R 172043Z NOV 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 674/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/FY12 ANNUAL MARINE CORPS ACQUISITION CATEGORY I AND II GROUND SLATING BOARD SOLICITATION MARADMIN//
REF/A/MSGID:CON/CMC DECISION/YMD:20040414//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/DON ASN(RDA) DACM/YMD:20091124//
REF/C/MSGID:DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC/YMD:120729ZAUG2004//
REF/D/MSGID:DOC/CMC /YMD:060930ZJAN2009//
NARR/REF A IS THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS DECISION TO SELECT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT POSITIONS AS COMMAND EQUIVALENTS. REF B IS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENT ACT (DAWIA) OPERATING GUIDE. REF C IS MARADMIN 348/04, ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW ACQUISITION OFFICER PRIMARY MOS. REF D IS MARADMIN 003/09, TRANSMISSION AND FILING OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS TO THE MILITARY PERSONNEL FILE (OMPF).//
POC/JAMESON MCGEE/CAPT/UNIT: MMOA-3/-/TEL:COM 703-784-9285/ EMAIL:JAMESON.MCGEE@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  PURPOSE. TO ANNOUNCE THE CONVENING OF AND SOLICIT ACQUISITION APPLICATIONS FOR THE FY12 ANNUAL MARINE CORPS ACQUISITION CATEGORY I AND II GROUND SLATING BOARD. THE FY12 MC ACAT I AND II GROUND BOARD WILL SLATE MULTIPLE POSITIONS DESIGNATED ACAT I AND II. RECOMMENDED CANDIDATE NAMES WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION FOR SUBSEQUENT INTERVIEW AND/APPROVAL. THE BOARD WILL RECOMMEND HIGHLY QUALIFIED MARINE OFFICERS OR CIVILIAN ACQUISITION PROFESSIONALS WHO MEET STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS TO LEAD ACQUISITION CATEGORY I AND II PROGRAMS IN WHICH THE MARINE CORPS HAS A VESTED INTEREST.  ALL ACAT I AND II POSITIONS ARE CONSIDERED AS ACQUISITION COMMAND EQUIVALENT POSITIONS.  THESE BILLETS ARE PROJECTED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR ASSIGNMENT IN 2012.
2.  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REFERENCES, A SLATING BOARD WILL CONVENE ON OR ABOUT 24 JAN 2012 TO SELECT INDIVIDUALS AND ALTERNATE NOMINEES FOR THE PROGRAM MANAGER POSITIONS O-6, GS-15, OR ACQUISITION DEMO NH-IV. MILITARY APPLICATION PACKAGES ARE DUE TO MANPOWER MANAGEMENT OFFICER ASSIGNMENTS (MMOA-3) NO LATER THAN CLOSE OF BUSINESS 15 DEC 2011. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS ARE ACCEPTABLE.
3.  ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ARE:
    A.  PMOS 8059 ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL OFFICERS RANK OF COL OR COL(SEL).
    B.  UNRESTRICTED OFFICERS POSSESSING AMOS 8058 RANK OF COL OR COL(SEL) WHO ARE NOT  CURRENTLY SLATED FOR COMMAND.
    C.  LTCOL IN-ZONE FOR FY13 ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY IF SELECTED FOR PROMOTION TO COLONEL PRIOR TO THE CONVENING OF THE BOARD.
    D.  DEFENSE ACQUISITION CORPS (DAC) MEMBERSHIP.
    E.  CERTIFIED DAWIA LEVEL III IN PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.
    F.  COMPLETION OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT COURSE (PMC), OR ADVANCED PROGRAM MANAGEMENT COURSE (APMC), OR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE COURSE (PMOC - PMT 352).  ALSO REQUIRED ARE PROGRAM MANAGERS COURSE (PMT 401), AND THE EXECUTIVE PROGRAM MANAGERS COURSE (PMT 402). DAC MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED PMT 401 AND 402 HAVE 6 MONTHS FROM THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT TO MEET THIS REQUIREMENT IF SELECTED.
    G.  ELIGIBLE OFFICERS SERVING IN A JOINT DUTY ACQUISITION ASSIGNMENT ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE SCREENED FOR AN ACQUISITION COMMAND IF THEY COMPLETE 24 MONTHS IN THEIR JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO COMMAND IN 2012. 
    H.  OFFICERS MUST COMPLETE TIME ON STATION (TOS) REQUIREMENTS OF CURRENT TOUR WITH TOUR CONTROL FACTOR (TCF) PRIOR TO 1 JUN 2012.  TOS WAIVERS WILL USUALLY NOT BE GRANTED.
    I.  EXPERIENCE: ACAT I PROGRAM MANAGER - EIGHT YEARS OF ACQUISITION EXPERIENCE, FOUR YEARS OF WHICH MUST BE "CORE" EXPERIENCE (REF B) WITH AT LEAST TWO YEARS IN A PROGRAM OFFICE OR SIMILAR ORGANIZATION AS A SUBSET OF "CORE" EXPERIENCE. TENURE REQUIREMENT IS FOUR YEARS FOR ACAT I AND THREE YEARS FOR ACAT II.  EIGHTEEN MONTHS ACQUISITION RELATED EXPERIENCE MAY BE CREDITED FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME IN A COMMAND TOUR.
    J.  ELIGIBLE OFFICERS MUST HAVE LESS THAN 26 YEARS OF ACTIVE COMMISSIONED SERVICE AS OF 1 JUN 2012.
4.  SELECTION:
    A.  SUCCESSFULLY SCREENED PACKAGES WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE BOARD VIA COMMANDER MARCORSYSCOM ON BEHALF OF CMC.
    B.  THE BOARD WILL RANK ORDER THE LIST OF SCREENED APPLICANTS FOR THE FY12 ACAT I AND II ACQUISITION BILLETS AND FORWARD ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ACQUISITION. A BILLET DESCRIPTION FOR EACH SLATED POSITION IS POSTED ON THE MMOA ACQUISITION WEB SITE. (SEE PARAGRAPH
6 BELOW FOR ACCESS INFORMATION).
    C.  DECLINATIONS.  ANY OFFICER RECOMMENDED BY THE SLATING BOARD AND SELECTED WHO DOES NOT ACCPET WILL BE REQUIRED TO DECLINE IN WRITING TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ACQUISITION VIA COMMANDER MCSC AND CMC. A DECLINATION LETTER WILL BE PLACED IN THE OFFICER'S OFFICIAL MILITARY PERSONNEL FILE (OMPF). OFFICERS WHO DECLINE AN ACAT I OR II ACQUISITION COMMAND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR ANY OTHER ACQUISITION COMMAND/COMMAND EQUIVALENTS DURING THE SLATING YEAR BUT WILL REMAIN ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE BOARDS.
5.  RECORD AUDIT REQUESTS. ELIGIBLE OFFICERS WHO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION MUST REQUEST AN ACQUISITION RECORDS AUDIT FROM MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND (MCSC), MARINE CORPS DAWIA MILITARY WORKFORCE SPECIALIST, MR. RICK TAYLOR. HE CAN BE REACHED AT COMM: 703-432-4496 DSN: 378-4496 OR EMAIL:RICKY.J.TAYLOR1@USMC.MIL. AUDIT REQUESTS ARE DUE TO MR. TAYLOR NLT 1 DEC 2011. MR. TAYLOR WILL FORWARD AUDITED ACQUISITION DATA SHEETS TO MMOA-3 FOR INCLUSION IN THE APPLICATION PACKAGE.
6.  BOARD COMMUNICATION
    A.  AN APPLICATION TEMPLATE, CANDIDATE INFORMATION MATRIX AND LIST OF ACAT I AND II POSITIONS SCHEDULED FOR SLATING IN 2012 CAN BE FOUND BY FIRST LOGGING ONTO THE MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS (MRA) WEBSITE WWW.MANPOWER.USMC.MIL AND NAVIGATING TO THE ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT WEBPAGE. THE ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT WEBPAGE CAN BE REACHED BY CLICKING ON "ACTIVE MARINE," CLICKING ON "MANPOWER MANAGEMENT (MM)," CLICKING ON "OFFICER ASSIGNMENTS (MMOA)," CLICKING ON "PLANS AND PROGRAMS (MMOA-3)," AND THEN SCROLLING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE SCREEN. SELECT "ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT," AND THEN CLICKING ON "ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL (8059)," APPLICATION TEMPLATE AND CANDIDATE INFORMATION MATRIX IS POSTED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE UNDER THE TITLE "FORMS". NOTE: ONE MUST BE LOGGED INTO THE MANPOWER WEBSITE FOR THE APPLICATION TEMPLATE AND CANDIDATE INFORMATION MATRIX TO BE VISIBLE.
    B.  ALL ELIGIBLE OFFICER APPLICANTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE BOARD PRESIDENT. COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD MAY CALL ATTENTION TO ANY MATTER THE APPLICANT CONSIDERS IMPORTANT, INCLUDING UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS THAT MAY NOT BE READILY APPARENT IN ACQUISITION DATA SHEETS OR OMPF.
    C.  ALL COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD MUST ORIGINATE FROM, OR BE ENDORSED BY, THE ELIGIBLE OFFICER. PACKAGES AND ALL OTHER CORRESPONDENCE TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE 'SMB MANPOWER OFFICER PROGRAMS' ON THE GLOBAL OR EMAIL ADDRESS:  SMBMANPOWEROFFICERPR@USMC.MIL.  THE MAILING ADDRESS IS:
    COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS
    HEADQUARTERS U.S. MARINE CORPS
    MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS (MMOA-3)
    ACQUISITION MANPOWER MANAGEMENT OFFICE
    ATTN: CAPT JAMESON MCGEE
    3280 RUSSELL ROAD
    QUANTICO, VA 22134-5103
    D.  OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS. ALL ELIGIBLE OFFICERS MUST HAVE AN ELECTRONIC PHOTO IN THEIR OMPF TAKEN WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE CONVENING DATE OF THE BOARD.
    E.  FITNESS REPORTS. COMPLETED FITNESS REPORTS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO CMC (MMSB-32) FOR INCLUSION INTO THE OMPF. INCOMPLETE FITNESS REPORTS WILL BE NEITHER ACCEPTED, NOR FORWARDED, TO THE FY12 MC ACAT I AND II SLATING BOARD. THIS WILL INCLUDE THOSE FITNESS REPORTS MISSING SIGNATURES OR REVIEWING OFFICER CERTIFICATION. FORWARD FITNESS REPORTS TO:
    COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS
    HEADQUARTERS U.S. MARINE CORPS
    MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS (MMSB-32)
    2008 ELLIOT ROAD
    QUANTICO, VA 22134-5030
    F.  UPDATED MATERIAL. FORWARD UPDATED DOCUMENT(S) THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE OMPF, OTHER THAN FITNESS REPORTS, FORWARDED TO:
    COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS
    HEADQUARTERS U.S. MARINE CORPS
    MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS (MMSB-20)
    2008 ELLIOT ROAD
    QUANTICO, VA 22134-5030
7.  THIS MARADMIN IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
8.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MR. C. F. SWAIN, DIRECTOR, MANPOWER MANAGEMENT DIVISION (ACTING).//