Acquisition Human Capital Management Services
About AHCMS
The AHCMS is geared to academic excellence. We ensure that education standards are being met across all schools within the VA Acquisition Academy (VAAA) and that those who come to the VAAA will receive the training they need to enhance their skills.
Goals
The primary goals of the Acquisition Human Capital Management Services include supporting program evaluation, maintaining stakeholder engagement, initiating standards development through accreditation, and cultivating strategic partnerships.
- Establish Enterprise Workforce Clarity
- Develop and maintain a consistent methodology for identifying and categorizing the VA acquisition workforce.
- Ensure accurate workforce coding, visibility, and inventory management across administrations to support enterprise workforce planning.
- Strengthen Acquisition Workforce Readiness
- Increased certification compliance and continuous learning completion across the acquisition workforce.
- Align workforce competencies with evolving acquisition mission requirements and emerging federal standards.
- Enable Data-Driven Acquisition Human Capital Decisions
- Integrate workforce data into enterprise dashboards and reporting platforms to enhance visibility and transparency.
- Deliver actionable analytics to inform recruitment, retention, workforce planning , and succession, management.
- Standardize Career Pathways
- Develop and maintain consistent competency models and career progression frameworks across acquisition career fields.
- Promote professional development and workforce mobility aligned with mission outcomes.
IACET Accredited Provider
As an IACET Accredited Provider, VAAA offers IACET continuing education credits (CEUs) for its learning events that comply with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard. The accreditation period extends for five years and includes all VAAA-developed programs offered or created during that time.
To achieve Accredited Provider accreditation, VAAA completed a rigorous application process and successfully demonstrated adherence to the ANSI/IACET 2018-1 Standard for Continuing Education and Training by addressing the design, development, administration, and evaluation of its programs. IACET is recognized internationally as a standard development organization and accrediting body that promotes the quality of continuing education and training.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the AHCMS ensure quality programs at the VAAA?
The AHCMS works with each school within the VAAA to regularly evaluate courses to determine relevancy, effectiveness of instructor methods and materials, and instructor quality. Student feedback is critical to the evaluation process. The AHCMS appreciates the time that course participants put into completing end-of-course evaluations. Courses proven to be particularly effective are used as models of improvement for other courses.
What kind of data does the AHCMS collect and why?
The Acquisition Human Capital Management Services collects data in order to analyze the state of current VAAA programs and the VA Acquisition Workforce. More specifically, we measure student achievement, quality of instruction, and learner satisfaction; analyze existing curriculum and new training requirements; and conduct program reviews to ensure alignment with Academy and national training standards.