Upcoming Webinar

Our next webinar is scheduled for Wednesday June 23, 2021, 12:30 – 2:00EST. The topic is “Changing Trends in Counterfeit and Nonconforming Reported Parts in the Electronics Supply Chain,” and will be presented by Mr. Richard Smith. Mr. Smith is VP-Business Development with ERAI Corporation. ERAI is a long-standing, industry-recognized international organization that provides critical insight to any organization seeking to prevent nonconforming and counterfeits from entering its supply chain. ERAI should be considered a credible source for obtaining counterfeit, suspect counterfeit and fraudulent part information and a tool for screening against known high risk parts in the market.

Call For Papers

CLEP is looking for papers and presenters for our two-day virtual workshop, September 8 - 9. If interested, please contact Dr. Gerard Ibarra at [email protected]

New and Renewing Members

New Members

Raied Almobiden              

Location; Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Company: JASARA

Position: Logistics Engineer

Raied indicated an interest in: Acquisition Logistics and Logistics Engineering.

Nancy Driskell

Location; Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States      Company: WR Systems

Position: Logistician

Nancy indicated an interest in: Acquisition Logistics, Logistics Engineering, Life Cycle Management, Supply Chain Management, and Supportability.

Luke Robinson

Location: Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, United States

Company: SAS Institute

Position: Sr Account Executive

Luke indicated an interest in: Acquisition Logistics, Logistics Engineering, Life Cycle Management, Supply Chain Management, Reliability, Maintainability, Supportability, Systems Engineering, Program Management and Other.

Jonathan Rodgers 

Location: Powhatan, Virginia, United States

Company: WRSystems

Position: Logistician, Senior

Jonathan indicated an interest in: Logistics Engineering, Life Cycle Management, Reliability, Maintainability, Supportability, and Program Management.

Welcome To Our New CLEP Members!

Renewing Members

• Lincoln Hallen
• Denise Delaney
• Dr. Erasmus McEady

Thank You For Renewing Your CLEP Membership!

Technical Articles

This month's technical articles are posts from the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) website.

Promoting Life-Long Learning Through Credentialing

DAU is rolling out specialized credentials that will recognize Defense Acquisition Workforce members for completing training and demonstrating a proficient application of acquisition skills, placing an emphasis on learning that is about performance, not just knowledge.

Diminishing Sources and Shortages—And Parts Management in the Adaptive Acquisition Framework

In December 2019, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)) promulgated Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5000.8, “Operation of the Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA).” DoDI 5000.8 adds the Urgent Capability Acquisition, Software Acquisition and Acquisition of Services pathways, providing defense components with much more flexibility and focus on the specific type of capability that is being introduced. While all the pathways are important, this article addresses the Urgent Capability and Middle Tier Acquisition (MTA) pathways.