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The Defense Contract Management Agency developed the Business Capabilities Framework to better capture the agency’s return on investment to a more integrated model focusing on the organization’s products, including acquisition risk reduction and transaction support. (DCMA graphic by Cheryl Jamieson)

March 2, 2018

Business Capabilities Framework helps standardize procedures

FORT LEE, Va. — By adopting this framework, DCMA’s governance organization and strategic planning becomes clearer.

Defense Contract Management Agency Boeing St. Louis Commander Navy Capt. Paul Filardi and his Quality Assurance Director Steve Santel present Quality Assurance Specialist Ryan Maichel (center) with a commendation signed by Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens “for his selfless actions in performing search and rescue operations and disaster relief in response to Hurricane Harvey.” (Photo courtesy of DCMA Boeing St. Louis)

March 1, 2018

DCMA QA reinforces humanitarian pedigree

ST. LOUIS — Ryan Maichel searches the world to serve others before himself.

Defense Contract Management Agency’s Cybersecurity Center will begin a monthly “Cybersecurity Violations” campaign to ensure agency employees remember and practice good cyber habits. (Graphic by DCMA Information Technology)

Feb. 28, 2018

Cybersecurity grading scale lists violations’ severity

FORT LEE, Va. — DCMA’s Cybersecurity Center informs employees of current agency policies regarding safe network use.

Feb. 28, 2018

FY18 Centralized Development Program selections announced

FORT LEE, Va. — Forty three DCMA team members have been selected to attend multiple short- and long-term programs throughout the year designed to enhance and cultivate current and future agency leaders.

Agency personnel can expect changes to email and iPhone services in the coming months. Check the DCMA homepage regularly for updates. (DCMA graphic by Cheryl Jamieson)

Feb. 27, 2018

DCMA to transition email services

FORT LEE, Va. — Agency personnel can expect changes to email and iPhone services in the coming months. Check the DCMA homepage regularly for updates.

Wade McVey, Defense Contract Management Agency Phoenix deputy commander (left) and Army Col. Robert Miceli, commander (right), present a certificate of appreciation to three Tuskegee Airmen, David Toliver Sr., James Katra and Ted Vactor, at a Feb. 7 National African American History Month event at the agency’s Phoenix office. The Tuskegee Airmen spoke about the history of black military pilots and ground crewmembers who served during World War II. (DCMA photo by Marissa Krings)

Feb. 26, 2018

Phoenix pride shows at black history month event

PHOENIX — Army Col. Robert Miceli, Phoenix commander, called it “the most incredible black American heritage event the CMO and mission partners had seen in years.”

Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Ellen M. Lord, stand with the Special Programs Quick Close Out Team and winners of the David Packard Excellence in Acquisitions Award during a ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 6, 2018. (DoD photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)

Feb. 22, 2018

Special Programs Quick Closeout Team receives DoD award for excellence

WASHINGTON — DCMA's Special Programs Quick Closeout Team was awarded the David Packard E

Kyle Carter, a Defense Contract Management Agency quality assurance specialist, volunteers as a mentor at Queens High School for Information, Research and Technology in Far Rockaway, N.Y., as part of an after-school robotics program. He is a part of the DCMA Garden City team. (DCMA photo by Justin Zaun)

Feb. 20, 2018

Quality assurance specialist mentors students in high school robotics program

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Students often receive college scholarships as a result of their experience with the program, said DCMA Garden City's Kyle Carter.