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Anthony Zompetti, the Air Force's director of Development & Production, C-130 Hercules Division, presented the Defense Contract Management Agency Lockheed Martin Marietta team with a token of appreciation in February for saving the government $680 million on its $5.3 billion contract for C-130 Hercules aircraft. Zompetti stands with DCMA employees Barry Lubrant, David Wolfinge, Richard Bolden, Priscilla Driscoll, Miral Patel, Marguerite Antoine, Sarah Sullivan, Isaiah Wilcox, Phillip Beckwith, LaNorma Shelton-Thomas and Bernard Latimore. Kneeling are Air Force Col. Sheri Bennington, DCMA Lockheed Martin Marietta commander, and Myra Tate, deputy commander. Team members Todd Landeche, Marieco Myart, Dexter Harper, Rachel Buckner and Rocky Miller are not shown. (DCMA photo courtesy of DCMA Lockheed Martin Marietta)

May 24, 2016

DCMA provides pricing support to C-130 Hercules aircraft

MARIETTA, Ga. — The contract management office saved the government $680 million on a $5.3 billion contract.

Navy Rear Adm. Deborah Haven (center) Defense Contract Management Agency International commander, meets with Saudi Arabia leaders in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during a tour of the Alsalam Aircraft Company facility.

May 20, 2016

DCMA Saudi Arabia provides unique professional, personal experiences

DCMA Saudi Arabia employees find excitement and challenges in overseas assignments.

Dwayne Bennett, director of the Quality Assurance Directorate's Process Management Division, encourages Defense Contract Management Agency employees to embrace change and be open to new ideas and business processes.

May 13, 2016

Become a DCMA positive change agent

Change will continue to be a constant. The most important thing is whether you choose to view it as a positive or negative.

Defense Contract Management Agency employees rotate seats during a speed mentoring event where employees talk with senior leaders about professional development and achieving career goals. The DCMA Office of Diversity and Inclusion hosted the event designed to cultivate a culture of mentorship in the agency.

May 11, 2016

DCMA takes new spin on mentorship

A new mentoring program encourages making connections and passing on institutional knowledge.

Human Capital recently announced a new foundational competencies initiative in support of the agency's Strategic Plan. A series of videos will help supervisors talk to their teams about important topics.

April 15, 2016

DCMA Communications Commitment for supervisors

Supervisors have a new tool to encourage on-going dialogue and effective communication in the workplace.

Noreen Cassaro served as the Keystone Distance Learning Center coordinator at Defense Contract Management Agency Boston, and was known for developing, training and mentoring Keystone. After she passed away, several of the former Keystones she mentored created an award, the annual Noreen Cassaro Award of Excellence, in her name.

April 12, 2016

Keystone graduates establish annual award for former employee

Noreen Cassaro mentored a lot of employees while working at the Defense Contract Management Agency.

Defense Contract Management Agency Garden City, New York, employee Marta Akopyan recently completed a rotational assignment at DCMA Dallas' San Antonio office. She is a contract administrator who participated in the agency's three-year Keystone program. She graduated from the program in January

April 6, 2016

DCMA employee grateful for rotational assignment as Keystone

Two-week assignment allowed her to learn more about the agency’s mission.

Sonia Foster, a Keystone quality assurance specialist for the Defense Contract Management Agency, brings a unique perspective to the workplace as the only woman on her agency team.

March 31, 2016

QAS Foster's new perspective

Sonia Foster, still in the Keystone program, is setting high standards for future employees.

Gina Copello, a quality assurance specialist at the Defense Contract Management Agency Lockheed Martin Moorestown, New Jersey, who works out of an office in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, boxes in her spare time. She used to box competitively and was part of the first group of women to teach martial arts in the Marine Corps. She served 10 years in the military.

March 29, 2016

Quality assurance specialist deploys boxing fundamentals to contracting

Gina Copello loves to put on her boxing gloves and get in the ring.

Defense Contract Management Agency quality assurance specialists Scott Kirisits, Edward Pawelczyk, Eric Lee, Komlan Koudifo and Jason Drewitz, recently passed the certified quality auditor course, which has enhanced their skills when participating in an audit. All of them are based at DCMA Air Propulsion Operations Rolls Royce in Indianapolis, Indiana.

March 18, 2016

DCMA Air Propulsion Operations Rolls Royce team passes certified quality auditor exam

The quality auditor certification is good for three years.