About Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Academy

Recognizing effective learning requires more than just training, VAAA established Performance Excellence (PE) department to provide cross-functional, interdisciplinary development experiences. These experiences supplement training with performance improvement interventions, organizational development and action learning activities to deliver increasing value to acquisition community stakeholders. This approach broadens the traditional government development model by including industry participants as participants and key thought partners. Programs include: Market Intelligence, Critical Thinking, Lean Six Sigma and Project Management Fellows. More than $8M in savings is generated by the 2015 cohorts of the LSS Green and Black Belt projects.