Annual Workforce Reports
Throughout its 35-year history, FAI has issued annual reports on the demographics of the acquisition workforce. These reports show trends in educational levels, hiring, turnover, and retirement eligibility for certain occupational series. These reports provide federal managers with data of value in planning or evaluating their respective acquisition career management programs.
Acquisition Workforce Competency Survey Reports
The Federal Acquisition Institute administers the Acquisition Workforce Competency Survey to civilian agencies in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
Contract Specialist Competencies
In 2003, FAI undertook a project to identify and validate the competencies that Contract Specialists should have and linked these competencies to a career management model. This "Report on Competencies for the Federal Acquisition Workforce" was issued as three documents:
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The Executive Summary, December 2003 (PDF 58KB Archived File) outlines the first effort performed by the Federal Acquisition Institute to identify and validate professional business and technical competencies central to the acquisition workforce.
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The Identification and Validation of General Competencies, May 2003 (PDF 569KB Archived) details the 24 general or "professional business" competencies for the Contract Specialist job role and provides background on the methodologies used to identify and validate those competencies.
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The Validation of Technical Competencies for the Federal Acquisition Workforce, May 2003 (PDF 1.3MB) describes the validation of the 14 technical competencies using a methodology consistent with the validation of the 24 general competencies, providing a valid and comprehensive set of competencies for the work of federal Contract Specialists.
Other Competency Reports
The Validation of Technical COTR Competencies, September 2008 Executive Summary highlights the validation of the technical competencies and aligned skills identified for Contracting Officer's Representative (COR)).
The Validation of Technical COTR Competencies, September 2008 Technical Report details the validation of the technical competencies and aligned skills identified for Contracting Officer's Technical Representatives (also referred to as Contracting Officer's Representative (COTR)).
The Report on Competencies for the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) Job Function, December 2003 (PDF 390KB Archived File) details the 24 general competencies and 13 technical competencies identified for Contracting Officer's Technical Representatives (also referred to as Contracting Officer's Representative (COTR)).
The Report on Competitive Sourcing Competencies, February 2004 (PDF 350KB Archived File) lists and defines the professional business and technical competencies associated with each of the six key roles involved in the competitive sourcing process.
