2025 DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE WRITING AWARDS
The Defense Acquisition Workforce Writing Awards were established in 2023 to encourage curiosity and persistence in overcoming obstacles and promote innovation in defense acquisition. Participants competed in two categories: Innovation in Overcoming Obstacles and Innovation in Implementing Acquisition Flexibilities. Essays in the Innovation in Overcoming Obstacles category document a firsthand account of using independent judgment and an original or engaging idea to overcome an obstacle faced while working within the defense acquisition system. The essays indicate critical thinking and include diverse perspectives. The category of Innovation in Implementing Acquisition Flexibilities includes writing that documents approaches to program management emphasizing innovation and local adaptation. This includes the use of simplified acquisition procedures and innovative implementations of acquisition flexibilities and authorities. Five award recipients were selected in the Innovation in Overcoming Obstacles category and one recipient in the Innova- tion and Implementing Acquisition Flexibilities category for a $5,000 cash prize and a June 18, 2025, awards ceremony. For information on entering next year’s competition, see https://www.dau.edu/writing-awards.
DEFENSE ACQUISITION | May-June 2025
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