attend DAU courses at no cost when space is available. DAU charges tuition only to certain foreign students. Training and certificates The Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requires Defense Acquisition Workforce members to be certified for the positions they hold. DAU offers training courses for all Defense Acquisition Workforce members in 7 functional areas and at three certification levels. Functional Areas: Auditing Business: Financial Management Cost Estimating Contracting Engineering and Technical Management Life Cycle Logistics Program Management Test and Evaluation The American Council on Education (ACE) assigns ACE credits to various DAU courses. DAU coursework can apply toward college and university degrees and certificates at some partner institutions. Defense Acquisition Guide The Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG) is a text developed to aid in the understanding and implementation of United States Department of Defense Acquisition practices under the DoD Directive 5000 series. This text, also available in web-accessed electronic format and web-structured HTML basis (see https://aaf.dau.edu/guidebooks/) provides insight to a life cycle view and functional roles within the lifecycle of acquisitions. In 2002 the DOD 5000.2-R became the Interim Defense Acquisition Guidebook. Mission assistance DAU instructors are available to consult and assist acquisition organizations in the design and review of processes and internal training when they are not teaching. They can also provide workshops and specific topic instruction in areas of interest or concern tailored to a specific organization. Hacking incident In July 2011 a hacking incident occurred affecting DAU's Web-based training site. This incident occurred on a vendor's network that provided the learning management system's underlying source code and inhibited access to online courses for almost two months. While DAU was not hacked, U.S. Cyber Command (U.S. CYBERCOM) evaluated the risk level to DAU's system based on the incident that occurred on the vendor's network, and temporarily suspended online training courses to secure the system and protect students' personal information. See also Military acquisition Joint Capabilities Integration Development System Federal Acquisition Regulation References External links Defense Acquisition Guidebook, 28 June 2013 PDFs Defense Acquisition Guidebook, 16 September 2013 PDF Defense Acquisition Guidebook, Feb 2017 PDF Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG) html format at Defense Acquisition University DoD Directive 5000.01 DoD Instruction 5000.02 Recent Policy and Guides at Defense Acquisition University Acquisition Community Center page at Defense Acquisition University United States defense procurement Military education and training in the United States Educational institutions established in 1991 Universities and colleges accredited by