civ-1102,
Congrats on your job and welcome back to the federal system. Unfortunately, you will have to play the game with them. I have been with five different civilian agencies (Department of the Air Force, Department of Interior, Department of the Army, GSA, and now the VA), and they are all the same. I was DAWIA Level III at the time I entered federal service in 2001 after 22 years in the USAF. The Department of Interior and the Department of the Army took everthing I had (certificates) and rolled with it. The DOI gave me their equivalent to the DAWIA. However, when I got to GSA, this was a whole different ball game. I had to take the courses over so I could get my Level III FAC-C certification. Also, since I have been around for a while (30 years), I had some old courses, but they would not count them. However, they did take the correspondence courses I took in 1984 (Defense Small Purchase and Management of Defense Acquisition Contracts). The VA converted everything I had and issued me their FAC-C Level III before I arrived at the job.
Acquisition waivers are done by a lot of the federal services. I don't know which department you are with, but as I stated, it depends. Therefore, have a good time going to school. Looks like you got a lot of classes to take or should I say re-take!!!