AI/Data Certifications
FedLearn AI/data certifications are built on the DoW Cyber Workforce Framework—the authoritative competency framework established under DoW Instruction 8140.02. Rather than defining a proprietary body of knowledge, we anchor each certification to a defined subset of DCWF work roles and their associated knowledge, skill, ability and task statements. This means that when candidates earn a FedLearn AI or data credential, the competencies we certify are traceable directly to the framework the Department itself uses to define its data and AI workforce. For example, the Certified DoW Data Steward Professional is mapped to the DCWF data steward work role and the Certified DoW Data Analytics Professional is mapped to the DCWF data analyst work role. Each certification’s reference materials publish this crosswalk so that candidates, supervisors and organizations can see precisely which DCWF KSATs a credential addresses.
Because the DCWF defines what a workforce role must know and do but does not specify levels of proficiency, FedLearn supplements the framework with its own performance-based readiness measurement: the MRKI. Where a certification covers competencies that fall outside the DCWF data and AI work roles, such as emerging technology, mission application and strategic implications content, that certification’s body of knowledge is defined instead by its published course learning objectives. In every case, FedLearn states clearly which framework or source defines a given certification’s body of knowledge so that the basis of each certification is transparent and verifiable.
Intelligence Certifications
FedLearn intelligence certifications are built on the all-source analysis standards, the competency model established by the Certified U.S. Department of Defense All-Source Analysis program and published in the CDASA Candidate Handbook.* The all-source analysis skill standards were developed through a formal job-task analysis conducted across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise and define the all-source analysis profession in terms of nine scope-of-work functions and eight knowledge domains. We map each intelligence certification to specific all-source analysis functions and knowledge domains, so that candidates can see exactly which elements of the recognized analytic competency model a credential develops.
It is important to note that the Department does not offer training toward the CDASA-I credential. FedLearn intelligence certifications are designed to fill that gap: they provide structured preparation aligned to the all-source analysis skill standards and the CDASA-I exam blueprint. Our intelligence certifications recognize completion of this preparation and are positioned as a complement to—not a replacement for—the Department’s own credential. Each intelligence certification’s reference materials include a crosswalk to all-source analysis functions and knowledge domains so the body of knowledge behind every credential is clearly stated and tied to an authoritative source.
*Launched prior to the Department’s name change
