The tempo is quickening as we are in the midst of comprehensive preparing for the following DAU Acquisition Community Symposium, which requires position, twelve April 2011 at Scott Hall on the DAU Fort Belvoir Campus. The concept is Making Every last Dollar Count Developing Acquisition Results. This theme is really timely in view of the many affordability initiatives launched by the Undersecretary of Protection (AT&L), Dr. Ashton Carter. Remember to circle that date for your attendance at the Symposium we program to VTC the Symposium to our regional campuses and other picked online websites. Peter Levine of the Senate Aremed Products Committee Staff Mr. Stan Soloway of the Professional Providers Council (PSC), and previous Congressman Christopher Shays, Co-chair of the Commission on Wartime Contracting (COWC). It really should be an enjoyable day of knowing how DoD is implementing affordability and effectivity initiatives. The Forum is open up to all DAU staff, faculty and college students protection marketplace professionals (Alumni Association Corporate Sponsors have highest priority) Company of the SecDef employees and authorities acquisition employees. To reserve a seat at Fortin Belvoir for this no-expenditure knowing and enhancement function, remember to sign up by furnishing the adhering to info by using email to acc@dau.mil NLT COB Monday, 28 March 2011. As you can see, this forum also touches the in general theme of the existing acquisition leadership doing acquisition additional successfully and affordably. Well, thats about it for now. My next communication will be in late March as we technique the Symposium on 12 April. About Invoice Bahnmaier, DAUAA President: Statement Bahnmaier is a retired Marine and a former (retired) instructor at the Protection Acquisition College (DAU). In his last tour of duty as a Marine he was a big strategy PM the Maritime Corps Assault Amphibian.