Attend the monthly GSA Greater Southwest Region Training Seminar! Free training on GSA acquisition solutions, programs, and resources available in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. GSA Greater Southwest Region Training Seminar GSA offers a wide variety of training opportunities for your agency. The training is free, and you can earn three Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) for attending all classes. With this recurring semina...

The best way to remain in compliance is to implement a proactive Government Compliance Program Our training covers the foundations of federal government contracting and keeps you up-to-date on emerging topics in the federal contracting industry. Government contracting is a highly regulated environment, with significant penalties for non-compliance with laws, regulations, and contract provisions. The best way to remain in compliance is to impl...

Draft a Successful Teaming Agreement to Meet Your Business Goals Join our attorneys in understanding the effects and importance of executing comprehensive teaming agreements and subcontracts that include all of the terms, conditions, and provisions that are essential to a successful partnership for government business. Key Topics Covered The basic structure of teaming agreements; How binding is the teaming agreement? (How binding do you want...

As the United States’ first unified border entity, Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) takes a comprehensive approach to border management and control, combining customs, immigration, border security, and agricultural protection into one coordinated and supportive activity.This informative event will feature Mark Borkowski, Office of Acquisition and CBP’s Component Acquisition Executive...

Join us online or in Vegas at the Aria Resort & Casino from Sept. 27-29 for the annual Las Vegas Conference. Why attend: Thought leadership - From acclaimed keynote speakers, to workshops, panels and in-depth presentations. We give you the opportunity to hear from the best minds, on timely and important topics – you’ll leave with a whole new perspective. Expand your network - Connect with the AFC community. Not only can you hea...

The U.S. General Services Administration is the kingpin for government’s acquisition of the goods and services that government needs to deliver its mission. The Federal FY 2022 budget reflects key funding priorities such as climate change, equity, healthcare, R&D, and information technology. IT modernization, investments in cloud computing, data analytics, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence will be a focus by government agenc...

In conjunction with ACT-IAC, the C-SCRM community is pleased to kickoff of the new C-SCRM Acquisition Community of Practice (ACoP). A spin-off of the C-SCRM Cybersecurity Standards Innovation Group (CyberSIG), this new community of practice will focus on matters relating to Cybersecurity in acquisition. Our goal is to broaden the level of awareness and develop agency maturity in the areas of cyber-acquisitions and Information Communication Tec...

Our comprehensive explanations will help new FAR users, while our in-depth examples will aid experienced contract professionals. This two-day offers critical information through hands-on workshops that will help both contracting and technical personnel better understand and navigate the FAR. Attendees will come away from the course feeling confident about how to apply the FAR to a variety of acquisition scenarios. Key Topics: Apply FAR Clause...

GSA Personal Property Management is hosting a series of virtual training sessions on various aspects of the program. The topic of this FREE virtual training will be Acquiring Excess Personal Property. This training will provide you with information as to who can acquire excess personal property, whether we pay for it or not, how to acquire the property via a live demonstration and more. In addition, you will receive training as to how to imple...

Audits in the world of government contracting are a matter of when, not if. Accounting system surveys, pre-award and post-award audits and incurred cost audits, are just a few among many that government contractors will face. The key to successfully passing an audit is understanding compliance, knowing the basics of the audit process, written policies and procedures, adequate internal controls, and regular testing. This course will focus on th...