JANUARY

26 Pre-Positioning Your Small Company for Sustained Success in Federal Contracting in Washington, sponsored by the National Women’s Business Center. Fee is $50 for members, $65 for non-members. For details go to www.wbiznet.biz or call Susan Kuhn at 202-464-1402.

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.

7-10 National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s Reservation Economic Summit and Business Trade Fair 2005 in Las Vegas. For more information and to register, go to www.ncaied.org.

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.

10 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.

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 $475. For information and to register, go to www.ms2kplus.com or call 301-585-4838.

21-22 Minority Business & Professionals Network’s 5th Annual Economic Empowerment & National Women’s Leadership Conference in Arlington, VA. For more information and to register, go to www.mbpn.org.

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.

2 Alliance Mid-Atlantic’s Opportunities for Small Business in Valley Forge, PA. Pre-registered exhibitors and attendees will be matched to prime contractors and government agencies. Fee is $95 until Feb. 1. For information and to register, go to www.allianceforbiz.com.

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.

22-23 Central and South Texas Minority Business Council’s Face Time in Austin. For details and to register, contact Eva Leos at 512-386-8766 or eva@cstmbc.org.

23-24 Business Matchmaking event in Nashville, sponsored by SBA and the HP Foundation. For details and to register, go to www.businessmatchmaking.com