§1201 Federal Acquisition Institute

Summary

Creates the Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) to build and strengthen a professional federal acquisition workforce across the government. The FAI must run training and career programs, lead research to improve buying and contracting rules and practices, gather and study workforce data from OPM, agencies, and employee surveys, and identify needed skills and education for acquisition jobs. It must help recruit candidates, make training materials with colleges and training centers, check how well training works, support academic programs, help set up interagency internships and training, work with other civilian training programs (including the Defense Acquisition University), assist with agencies’ acquisition and capital planning, and do other career or research tasks as the Administrator directs. The Administrator must propose enough budget and ask the Administrator of General Services for funds, including amounts from the acquisition workforce training fund under section 1703(i), if available. The FAI reports through a Board of Directors of no more than 8 federal members appointed by the Administrator. The Board gives overall direction and budget advice. The FAI Director is appointed by and reports to the Administrator. The Administrator must send an annual budget and expense report to the named Senate and House committees.