The Small Business Connections is an outreach program of USDA's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU). Each month small businesses are invited to attend a meeting to network, learn from one another and make critical connections to help expand small businesses interactions with USDA.Event attendees will have an opportunity to participate in a ninety minute event full of learning discussions led by program and small busi...

5 Year Anniversary Event * Government Contractors Networking * @ The John F Kennedy Center TERRACE LEVEL – KC Café Monday, JULY 21 - 2014 5.30pm – 7.30pm * Tickets Sold at Door - $40 Cash Only or Purchase Tickets in Advance at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/government-contractors-the-kennedy-center-5-year-anniversary-july-21-tickets-11662196945 * OVER 200 Attendees Expected * Sponsorships Available - Contact JSchaus@JenniferSc...

The Forum brings together representatives from various federal agencies to discuss contracting opportunities and updates to small businesses looking to start or expand opportunities as a federal contractor. Thursday, July 17, 2014 Honolulu Country Club 1690 Ala Puumalu Street Doors Open at 7:30 a.m. Program: 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ***DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, EXHIBIT TABLES ADDED*** Registration fee includes continental breakfast, lunch ...

Gain valuable contracting perspective and insight directly from the source. Aberdeen Proving Ground is an important Maryland U.S. Army contracting center located within an hour's drive of Howard County. Exhibits will include information from the small business office, Aberdeen Proving Ground and Tech Council. 7:30 am - Registration & Hot Buffet Breakfast 8:00 am- 10:00 am - Presentation

Please Join VET Force and Jennifer Schaus for an introductory class GSA Schedules Do I Qualify? and... Everything You Need To Know Upfront Choose from 2 Dates: JULY 10 --- or -- JULY 17 (This class is a pre-requisite for the VET Force - Jennifer Schaus - GSA Schedule 2 Day HANDS-ON GSA SCHED Workshop JULY 31 & AUG 1, 2014.) ***** Individuals are welcome to attend both the class and the workshop - or one or the other. Description: This clas...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), will be hosting a Vendor Outreach Session (VOS) located in Washington, DC, on July 17, 2014, from 9:00 am to 12:15 pm. The VOS will be held at Homeland Security Acquisition Institute located at 90 K Street NE, Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20002. Vendor Outreach Sessions are a series of pre-arranged 15-minute appointments with Small Business...

On July 15, 2014 the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) will host a Global Network Services (GNS) Industry Day at the Fort George G. Meade Post Theater in Ft. Meade, MD. The event will consist of a plenary session from 0800 to 1300 (EDT) and will require pre-registration by all industry participants. Following Industry Day, individual vendor/government one-on-one sessions will be held on July 16 and July 17, 2014. Vendors must submit th...

The San Diego ChallengeHER event will educate female entrepreneurs about the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contract Program and provide them with resources and knowledge to help grow their businesses through federal contracting. The event is designed to bring more women-owned firms into the federal government’s supply chain and to provide an avenue for government agencies to meet qualified women-owned contractors.

If you can't write clear, concise, compelling win themes, don't start working on the proposal because you don't have an argument for award. Proposals without good win themes don't often beat the competition. The purpose of win themes is easy to understand, but they are deadly difficult to craft well. On July 15th seasoned government business acquisition expert, Dr. Edward Saltzberg President of ERS Advisors, will demonstrate how to create them...

Just-in-time Application Modeling Sessions™ – JAM Sessions as they are called – allow teams of individuals to come together in a shared space to create, iterate and replicate solutions and ideas. JAM Sessions are cost-saving, client-driven initiatives that provide solutions for today’s budget conscious organization. Join us on Thursday July 10 from noon-3pm for lunch and experience a new and innovative way to build and...