JANUARY

10 Treasury Department’s monthly vendor outreach session in Oxon Hill, MD, featuring pre-arranged 15-minute appointments with Treasury small business specialists. Registration opens at noon Dec. 27. For information, go to www.treas.gov/offices/management/dcfo/osdbu/outreach/vos/index.html.

10-12 GovCon05, Government Convention on Emerging Technologies - Enabling the National Security Community in Anaheim, CA, to discuss and evaluate current tools and reveal emerging technologies that will need to be deployed to ensure national security. Fee is $629. For information and to register, go to www.ncsi.com.

13-14 Federal Procurement Training Classes: “Building Effective Government Cost Proposals, & Establishing Indirect Rates” in Arlington, VA, presented by RGFCC. (EARNS 8 CPE Credits per course). Regular Fee: $369 single class; or $729 with Establishing Indirect Rates course. For more information or to register, call 1-888-389-1230 or visit www.rgfcc.com.

24 Set-Aside Alert’s Monthly Small Business Breakfast in Falls Church, VA, with Jodie Paustian, OSDBU director at the Internal Revenue Service. For details and to register, go to www.nbpci.com.

26 Summit on Size Standards in Washington, sponsored by the National Procurement Council. Fee is $50, free for government employees. For information and to register, go to www.nationalprocurementcouncil.org/.

26 “Opportunities & Initiatives in Government Services Contracting” in Atlanta, sponsored by Contract Services Association of America. Fee is $295 for members, $395 for non-members. For information and to register, go to www.csa-dc.org.

FEBRUARY

1 Getting the Win: Increase the access, opportunities and influence of women business owners in Washington, sponsored by U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce. Fee is $225 for members, $250 for non-members until Jan. 16. For details and to register go to www.uswcc.org.

7-8 Federal Procurement Training Classes: “Building Effective Government Cost Proposals, & Establishing Indirect Rates” in Columbia, MD, presented by RGFCC. (EARNS 8 CPE Credits per course). Regular Fee: $369 single class; or $729 with Establishing Indirect Rates course. For more information or to register, call 1-888-389-1230 or visit www.rgfcc.com.

8 Treasury Department’s monthly vendor outreach session in Oxon Hill, MD, featuring pre-arranged 15-minute appointments with Treasury small business specialists. Registration opens at noon Jan. 25. For information, go to www.treas.gov/offices/management/dcfo/osdbu/outreach/vos/index.html.

17-18 Small Business Conference ’05 in San Diego, sponsored by departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services. Event focuses on obtaining and marketing GSA Schedules Contracts. Fee is $365 until Jan. 14, $475 thereafter. For information and to register, go to www.ms2kplus.com or call 301-585-4838.

24 Southern California Minority Business Development Council’s Minority Business Opportunity Day in Los Angeles. For details and to register, contract Shawn Smith at 213-689-6940 or ssmith@scmbdc.org.

24-25 Federal Procurement Training Classes: “Building Effective Government Cost Proposals, & Establishing Indirect Rates” in Lanham, MD, presented by RGFCC. (EARNS 8 CPE Credits per course). Regular Fee: $369 single class; or $729 with Establishing Indirect Rates course. For more information or to register, call 1-888-389-1230 or visit www.rgfcc.com.

MARCH

1-2 NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory host 17th Annual High-Tech Small Business Conference in Los Angeles. all of the NASA field centers will be represented as well as all of NASA’s major prime contractors. Fee is $125. For more information and to register, go to http://acquistion.jpl.nasa.gov/boo.

3-4 Florida Regional Minority Business Council’s 20th Anniversary Business Expo in Miami. For details and to register, contact Beatric Louissant at 305-260-9901 or Beatrice@frmbc.org.

8-10 Contract Services Association of America annual conference in San Diego. For details, go to www.csa-dc.org.

14 Treasury Department’s monthly vendor outreach session in Oxon Hill, MD, for woman-owned small businesses. Registration opens at noon Feb. 28. For information, go to www.treas.gov/offices/management/dcfo/osdbu/outreach/vos/index.html.

17-18 Federal Procurement Training Classes: “Building Effective Government Cost Proposals, & Establishing Indirect Rates” in Arlington, VA, presented by RGFCC. (EARNS 8 CPE Credits per course). Regular Fee: $369 single class; or $729 with Establishing Indirect Rates course. For more information or to register, call 1-888-389-1230 or visit www.rgfcc.com.

APRIL

7-8 Federal Procurement Training Classes: “Building Effective Government Cost Proposals & Establishing Indirect Rates” in Columbia, MD, presented by RGFCC. (EARNS 8 CPE Credits per course). Regular Fee: $369 single class; or $729 with Establishing Indirect Rates course. For more information or to register, call 1-888-389-1230 or visit www.rgfcc.com.

21 OSDBU Procurement Conference in Upper Marlboro, MD. For more information, go to www.fbcdb.com or call 800-878-2940, ext. 226.