The Service Contract Labor Standards (SCLS), formerly the Service Contract Act, is one of the most challenging acts in federal contracting, and it is surrounded by a lot of misinformation. Our attorneys and instructors know the law. COVID-19 – Guidance for Government Contractors Join Centre attorneys, Barbara Kinosky, David Warner, Tyler Freiberger and Matt Corzine, President of GSA National to learn the basics along with a discussion ab...

The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has the largest operating budget in the world. Given the agency's operational complexity, creating a unified view of data for common reporting processes such as a financial audit is extremely difficult due to the thousands of different business and accounting systems spread throughout the department. Each of these different systems stores data in different formats, often containing duplicate data t...

The pandemic recession will clearly cause US tech spending to contract — the question is by how much and in which areas. Drawing on the latest data, this webinar provides Forrester’s forecasts for the US tech market in 2020 and 2021. Our forecast covers the major tech categories as well as the outlook for specific software, services, and hardware products. Key takeaways: Scenario A of a sharp but short drop in tech spending in 2020...

The budget is the most important policy your city, town, county or agency will develop each year. As the demand for accountability and better outcomes become a higher priority, you want to make sure you are using the right tools for preparing, managing and reporting your budget. Join us for a 60-minute webinar to learn about Questica Budget Government Solutions — multi-user budgeting software designed specifically for the public sector f...

Successful debriefings are an important component of the contract award process. Debriefings help contractors develop stronger future offers, while giving agencies an opportunity to analyze the process employed in the award. They are a great way to gather information and help evaluate the potential benefit of a bid protest. Misconceptions about debriefings and about the effect that debriefings have on protest deadlines can cause contractors to...

In this course, you will learn why market research is conducted, when and how to conduct market research; the regulatory nature of FAR Part 10 and how it ties into other decisions such as acquisition planning (Part 7) small business set-asides, commercial items, contract type selection and more, and how to get better results by making your data collection methods easier. The course will use real life scenarios, examples from GSA’s market...

If you own a business that you want to expand from the commercial market to the government market, then this training session is for you. The government is the largest customer in the world and you should be selling your product or service to your country. Find out how you can expand your business by working with Uncle Sam. Who Should Attend: Existing business owners interested in expanding in the government market, Any business interested in...

This comprehensive training course covers Federal Supply Schedules contracting and ordering procedures. It addresses placing orders against Multiple Award Schedules, as outlined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 8.4. In this course you will learn about the unique flexibility within the GSA Schedules program. This is a four (4) CLP credit course. Note: This webinar satisfies the FAC-C Level 1 training requirement (equivalent to FA...

Haven’t signed the Consolidated Schedule Mass Modification (Mass Mod) yet? Are there any questions you need answered about the Mass Mod or other Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) related issues? Join Multiple Award Schedule Program Management Office (MAS PMO) Director Stephanie Shutt at 2:00 PM EST on Thursday, July 23, 2020 for a special training webinar focusing on the Mass Mod that’s required to update your current Schedule contract...

Please join The Virginia PTAC and JSchaus & Associates for Sustainability & Clean Tech In Government. We will bring together government and industry for a half-day of valuable content covering innovation and current opportunities within defense and intelligence agencies. Networking and sponsorship opportunities are available. To include how the government is meeting energy regulations - ie. smart buildings, vehicles, etc.