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 124 STAT. 3707 PUBLIC LAW 111–350—JAN. 4, 2011 (1) supervising the acquisition workforce training fund estab- lished under section 1703(i) of this title; (2) developing, in coordination with Chief Acquisition Officers and Chief Human Capital Officers, a strategic human capital plan for the acquisition workforce of the Federal Government; (3) reviewing and providing input to individual agency acquisition workforce succession plans; (4) recommending to the Administrator and other senior government officials appropriate programs, policies, and prac- tices to increase the quantity and quality of the Federal acquisi- tion workforce; and (5) carrying out other functions that the Administrator may assign. (c) ACQUISITION AND CONTRACTING TRAINING PROGRAMS WITHIN EXECUTIVE AGENCIES.— (1) CHIEF ACQUISITION OFFICER AUTHORITIES AND RESPON- SIBILITIES.—Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the head of an executive agency, the Chief Acquisition Officer for that agency shall carry out all powers, functions, and duties of the head of the agency with respect to implementation of this subsection. The Chief Acquisition Officer shall ensure that the policies established by the head of the agency in accordance with this subsection are implemented throughout the agency. (2) REQUIREMENT.—The head of each executive agency, after consultation with the Associate Administrator, shall establish and operate acquisition and contracting training programs. The programs shall— (A) have curricula covering a broad range of acquisition and contracting disciplines corresponding to the specific acquisition and contracting needs of the agency involved; (B) be developed and applied according to rigorous stand- ards; and (C) be designed to maximize efficiency, through the use of self-paced courses, online courses, on-the-job training, and the use of remote instructors, wherever those features can be applied without reducing the effectiveness of the training or negatively affecting academic standards. (d) GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICIES AND EVALUATION.—The Adminis- trator shall issue policies to promote the development of perform- ance standards for training and uniform implementation of this section by executive agencies, with due regard for differences in program requirements among agencies that may be appropriate and warranted in view of the agency mission. The Administrator shall evaluate the implementation of the provisions of subsection (c) by executive agencies. (e) INFORMATION ON ACQUISITION AND CONTRACTING TRAINING.— The Administrator shall ensure that the heads of executive agencies collect and maintain standardized information on the acquisition and contracting workforce related to the implementation of sub- section (c). (f) ACQUISITION WORKFORCE HUMAN CAPITAL SUCCESSION PLAN.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Each Chief Acquisition Officer for an execu- tive agency shall develop, in consultation with the Chief Human Capital Officer for the agency and the Associate Administrator, a succession plan consistent with the agency’s strategic human capital plan for the recruitment, development, and retention of the agency’s acquisition workforce, with a particular focus