASA garnered two of the prestigious “Bright Ideas” for innovation awards announced on Wednesday by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance a...
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W2W Interns are asked to create a team stand that symbolizes who they are and what they represent as a team. This is the inaugural W2W team’s stand.
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Employees not grasping your trainers’ lessons? The content may need a kick-start from storytelling. Illustrative anecdotes go a long way to helping learners get the point.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news201407-08.asp
Over the past year, we’ve worked closely with the OFPP and the FAI to leverage our respective expertise and resources and reduce duplication of efforts so that we can deliver better and more co...
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20140513.asp
Interview with David Sella, Program Manager, VA Warrior to Workforce Program and Federal News Radio 1500 AM
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Federal procurement professionals are under intense strain due to retirements, downsizing, and an increased demand for contract professionals. Guests, Melissa Starinsky, VA Affairs Acquisition Ac...
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20140309.asp
On several occasions, throughout the spring and summer of 2013, we visited with and interviewed the Veteran Afffairs Acquisition Academy's Chancellor Melissa Starinsky, Program Management School ...
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The VA Acquisition Academy (VAAA) operates three intern training programs: a two-year Acquisition Internship Program to develop contract specialists; an intern program designed specifically for r...
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20131125.asp
In Depth Show Blog — April 26
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If some ways of training on similar topics produce better results than others, we need to learn what distinguishes success from failure so we can spread good practice.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20130808.asp
New Entry-level PPM Course Developed by VA Acquisition Academy, Department of Energy, and Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI)
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20130702.asp
The key to curbing government waste and duplication lies in training more specialists in program management, analysts said Wednesday at a Capitol Hill panel hosted by the House Government Efficie...
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20130612.asp
Though they come from different backgrounds and circumstances, the Veterans in the VA Acquisition Academy’s Warriors to Workforce (W2W) Program share more similarities than differences—a sens...
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news2013vanguardSpring.asp
Congratulations to the VA Acquisition Academy Internship School for being the winner of the 2013 Chief Acquisition Officers Council/Small Business Procurement Advisory Council Small Business Exce...
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has named Melissa Starinsky, a member of the Senior Executive Service, to serve as Chancellor of the VA Acquisition Academy (VAAA).
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20130506a.asp
One of the challenges of teaching the complexities of supply chain management is having the right experience to balance theory and practice in order to translate instruction into successful work ...
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In Depth Show Blog — April 26
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The government has done well in training its acquisition workforce to meet the contracting certification standards that the Office of Federal Procurement Policy laid out in 2006. Yet employees ne...
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20130204.asp
Melissa Starinsky, a member of the senior executive service, is the new chancellor of the Veterans Affairs Department's Acquisition Academy, the department announced Jan. 28.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20130129.asp
Lisa Doyle, chancellor of the Veterans Affairs Acquisition Academy, is leaving her position in June, she said May 17.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20120517.asp
Lisa Doyle, VA Acquisition Academy Chancellor, speaks with Federal Computer Week senior writer Matthew Weigelt about the need to provide veterans with career support and the particular talents th...
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The Federal 100 award winner is an individual who takes a program from the drawing board to completion. Who solves a problem that has left others baffled. Who steps up in the face of a crisis. Wh...
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20120328.asp
WFED Radio, VAAA Warriors to Workforce program
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The Veterans Affairs department formally launched its new program designed to train wounded Vets to become acquisition professionals with a ribbon-cutting ceremony held Jan. 19 at its Frederick, ...
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Lisa Doyle was honored for her work in standing up the VA Acquisition Academy. ~Article from the Fall 2011 VAnguard
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2011 Chief Learning Officer — Learning In Practice Awards
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A conversation with Lisa Doyle and Francis Rose on In-Depth
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A conversation with Lisa Doyle and Roger Waldron on 1500AM FederalNewsRadio.com
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20111115.asp
Chief Learning Officer magazine honored Lisa Doyle of the Veterans Affairs Department as the 2011 Chief Learning Officer of the Year.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20111026.asp
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has found an innovative way to address a shortage of trained acquisition professionals, growing contracting complexities and a need to curb waste, fraud an...
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20111003.asp
Although the academy incorporates classroom work, it takes a more holistic approach. The coursework goes well beyond rote learning of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to cover the softer ...
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Veterans can count on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Acquisition Academy to help secure the development they need once they come home from war
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"We create learning interventions that change behavior and improve performance. We are not about check-the-box training." ~Article from the January/February 2011 VAnguard
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20110102vanguard.asp
Operation Holiday Cheer, an intern mission service project, at the Martinsburg VA Medical Center.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20101220.asp
VA Acquisition Academy’s newest cohort of acquisition interns visited Quantico National Cemetery.
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The case for more acquisition training options.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20100617.asp
Acquisition Interns Spend the Day with Veterans at the VA Loch Raven Community Living and Rehabilitation Center.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20100604.asp
The VA Acquisition Academy has been widely praised, and appropriately so, for its fantastic approach to training a new generation of contracting professionals through its three-year program.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20100603.asp
E-learning plays a major role in Federal acquisition professionals’ holistic learning process. In Virtual classrooms, instructors will review the lesson, followed by asynchronous break-out sess...
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20100501.asp
The Veterans Affairs Acquisition Academy is gaining notice, particularly for its internship program, which lasts for three years.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20100401.asp
VA Acquisition Academy interns participate in appreciation and understanding field trips.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20091228.asp
VA Acquisition Academy students recently partnered with a local non-profit organization and several Frederick County Public Schools in a letter writing campaign to thank U.S. troops stationed abr...
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20091125.asp
The academy plans to open its classes to all agencies.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20090708.asp
Acquisition interns partner with Army Community Services to assist area Veterans in obtaining employment in the Federal government.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20090604.asp
VA Acquisition Academy receives the Chief Acquisition Officers Council (CAOC) 2009 Team Acquisition Excellence Award.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20090501.asp
Business schools could be great source for the acquisition workforce.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20090429.asp
Steve Kelman participates in a panel at a National Contract Management Association World Congress presenting the Department of Veterans Affairs newly opened Acquisition Academy.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs' new Center for Acquisition Innovation and Acquisition Academy is officially open for business.
http://www.acquisitionacademy.va.gov/ACQUISITIONACADEMY/pressreleases/news20081125.asp
Steve Kelman speaks with the first group of about 30 or so contracting interns at the brand-new VA Acquisition Academy in Frederick, Maryland.
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