Defense Acquisition University

The institution that trains every military contracting officer, program manager, and acquisition professional in the DoD — which is to say, the people responsible for how the government spends $800+ billion a year. DAU courses range from contracting fundamentals to program management at the enterprise level. The coursework is dry, the regulations are endless, and the career field is where good intentions go to die in paperwork. But the people who master acquisition literally control the money.