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NOTE -- Please confirm events with the host as many events are canceled or postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

JULY 2020

July 17 NVSBC hosts Virtual Veteran Entrepreneur Training Webinar Series, through Sept. 29, https://www.nvsbc.org/v-vets20/

21 GovExec hosts Strategies for Software Development in a Crisis Webinar https://bit.ly/3ide7iO

21 Virginia PTAC hosts How to Navigate the FAR/DFARS: The Most Confusing and Little-Known Clauses - Webinar https://virginiaptac.ecenterdirect.com/events/2818

21 Carahsoft hosts GovForward Multicloud Series: Fedramp Policy and Marketplace Update - Webinar https://bit.ly/2ZRMIdW

22 Virtual - Potomac Officers Club hosts Future Virtual Battlefield https://bit.ly/2XE5JiR

22 PilieroMazza PLLC hosts COVID-19 Guidance for Government Contractors - Webinar https://bit.ly/2ZaTegC

23 US Homeland Security Dept. OSDBU hosts Vendor Outreach Session, Washington, DC https://bit.ly/37aBnqZ

23 Switch and Checkpoint host Clarifying the Cloud: Streamlining Secure Government Operations - Webinar https://bit.ly/2Ojyz3D

28 Venable LLP hosts Doing Deals in Trying Times: Financing - Webinar https://bit.ly/2AX64pJ

29 PilieroMazza PLLC hosts False Claims Act Implications for PPP and Disaster Relief Loans: What Small Businesses Should Be Ready For - Webinar https://bit.ly/3e809vq

30 Webinar - Because of Discrimination: New Court Rulings and Legislative Updates on Gender Identity and the Practical Impact on LBGTQ Employees https://store.blr.com/sex-discrimination-073020

AUGUST 2020

5-13 Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce hosts Virtual GovConNet Pathway to Growth Procurement Conference, Rockville, MD https://bit.ly/37YtWFj

6 Potomac Officers Club hosts 5th Annual Army Forum, Falls Church, VA https://bit.ly/3eve1AZ

11 HHS Vendor Outreach, Washington, DC https://bit.ly/2WiEOb4

11 Potomac Officers Club hosts Future Battlefield Series: Weaponizing Data Across the Digital Battlefield Webinar https://bit.ly/3eNzQM3

17-19 CANCELED - US Energy Dept. hosts 19th Annual DOE Small Business Forum and Expo, Albuquerque, NM See notice at https://bit.ly/2U1Sp7G

27 US Homeland Security Dept. OSDBU hosts Vendor Outreach Session- 8(a) and SDB only, Washington, DC https://bit.ly/37aBnqZ

31-Sept. 2 Dept. of the Navy Gold Coast Small Business Procurement Event - Virtual https://www.navygoldcoast.org/

SEPTEMBER 2020

2 FBC hosts 30th Anniversary Government Procurement Conference, Washington, DC https://www.fbcinc.com/e/procurement/

8-9 Billington hosts 11th Annual BIllington Cybersecurity Summit https://bit.ly/2Obg8Oz8-11 HUBZone Contractors National Council hosts HUBZone Virtual Summit, https://hubzonecouncil.org/National-HUBZone-Conference

8-11 HUBZone Contractors National Council hosts HUBZone Small Business Week Virtual Summit, https://hubzonecouncil.org/National-HUBZone-Conference

16-17 10th Annual Peak Cyber Symposium, Virtual and In-Person in Colorado Springs, CO https://bit.ly/38IKNwp

21-23 NAWBO hosts National Womens Business Conference, Austin, TX https://bit.ly/2pRZmeP

OCTOBER 2020

15 DOL Vendor Outreach, Washington, DC https://bit.ly/2nk7Zx6

19-20 2020 MILCON Contracting Summit, Tyson’s Corner, VA https://conta.cc/2VZvdYH

20 Jennifer Schaus & Assoc. and Virginia PTAC host Data in Government Conference, Arlington, VA https://bit.ly/2PjCcYz

27 Potomac Officers Club hosts 5G Summit, Tyson's Corner, VA https://bit.ly/3dHxX25

28-29 PSC hosts Vision Conference, Falls Church, VA https://www.pscouncil.org/vision

DECEMBER 2020

1 Jennifer Schaus & Assoc. and Virginia PTAC host Fifth Annual Doing Business with DOD and the Intel Community, Arlington, VA https://bit.ly/3c0KH4m

Final rule raises threshold for 8(a) sole source justifications

Surveys show small vendors’ COVID19 fears

Follow-up Survey: Impact of COVID-19 on small business contractors

Apply for PPP by Aug. 8

Agencies fall short on oversight of small biz subcontracts: GAO

Changes for 8(a) STARS

Alliant 2 Small Biz canceled

PSC ranks agencies’ forecasts

Judge holds up ANC aid again

Column: Comparing 8(a) STARS II and 8(a) STARS III

Washington Insider:

Updated Coronavirus Resources for Small Business Federal Contractors