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GAO-10-459R 1 (2010-04-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaansd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i GAO0 Accwntabi * Integrity iRehabitity United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 April 23, 2010 Congressional Committees Subject: The Office of Management and Budget's Acquisition Workforce Development Strategic Plan for Civilian Agencies The President acknowledged that many federal contracting arrangements do not serve the needs of the federal government or the interests of the American taxpayer in a March 2009 memorandum.1 Among many of the issues discussed, the memorandum states that the government needs to ensure that it has the workforce needed to carry out robust and thorough management and oversight of contracts to achieve programmatic goals, avoid significant overcharges, and curb wasteful spending. However, the capacity and the capability of the federal government's acquisition workforce to oversee and manage contracts have not kept pace with increased spending for increasingly complex purchases. For example, federal civilian agencies' acquisition spending increased in real terms from $80 billion to $138 billion between fiscal year 2000 and fiscal year 2008, while their acquisition workforce grew at a considerably lower rate. Furthermore, 55 percent of the current acquisition workforce will be eligible to retire in 2018-more than twice the number eligible in 2008- which creates potential future skill shortages. To help address the challenges faced in the federal contracting environment, the President's fiscal year 2011 budget identifies the development of the federal acquisition workforce as a priority investment with $158 million requested to support that investment. To help agencies develop plans to increase the size of the acquisition workforce, Congress enacted section 869 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (NDAA 2009). 2 This provision directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to prepare a plan-the Acquisition Workforce Development Stategic Plan (plan)- for federal agencies other than the Deparment of Defense to develop a specific and actionable 5-year plan to increase the size of the acquisition workforce and operate a governmentwide acquisition intern program. Section 869 outlined a number of matters that the plan was to include, such as the development of a sustainable funding model to support efforts to hire, retain, and train an appropriately sized and skilled acquisition workforce (see app. I for the matters specified in section 869). In response, OMB issued its plan for civilian agencies on 1Presidential Documents, 74 Fed. Reg. 9755 (Mar. 6, 2009). 2Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, Pub. L. No 110-417, § 869 (2008). GAO-10-459R OMB Acquisition Workforce

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