MAY

23 Small Business Programs: How to Position Your Business in Washington, sponsored by PilieroMazza PLLC. Fee is $45. For details or to register, contact Jennifer Lager at 202-857-1000 or jlager@pilieromazza.com.

24 Small Business Networking Breakfast in Falls Church, VA, with Vance Hitch, CIO, Justice Management Division, sponsored by Set-Aside Alert and Mountaintop Marketing Group. For details and to register, go to www.nbpci.com.

24 Gaining the Edge Using Small Business Programs Workshop at Advantage Consulting Inc., Annandale, Va. Fee is $475. For details and a registration form go to http://www.acibiz.com/workshop.html or call Debra Giles at 703-642-5153.

31 Treasury Department Vendor Outreach Session in Oxon Hill, MD, with representatives of large prime contractors. For details and to register, go to www.treas.gov/offices/management/dcfo/osdbu/outreach/vos/.

31-1 Maryland/DC Minority Supplier Development Council trade show in North Bethesda, MD. For details, contact terri.garcia@mddccouncil.org.

JUNE

4-6 Northern Ohio Minority Business Council and South Central Ohio Minority Business Council Ohio Business Opportunity Fair in Cleveland. For details, contact Angela Davis at 216-363-0002.

5 Ten Most Effective Ways to Advertise Your Contracting Business in Fairfax, VA, sponsored by George Mason University Procurement Technical Assistance Program. For details and to register, go to www.vaptap.org/ or contact: D. Slaughter at 703-277-7700.

5-8 Post-Katrina Economic Development Summit in New Orleans. For details and to register, go to www.postkatrinasummit.org/.

7 Basic Market Research Workshop at Advantage Consulting Inc., Annandale, VA. Fee is $475. For details and a registration form, go to www.acibiz.com/workshop.html. For more information contact Debra Giles at 703-642-5153 or visit www.acibiz.com.

8 Set-Aside Alert’s Small Business Networking Breakfast in Falls Church, VA. Learn abut the new report card for Federal Supply Schedule contractors. Speakers: Maura Kortlang, acting director of GSA’s Contract Management Center, and Walter Eckbreth, program analyst. For details and to register, go to www.nbpci.com.

11-14 Introduction to Federal Government Contracting in Arlington, VA, presented by Government Horizons. Fee is $1,395. For details and to register, go to www.governmenthorizons.org.

12 Responding to RFPs in Fairfax, VA, sponsored by George Mason University Procurement Technical Assistance Program. Fee is $45. For details and to register, go to www.vaptap.org/ or contact: D. Slaughter at 703-277-7700.

13 Business Development for Technical Staff & Line Manager Workshop at Advantage Consulting Inc., Annandale, VA. Fee is $475. Register for both the Business Development and Capture workshop for only $850 (a $100 savings). For details and a registration form, go to www.acibiz.com/workshop.html. For more information contact Debra Giles at 703-642-5153 or visit www.acibiz.com.

14 Capturing the Federal Opportunity Workshop at Advantage Consulting Inc., Annandale, VA. Fee is $475. Register for both the Business Development and Capture workshop for only $850 (a $100 savings). For details and a registration form, go to www.acibiz.com/workshop.html. For more information contact Debra Giles at 703-642-5153 or visit www.acibiz.com.

14 How to Submit a Winning MOBIS Proposal in Fairfax, VA, sponsored by George Mason University Procurement Technical Assistance Program. Fee is $125. For details and to register, go to www.vaptap.org/ or contact: D. Slaughter at 703-277-7700.

18-20 Inaugural Small Business Training & Business Opportunities Conference in Virginia Beach, VA, sponsored by the Navy Office of Small Business Programs. For details and to register, go to www.afcea.org/events/transformation/07/smallbiz.asp.

18 Treasury Department Vendor Outreach Session in Oxon Hill, MD, will discuss IT opportunities. For details and to register, go to www.treas.gov/offices/management/dcfo/osdbu/outreach/vos/.

19-20 Kentuckiana Minority Business Council trade fair in Louisville. For details, contact Suzanne Ruark at  sruark@kmbc.biz.

20 Veterans Affairs Department Vendor Counseling Session in Washington. For details and to register, go to www.va.gov/osdbu/services/register.htm.

21 State Department Small Business Fair in Washington. The event is geared toward the department’s purchase card holders. Fee for exhibitors is $425. For details and to register, go to www.state.gov/m/a/sdbu/