PSC Contracting Series: Category Management & Professional ServicesJoin PSC and GSA Regional Commissioner and Professional Services Category Executive Tiffany Hixson for an in-depth conversation on the professional services category strategic plan and what it means for industry suppliers. The conversation will also include supplier management and engagement strategies, tracking and reporting of transactional data, prices paid and labor cat...

This forum will focus on the security clearance processes of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Agency representatives will discuss requirements for all applicable security processes to include Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), National Industrial Security Program (NISP), and/or Public Trust procedures; timelines for processing; reciprocity policies and practices; recurring issues with industry; and what industry can do to help facilita...

Whether you are a small business prime competing for set-aside opportunities or are a large prime trying to meet your subcontracting goals, learn about the significant changes in federal small business contracting rules and how it impacts your business. New rules and procedures from SBA took effect on June 30, 2016 and many more changes recently have been put into place while others are on the horizon.For example, among the changes made by SBA...

The Service Contract Act is one of the most technically challenging aspects of competing for the award of, and successfully administering a federal service contract. This course is the nation's only SCA training conducted with the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division, and is designed to help companies navigate the SCA from several different angles. SCA sets minimum pay and benefit rates for many service occupations. Over the past six yea...

International development work is an ever-changing landscape of mission priorities and difficult program delivery. Couple that with the need to work with local communities, in-theater logistical issues and complicated geo-political forces and you have an industry that must operate under unique operational challenges. The 3rd Annual CIDC Conference builds on the success of our last conference as we explore the factors shaping the evolution of i...

The Vision Conference, now a product of PSC, is in its 51st year of providing the only non-profit federal market forecast that addresses the defense, civilian, and federal information technology markets. At the Vision Conference, Vision participants, industry leaders, and government agency representatives convene to present and discuss the results of the Vision Federal Market Forecast. Agenda highlights will include: Macro-Economic and Defense...

Join the Professional Services Council on July 14 for a Dialogue Series Lunch with the leaders of two of the most important agencies in the DoD sphere. This lunch will be a unique opportunity to hear from both of these leading figures in a thought-providing dialogue format where attendees can pose questions and engage them on key issues. The PSC Dialogue Series brings senior government officials together with industry leaders for informative,...

Sloan Gibson, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, will join PSC for a Dialogue Series Lunch on Thursday, July 9th at the Crystal Gateway Marriott. The deputy secretary will address the status of VA’s ongoing transformation initiatives and the attendant challenges and opportunities for both the department and its industry partners. We hope you will join us for this important discussion with senior leadership from one of the largest fede...

PSC, and member firm Wiley Rein LLP, are co-hosting a program on the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. The program will provide an in-depth analysis of the FAR proposed rule and DoL guidance that are the implementing tools for the policy set forth in the Executive Order. By now, you have surely heard a lot about the Executive Order and the significant impact it will have on federal contracting. This PSC/Wiley Rein LLP hosted sessio...

The PSC Dialogue Series brings senior government officials together with industry leaders for informative, timely discussions. Director, Information Security Oversight OfficeNational Archives and Records Administration John Fitzpatrick was appointed the director of the Information Security Oversight Office on August 1, 2011. He leads the office in carrying out the President’s programs to improve transparency, openness, and access to info...