Office of Inspector General Audit Report - FAA Policies and Plans Are Insufficient to Ensure an Adequate and Effective Acquisition Workforce: Project Id: Za-2011-148 (Paperback)

On August 3, 2011, we issued our final report on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) acquisition workforce. In 2009, the President identified acquisition workforce development as a pillar for improving agency acquisition practices and performance. In response, the Office of Management and Budget initiated a strategic plan to improve the capacity and capability of the acquisition workforce. The FAA issued an initial Acquisition Workforce Plan on the agency's workforce needs from fiscal year 2009 through fiscal year 2011, and updated the plan in 2010 to project these needs through fiscal year 2014. Our audit objectives were to assess FAA's Acquisition Workforce Plan to determine whether it: (1) comprehensively identifies FAA's acquisition workforce and the required skills and competencies needed now and in the future; (2) addressed gaps in the hiring and development of this important workforce; and (3) identified and implemented the programs, policies, and practices needed to ensure it has an adequate acquisition workforce.