DEFENSE

Defense Acquisition University Alumni Association is pleased to offer the
following links for our members.

• ARMY AL&T
   
• Defense Acquisition University - This site is the public site for the Defense Acquisition University.
   It provides links to educational and knowledge management resources, and provides information
  on the latest activities occurring at DAU. DAU guidebooks can be obtained on-line at this site, and
  there are instructions for ordering hard copies of those guidebooks.
   
• Continuous Learning Center - This site offers a broad range of distance learning courses in
  business, cost estimating, financial management, and program management. These courses can
  be applied towards earning the 80 continuous learning points (CLP) required by DoD. One CLP is
  earned for each hour of instruction on the Center's Continuous Learning Modules. Site also
  provides, conference listings, workshop listings, related associations and organizations, reference
  library, and a teaming center.
   
• DoD 5000 Series Resource Center - Site provides latest information on up-to-date DoD
  acquisition policy and procedures guidance. Site also contains a Defense Acquisition Process
  tutorial and frequently asked questions to insure thorough understanding of acquisition policies.
   
• AT&L Knowledge Sharing System (AKSS) - The AT&L Knowledge Sharing System (AKSS)
  serves as a central gateway for all of the AT&L resources and information and communicates
  acquisition reform. As the primary reference tool for the Defense AT&L workforce, it provides a
  means to link together information and reference assets from various disciplines into an
  integrated, but decentralized information source.
   
• Acquisition Community Connection (ACC) - The ACC is the collaborative arm of the AT&L
  Knowledge System that compliments the existing information resources located on the AKSS.
  The ACC consists of knowledge communities whose goal is connecting people with know-how.
  The ACC is an expansion on what used to be known as the PM CoP.
   
• Project Management Institute's Aerospace and Defense Specific Interest Group (A&D SIG) - The
  Project Management Institute (PMI®)Aerospace and Defense Specific Interest Group (A&D SIG)
  is dedicated to advancing the state-of-the-art of project management for aerospace and defense
  professionals. It does this by educating its members, sharing and exchanging information between
  Project Managers, and carrying out the objectives of the Project Management Institute. In
  furtherance of these objectives, on 9 June 2004, the A&DSIG entered into a cooperative
  agreement with the DAU Alumni Association. (See “Special Activities/Cooperative Agreements”)
   
• RMS Partnership - The Reliability, Maintainability, and Supportability Partnership (RMS/P)
  organization's goal is to enhance communication, coordination and collaboration between
  industry and government in a manner that will encourage individuals and organizations to adopt an
  integrated systems engineering approach, or end-to-end management approach, when
  addressing RMS issues. The RMS Partnership also encourages individuals, professional
  societies, and industry associations to develop, use and maintain world-class RMS
  non-government standards.