Celebrating 50 Years of FAI

On July 14, 1976, the Federal Procurement Institute was established, laying the foundation for today’s Federal Acquisition Institute. For 50 years, FAI has supported, strengthened and advanced the federal acquisition workforce.

FAI CSOD gives the acquisition workforce access to even more ways to learn. Explore audiobooks and on-demand training from Percipio, Udemy for Business, Coursera, and LinkedIn Learning covering leadership, AI, technology, data, Excel, productivity, project management and more. Whether you have a few minutes or a few hours, take a deeper dive and explore the expanded learning inventory in FAI CSOD.

Effective Nov. 1, 2026, CON 7300V: Price Analysis becomes a mandatory course for civilian agency professionals pursuing FAC-C (Professional) certification. The update strengthens foundational pricing skills and maintains reciprocity with Department of War contracting standards. Professionals who have not received approval of their certification package by Oct. 31 will need to complete the course.

The RFO Learning Cycle connects policy to real-world execution, guiding the workforce from awareness to application while capturing practitioner insights to improve outcomes. Explore targeted resources, training, and tools for every stage of the cycle—your feedback helps strengthen implementation across the acquisition workforce.