Office of the Acquisition Executive

Our Mission

Enabling Defense Intelligence through acquisition excellence.

Our Vision

Continuous improvement resulting in a reputation for world class acquisition.

Our Values

• CARING for our customers as the most important stakeholders in our business.

  We will treat them with the same courtesy we would want as if they were our guests.

• COURAGE to overcome organizational culture of stovepipes.

  Our collective success is dependent upon collective energy, intelligence, and professionalism. We strive to create an environment where all can gather to discuss issues, solve problems, and appreciate the contributions of all achieving common goals.

• ACCOUNTABILITY as the cornerstone of our actions and activities.

  We are, above all else, stewards of the wealth of our nation. We cannot effectively serve the nation without the confidence of the public and those who represent them. Our ethics will not be compromised and we will not tolerate unethical behavior in others. We freely accept our charge as agents of the nation and do so without thought of personal benefit or bounty.

• CREATIVITY in satisfying stakeholder needs.

  Management must foster an environment where decisions providing solutions are made at the lowest level consistent with ethics and public policy. Management must allow for and treat unexpected outcomes as learning opportunities.

• INTEGRITY

  This includes honoring the commitments that we make to our customers and stakeholders as well as taking full responsibility for the quality of our contracts and their supporting files.

• RESPONSIVENESS by actively listening, partnering, and striving to exceed stakeholder expectations.

  We want our customers to become advocates for our business and thus achieve our goal of becoming the “contracting activity of choice” for the Intelligence Community.

• AGILITY in the services we provide.

  We go to extraordinary lengths to satisfy our customers quickly. We want to exceed their expectations in every encounter.

One team, one mission, one fight!