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AUGUST 2017

4 Lexington Bluegrass Area Minority Business Expo, Lexington, KY http://lexingtonmbe.com/

8 VETFORCE hosts Veterans Small Business Forum - Doing Business with the Dept. of Homeland Security, Washington, DC, http://goo.gl/b9sc7Q

8 NASA/AFRC/LA Air Force Base Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Industry Day, El Segundo, CA, http://goo.gl/T8A0nY

8 Beaufort (SC) SBDC hosts Contracting 101, Beaufort, SC. Please call (803)765-7177 for more information

8 SBA hosts SBA Certification Seminar, Birmingham, AL. Please contact Carol House at carol.house@sba.gov

8 Rockland EDC PTAC hosts Doing Business with the MTA: Opportunities for Small Business, Suffern, NY https://redc.ecenterdirect.com/events/4720

9 SBA hosts HUBZone Workshop, Chicago, IL http://goo.gl/4Xqs05

9 Veterans Business Outreach Center hosts State of California Small Business Outreach and Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise (DVBE) Contracting and Certification Seminar, Sacramento, CA. Please contact admin@vbocix.org

9 SBA hosts 8(a) Business Development Certification Workshop, New Orleans LA. Please contact Gail Brogan at Gail.brogan@sba.gov

9 SBA hosts SBA’s 3 Cs: Counseling, Capital and Contracting, New York, NY. Please call (212) 264.4330

10 GovConectx Summer Showcase, Falls Church, VA http://wwwgovconectx.com/last-chance-showcase-.html

10 Potomac Officers Club hosts US Army Forum 2017, Falls Church, VA http://goo.gl/b6DXch

11 US Dept. of Education OSDBU hosts HUBZone conference, Washington, DC http://www.cvent.com/d/z5qcy8/4W

14-16 13th Annual EnergySec Security and Compliance Summit, Anaheim, CA http://goo.gl/gsXtS9

16-17 US Energy Dept. Tech Series, Oak Ridge, TN. Technology exhibitors please call 1-844-325-0341 to reserve your exhibit space or for more information

16-18 14th Annual Elite SDVOB National Conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL http://www.sdvobconference.com/

17 Virginia PTAP hosts SBIR Funding at DOD and DHS, Arlington, VA https://vaptap.ecenterdirect.com/events/2074

22 SBA hosts 8(a) Business Development Program Overview, Baltimore, MD http://goo.gl/JQVTve

23 Coalition for Government Procurement hosts the 5th Annual Joseph P. Caggiano Memorial Golf Tournament, Ijamsville, MD http://goo.gl/2hZ8mj

23-24 Native Hawaiian Organizations Association 2017 Business Summit Conference, Waikiki, HI, http://goo.gl/cZVw0D

24 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Vendor Outreach Fair, Washington, DC http://goo.gl/Kfc3zL

24 SBA hosts Selling to the Federal Government, King of Prussia, PA http://goo.gl/1HVYpK

SEPTEMBER 2017

4-8 America’s SBDC Annual Conference, Nashville, TN http://www.americassbdc.org/conf/

13 8th Annual Billington Cybersecurity Summit, Washington, DC http://goo.gl/BV5nj4

18 2017 Government Contractors Conference, Hyattsville, MD http://goo.gl/wiDljP

21 GovConectx Federal Sales Boot Camp, Falls Church, VA http://wwwgovconectx.com/federal-sales-boot-camp.html

26 SBA hosts 8(a) Business Development Program Overview, Baltimore, MD http://goo.gl/JQVTve

28 ICF hosting 5th Annual CyberSci Symposium 2017: The Battle for Cyberspace, Fairfax, VA http://goo.gl/3XgV7E

28 SBA hosts Selling to the Federal Government, King of Prussia, PA http://goo.gl/1HVYpK

OCTOBER 2017

12-13 2017 National HUBZone Conference, Chantilly, VA http://goo.gl/snXLBD

18 Aronson LLC hosts Government Contracting Fall Conference: Growth of Mid-Tier Firms, McLean, VA http://goo.gl/eXwuuT

22-25 Annual NMSDC Conference and Business Opportunities Exchange, Detroit, MI, http://www.nmsdc.org

25-26 USDA Technology Expo, Beltsville, MD Please call 1-844-325-0341 or email info@federaltrainingpartnership.com

26 GovConectx Fort Belvoir Expo, Fort Belvoir, VA http://wwwgovconectx.com/ft-belvoir.html

NOVEMBER 2017

6-8 NACA (Native American Contractors Association) 2017 Federal Contracting Policy and Advocacy Conference, Washington, DC, Details to be announced soon

8 Alliance Baltimore 2017, Linthicum, MD http://goo.gl/TFs7ef

15-16 2017 West Coast Small Business Defense Contracting Summit, San Diego, CA, please contact Ashley Brooks at 202-552-0179 ext. 400 or ashley@defenseforum.org

16 GovConectx Fall Showcase, Falls Church, VA http://goo.gl/Y9PNug

DECEMBER 2017

4-5 NCMA 36th Annual Government Contracts Management Symposium, Arlington, VA http://www.ncmahq.org/gcms17/cfp

5-7 US Veterans Affairs Dept. hosts National Veterans Small Business Engagement, St. Louis, MO http://nvsbe.com/

JANUARY 2018

31-2 National 8(a) Association Small Business Conference, Nashville, TN. Details coming soon http://goo.gl/a4wX8z

GSA OASIS shaken up

SBA OIG questions 8(a)s’ eligibility

NASA verifying resellers

NDAA: loser pays for protests

Chenega award

SBIC bills OKd

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