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 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.

Examples of Chief Acquisition Officer in a sentence

  • All data submitted to FPDS by DHS Components shall be subject to verification and validation by the CPO and the Chief Acquisition Officer (CAO).

  • The Chief Acquisition Officer shall en- sure that the policies established by the head of the agency in accordance with this sub- section are implemented throughout the agen- cy.

  • PRIMARY DUTY.—The primary duty of a Chief Acquisition Officer is acquisition man- agement.

  • DHS Delegation Number 00701 delegates this authority to the Chief Acquisition Officer.

  • It has been estimated that Andean natives domesticated as many as 70 separate crop species (1).


More Definitions of Chief Acquisition Officer

Chief Acquisition Officer. ’ means the officer appointed under section 308 of this title.
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 56 of this title.
Chief Acquisition Officer means the officer appointed under section 55 of this title.
Chief Acquisition Officer means an executive level acquisition official responsible for agency performance of acquisition activities and acquisition programs created pursu- ant to 41 U.S.C. 1702.
Chief Acquisition Officer means the employee of a