About Houseman & Associates
Houseman & Associates is a training and consulting firm based in Alexandria, Virginia. Since 1981, we have provided COR and other acquisition classes, self-study programs and consulting services throughout the federal government, to major support services contractors, as well as to the Smithsonian Institution. We are dedicated to delivering current and interactive training to our clients.Culture Statement
Houseman & Associates team members are committed to:1. Service Dedication: We are dedicated to our company Vision/Mission and give 100% to each task.
2. Service Excellence: Good isn't enough. We strive to deliver exceptional services.
3. Fair Consideration: We are rewarded to the level that we benefit our clients. We accept that benefits only show up in our lives to the level we show up.
4. Integrity: What we promise is what we deliver. We only make agreements that we are willing and intend to keep.
5. Communication: We listen, learn, and act in our client's interests. We communicate problems at the first opportunity and work to resolve them immediately. We always speak positively of our clients and others in both public and private.
6. Continual Improvement: We constantly seek to better our services. We learn from our mistakes. We learn, grow and master so that we can help our clients and ourselves learn, grow and master.
7. Success: We are successful and we display at all times an inner pride, competence, and personal confidence.
8. Balance: We balance our business interests within our lives, remembering that our spiritual, social, physical, intellectual and family interests are just as important as our financial. We complete our client commitments first, so we can have quality time to ourselves and with our families, to strengthen and renew.
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
Unmatched Curricula. Our COR curriculum is extensive in order to embrace the diverse needs and interests of our clients; to satisfy in multiple ways FAC-COR requirements; and to earn cross-over FAC-P/PM credits. Our Simplified Acquisition curriculum is tiered to provide training and certification for beginners, experienced hands, and purchasing managers. Our Appropriation Law courses link funding requisites to easy-to-grasp examples so that participants can learn and apply them to their own circumstances.Customized Delivery. Our training incorporates client policy, requirements, and examples at no extra cost. Clients may also acquire just-in-time sessions and small-group and individual mentoring.
Tenured Faculty. We use only A-list players — subject matter experts with proven interactive training skills.
Data Exchange. Our Data Exchange furnishes unparalleled support to training coordinators before, during, and after course delivery. Course attendees may access updates to their textbooks, explore model practices and important web links, and check out our quarterly newsletter.