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Chief Acquisition Officer definition

Chief Acquisition Officer. ’ means a Chief Ac- quisition Officer for an executive agency ap- pointed pursuant to section 1702 of this title.
Chief Acquisition Officer or “CAO” means the official responsible for monitoring the agency’s acquisition activities, evaluating them based on applicable performance measurements, increasing the use of full and open competition in agency acquisitions, making acquisition decisions consistent with applicable laws, and establishing clear lines of authority, accountability, and responsibility for acquisition decision-making and developing and maintaining a acquisition career management program.
Chief Acquisition Officer. ’ means the officer appointed under section 308 of this title.

Examples of Chief Acquisition Officer in a sentence

  • The Assistant Secretary for Manage- ment is designated as the Department’s Chief Acquisition Officer.


More Definitions of Chief Acquisition Officer

Chief Acquisition Officer means an executive level acquisition official responsible for agency performance of acquisition activities and acquisition programs created pursu- ant to the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003, Section 1421 of Public Law 108-136.
Chief Acquisition Officer. ’ means a Chief Acquisi-
Chief Acquisition Officer means the employee of a Federal agency designated as such pursuant to section 16(a) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(a)).
Chief Acquisition Officer means the employee of a Federal agency des- ignated as such pursuant to section 16(a) of the Office of Federal Procure- ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(a)).
Chief Acquisition Officer means the officer appointed under section 55 of this title.
Chief Acquisition Officer. ’ means the officer appointed under section 56 of this title.
Chief Acquisition Officer means the Assistant Secretary for Management. COTR means Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative or Con- tracting Officer’s Representative. D&S Committee means the VA Debar- ment and Suspension Committee, a committee consisting of the Director, Acquisition Resources Service (chair), and representatives of the Office of Management, Office of Inspector Gen- eral, and the program office to which the particular debarment or suspension case relates. A representative from OGC will serve as legal counsel to the D & S Committee.