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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.

March 16, 2016

Navy vice chief and DCMA honor nation's women

“When you know what your purpose is in life — that’s what fuels success.” said Adm. Michelle Howard, the Navy’s vice chief of naval operations.

Chief Petty Officer Chad Cochuyt, Defense Contract Management Agency Boeing St. Louis technical publications/logs and records program manager, teaches local students military courtesy on how to sound "attention on deck," during a recent science, technology, engineering and mathematics outreach program event.

Feb. 22, 2016

St. Louis' STEM efforts inspire kids with thoughts of flight

“As part of the coordination process, the team works closely with teachers to tailor the STEM message to students’ educational needs by augmenting classroom lessons with interpersonal and relational sharing,” said Navy Lt. Cmdr. Doug Crane, a DCMA Boeing St. Louis government flight representative.

Army Col. Daryl Harger, commander of Army Expeditionary Contracting Command, shakes hands with Army Lt. Col. Freddy Adams, commander of Defense Contract Management Agency Afghanistan, after a transfer of authority ceremony at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 8. The ceremony marked the end of DCMA's 13 years providing contingency contract, quality assurance and property administration services in Afghanistan.

Feb. 19, 2016

DCMA ends contract administration services in Afghanistan

After 13 years of contingency contracting support, DCMA Afghanistan’s mission delivering contract, quality assurance and property administration services for the warfighter has transferred to the Army Expeditionary Contracting Command.