Improve the Government-Wide Procurement Workforce

Establish an interagency program to improve the federal government's
procurement workforce.

By December 1993, the Administrator, General Services Administration,
should develop a threeyear resource plan for the Federal Acquisition
Institute (FAI) program consistent with governmentwide procurement
workforce objectives established by the Administrator, Office of Federal
Procurement Policy (OFPP).

By March 1994, the Administrator, OFPP, should establish an interagency
Council on Procurement Professionalism to coordinate and recommend
policy guidance on career management programs, including training
facilities for all agencies. The council should be supported in its
policy making by the FAI and the Defense Acquisition University. Steps
similar to those taken to enhance the procurement workforce in DOD
should be taken in all federal agencies so that a comprehensive
acquisition workforce improvement effort can be implemented.