Ready to Learn About Category Management?

Published on August 7, 2020

The President’s Management Agenda (PMA) establishes a long-term vision for creating a more modern, responsive Government—one that prioritizes mission outcomes, service delivery, and effective stewardship. In September 2017, The President’s Management Council and OMB’s Office of Federal Procurement Policy directed agencies to increase spend under management and Best-in-Class contract usage to drive a key PMA goal: increasing government-wide use of common acquisition solutions and best practices. To support agencies in meeting their respective targets, the Government-wide Category Management Program Management Office is delivering a variety of tools and resources, including the learning opportunities described below.

Take online, on-demand training and earn CLPs (see also FAI's Category Management Hub)

• Category Management Foundations - "CM 101", FCL-CM-2500
• Goals of Category Management, FCL-CM-2501 (Acq Playbook mod 1 of 4)
• Implementing Category Management, FCL-CM-2502 (Acq Playbook mod 2 of 4)
• Updating Your Agency’s Category Management Data, FCL-CM-2503 (Acq Playbook mod 3 of 4)
• Demand Management and Acquisition Analytics, FCL-CM-2504 (Acq Playbook module 4 of  4)
• Agency Engagement Seminars Event Calendar
• Dashboard Demonstrations on FAITAS

 *Note, Category Management Foundations (“CM 101”) - FCL-CM-2500 is a prerequisite for these

Other Education Materials

• What is OMB Memorandum M-19-13(OMB’s CM policy Memorandum)?
• The Acquisition Playbook for CM Dashboards and Tools - Learn how to measure outcomes, monitor CM goals, and update agency inventory
• Agency Engagement Seminars - webinar event recordings
  • Demand Management and the Acquisition Analytics Dashboard
• Category Management Knowledge Nugget Video 
• Category Management 101 Training Deck
• "Camp Gateway" and "Gateway University" Events - recent Webinar event recording
• Large-group training may be offered in-person or virtually when available, for groups of 100 or more -- contact Category.Management@gsa.gov with your request

Related CM Information and Materials

The contact list for CMLC, SAOs, CM PMO can be found here.

• Category Management Leadership Council (CMLC) 
• Senior Accountable Officials (SAO) - find your agency's Category Management point of contact
• Category Management PMO (including Category Managers and their key personnel)

For further information, please contact Category.Management@gsa.gov