2023 DAW Awards Winners Announced!
(November 30, 2023) Dr. William A. LaPlante, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, announced the winners of the 2023 Defense Acquisition Workforce Awards. The five annual awards, representing 24 separate categories, recognize individual and team accomplishments that advance the National Defense Strategy and support the Secretary of Defense's priorities through excellence in acquisition. The winners will officially receive the honor in an in-person ceremony on January 24, 2024 at Defense Acquisition University.
The Defense Acquisition Workforce is comprised of nearly 162,000 civilian and military professionals from each of the military services, as well as defense agencies and field activities. Their work is critical to building enduring advantages for the warfighter as the Department continues to innovate and modernize. A total of 49 individuals will be honored at the awards ceremony.
2023 Defense Acquisition Workforce Award Winners
If you have questions contact achievement.award@dau.edu.
SMART Scholarship
The Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program is accepting applications now through December 1, 2023. The SMART program is a combined educational and workforce opportunity for students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in the STEM disciplines.
See eligibility requirements here:
1: Dellums SMART Scholarship – Open to high school seniors
2: Recruitment Scholars – Open to current undergraduate or graduate students
3: Retention Scholars – Open to current federal employees
Summer 2024 DCAIP
(October 11, 2023) The application cycle for the Summer 2024 DoD College Acquisition Internship Program (DCAIP) has closed. HCI thanks everyone who expressed interest in the program and submitted an application. Please visit the DCAIP webpage for more information about the program.
June 2023: FY22 DAWDA Report Now Published
The annual report was provided to Congress in May 2023 and is now available for review on HCI's website at: FY22 DAWDA Annual Report to Congress.
May 2023: Rob Briede Receives Award for DAWDA at Professional Development Institute
Rob Briede, HCI’s DAWDA Program Manager, received the 2022 American Society of Military Comptrollers (ASMC) annual Meritorious Achievement Award in the Resource Management Category. The award was provided for FY 2022 management of the DAWDA Program and 100% execution of funding by over 30 agencies and enterprise DAWDA users. Briede received the award at the annual ASMC Professional Development Institute (PDI) conference in St. Louis, Missouri the week of 29 May 2023. For more information about this Award program visit: American Society of Military Comptrollers.
Call for Nominations: 2023 Defense Acquisition Workforce Awards!
Dr. William A. LaPlante, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, has issued a Call for Nominations for the Department of Defense's (DoD) 2023 Defense Acquisition Workforce Awards. Deadline for submissions is August 31, 2023. To view previous year's winners visit: Awards.
Download the following documents to begin your nomination process:
1: Defense AWF David Packard Nomination Guidance
2: Defense AWF Individual Achievement Nomination Guidance
3: Defense AWF Development Innovation Nomination Guidance
4: Defense AWF Flexibility in Contracting Nomination Guidance
5: Defense AWF Software Innovation Team and Individual Award Guidance
