AUGUST

12 Government Marketing Best Practices in Vienna, VA, presented by Mark Amtower. For details and to register, go to www.federaldirect.net/2008gmbp.html.

12 Department of Health and Human Services Vendor Outreach Session in Washington,featuring small business specialist. For details and to register, go to www.hhs.gov/osdbu.

13-16 Florida Minority Supplier Development Council Trade Fair in Lake Buena Vista, FL. For details and to register, go to www.fmsdc.org.

14 Homeland Security Department Vendor Outreach Session in Washington, featuring small business specialists. For details and to register, go to www.dhs.gov/xopnbiz/smallbusiness/editorial_0524.shtm.

14 Basic Federal Contracting in Annandale, VA, presented by Advantage Consulting. Fee is $475. For details and to register, go to www.acibiz.com.

14 Army Directorate of Information Management Workshop at Fort Lewis, WA, presented by Federal Business Council. Fee is $895. For details and to register, go to www.fbcinc.com/event.aspx?eventid=Q6UJ9A00F6DU.

15 NBPCI/Set-Aside Alert Small Business Networking Breakfast in Falls Church, VA. Speaker: Tracy Lewis, OSDBU director, Treasury Dept. For details and to register, go to www.nbpci.com.

17-18 Tennessee Minority Business Development Council Marketplace of Opportunities in Nashville. For details and to register, go to www.tmsdc.net.

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

20 Department of Energy/AFCEA Germantown IT Day in Washington. Fee is $895. For details and to register, go to www.fbcinc.com/event.aspx?eventid=Q6UJ9A00GA27.

21 NBPCI/Set-Aside Alert Small Business Networking Breakfast in Falls Church, VA. Speaker: Jeanette Brown, OSDBU director, EPA. For details and to register, go to www.setasidealert.com.

26 Small Business University Conference sponsored by Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, TN. Representatives of other Battelle-managed Labs including Brookhaven, Idaho, Renewable Energy, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, will also be present to discuss subcontracting opportunities. For details and to register, go to www.ornl.gov/sbpo/.

SEPTEMBER

3-4 National Veterans’ Entrepreneurship Conference in San Francisco. For details and to register, go to www.asdv.org.

8 NBPCI/Set-Aside Alert Small Business Networking Breakfast in Falls Church, VA. Speaker: Jack Beecher, Small Business Officer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, North Atlantic Division. For details and to register, go to www.setasidealert.com.

9 Department of Health and Human Services Vendor Outreach Session in Washington,featuring small business specialist. For details and to register, go to www.hhs.gov/osdbu.

9-10 Sixth Annual Native American Procurement Conference in Kalispell, MT, presented by the American Indian Procurement Technical Assistance Center of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development. For details and to register, go to www.ncaied.org.

10-11 Houston Minority Business Council Expo 2008 Business Opportunity Marketplace in Houston. For details and to register, go to www.hmbc.org.

12 Winning Strategies for Doing Business With the Government in Fairfax, VA, sponsored by Virginia Technical Assistance Program. Fee is $99. For details and to register, go to www.novaptac.org/eventcalendar/calendar.asp.

16 Responding to RFPs in Fairfax, VA, sponsored by Virginia Technical Assistance Program. Fee is $45. For details and to register, go to www.novaptac.org/eventcalendar/calendar.asp.

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

17-19 Connecticut Minority Supplier Development Council Business Opportunity Expo in Mashantucket, CT. For details and to register, go to www.cmsdc.org.

22 NBPCI/Set-Aside Alert Small Business Networking Breakfast in Falls Church, VA. Speaker: Vance Hitch, Chief Information Officer, Justice Dept. For details and to register, go to www.nbpci.com.

23-24 Minnesota Minority Supplier Development Council Opportunity Expo in St. Paul, MN. For details and to register, go to www.mmsdc.org.

24 Patent & Trademark Office Information Assurance Day in Alexandria, VA, presented by Federal Business Council. Fee is $1,195. For details and to register, go to www.fbcinc.com/event.aspx?eventid=Q6UJ9A00H8IA.

25 Breaching the Federal Agency’s Procurement Maze – Workshop in Fort Washington, MD, presented by RGFCC. (Earns 8 CPE credits.) Fee is $369. For more information or to register, call 1-888-389-1230 or visit www.rgfcc.com.

24-27 U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce National Convention and Business Expo in Sacramento. For details and to register, go to www.ushcc.com.