104 STAT. 1640 PUBLIC LAW 101-510—NOV. 5, 1990 policies and procedures for the effective management, including accession, education, training, and career development, of persons serving in acquisition positions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Defense Agencies. Such policies and procedures shall include (1) the establishment of one or more Acquisition Corps with respect to such persons, and (2) the establishment of an acquisition career program board (and any appropriate subordinate board structure) with respect to such persons. The Secretary shall ensure that, to the maximum extent practicable, such policies and procedures are as uniform as practicable with the policies established under this chapter for the military departments. "(b) MANAGEMENT.—The Director of Acquisition Education, Training, and Career Development appointed under section 1703 of this title shall serve as the Director of Acquisition Career Management for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and for the Defense Agencies. "SUBCHAPTER II—DEFENSE ACQUISITION POSITIONS "Sec. "1721. Designation of acquisition positions. " 1722. Career development. "1723. General education, training, and experience requirements. "1724. Contracting positions: qualification requirements. "1725. Office of Personnel Management approval. "§ 1721. Designation of acquisition positions Regulations. "(a) DESIGNATION.— The Secretary of Defense shall designate in regulations those positions in the Department of Defense that are acquisition positions for purposes of this chapter. "(b) REQUIRED POSITIONS. — In designating the positions under subsection (a), the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, all acquisition-related positions in the following areas: "(1) Program management. "(2) Systems planning, research, development, engineering, and testing. "(3) Procurement, including contracting. "(4) Industrial property management. "(5) Logistics. "(6) Quality control and assurance. "(7) Manufacturing and production. "(8) Business, cost estimating, financial management, and auditing. "(9) Education, training, and career development. , "(10) Construction. "(11) Joint development and production with other government agencies and foreign countries. "(c) MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS ACTIVITIES. — The Secretary also shall designate as acquisition positions under subsection (a) those acquisition-related positions which are in management headquarters activities and in management headquarters support activities. For purposes of this subsection, the terms 'management headquarters activities' and 'management headquarters support activities' have the meanings given those terms in Department of Defense Directive 5100.73, entitled "Department of Defense Management Headquarters and Headquarters Support Activities," dated November 25, 1988.
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