{"id":20066,"date":"2018-05-23T14:01:39","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T14:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/23\/a-new-masterclass-trains-digital-acquisition-top-guns\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:55:16","slug":"a-new-masterclass-trains-digital-acquisition-top-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/acquisition\/2018\/05\/23\/a-new-masterclass-trains-digital-acquisition-top-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"A new masterclass trains digital acquisition \u2018Top Guns\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government\u2019s acquisition process for digital services is vastly different than the one required for acquiring building materials or office supplies, which means acquisition specialists must take specialized training, according to experts from the Office of Management and Budget and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/it-networks\/2018\/03\/28\/usds-strives-for-technological-and-cultural-innovation\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\"> U.S. Digital Services.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enter the Digital IT Acquisition Professional, or DITAP program, the core-plus certification in contracting for digital services announced by OMB and USDS on May 23, 2018, and officially accepting acquisition personnel in the coming month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis certification empowers acquisition mavericks to employ the need for speed when buying digital services,\u201d according to a blog post on the program written by Joanie Newhart, associate administrator of acquisition workforce programs at OMB, and Traci Walker, lead contracting officer at USDS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cColloquially called the \u2018Top Gun for Acquisition\u2019 training, holders of the Digital Service certification will be implementing the best acquisition strategies to drive high-quality results. 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