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DCMA's Roundup program highlights news stories from across the agency's global network of acquisition professionals.

Sept. 19, 2016

New program brings agency stories to life

Fort Lee, VA — DCMA’s Roundup program highlights news stories from across the agency’s global network of acquisition professionals.

Fritz Pongnon is a contract administrator at Defense Contract Management Agency Orlando. He has been with the agency two years.

Sept. 16, 2016

My DCMA: Fritz Pongnon, contract administrator

ORLANDO — My DCMA showcases DCMA's experienced and diverse workforce and highlights what being a part of the national defense team means to them.

Bryce Griffith (center), enjoys time with his Defense Contract Management Agency Phoenix co-workers, mentors, Keystone coordinator and supervisor at the Orbital ATK facility in Chandler, Arizona. A graduation luncheon was held to recognize Griffith’s finishing the agency’s Keystone program.

Sept. 13, 2016

Keystone shines in Phoenix heat

PHOENIX — “He shined right from the start of this long process,” said Nick Walters. “He has demonstrated his strong desire not only to work hard, but to learn through his various mentors, regardless of their job series.”

Henry Stewart, Defense Contract Management Agency Garden City, New York, quality assurance supervisor and Tier II Leadership Development Program manager, is a retired master sergeant who spent 22 years in the Marine Corps before joining the agency.

Aug. 31, 2016

Leadership program aims to discover, cultivate future leaders

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — “Always look for ways to improve and extend your knowledge,” said Henry Stewart. “If you think you are good today, plan on being better tomorrow.”

Breton Wilbun is an information technology specialist with the DCMA 360 Program Management Office located at the Rivers Bend, Virginia, office as part of the IT Directorate.

Aug. 19, 2016

My DCMA: Breton Wilbun, information technology specialist

RIVERS BEND, Va. — Breton Wilbun is an information technology specialist for DCMA's 360 Program Management Office. He has been part of the DCMA team for about six years.

Scott Crofoot, a Defense Contract Management Agency quality assurance specialist, at Fort Lee, Virginia, said it’s important for agency employees to collaborate better with customers to understand their contract requirement expectations.

Aug. 17, 2016

Detection to prevention: understanding customers’ expectations

FORT LEE, Va. — Surveillance of contractor processes is a more preventive approach than performing inspections to weed out defects that may have already been created.

In addition to their civilian job duties, several Defense Contract Management Agency Garden City employees from New York also serve in the reserve or National Guard. (From left) Cliff Allen, an attorney who is in the Navy Reserve; Doug Nelson, an administrative contracting officer who also serves in the Navy Reserve; Tom Valentino, a quality assurance specialist who serves in the Air Force Reserve; and Malcolm Timoney, a quality assurance specialist who recently retired from the Air National Guard.

Aug. 5, 2016

Employees serve double duty in the reserves, National Guard

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — “I get to work on the world’s most powerful aircraft, travel the world, and further the development of the young men and women who do the same,” said Michael Tibbetts, a DCMA Garden City QA.