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NOVEMBER 2017

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

6-7 Federal CIO Council hosts Tech/Cyber Recruitment and Hiring Event, Silver Spring, MD https://www.cio.gov/hiringevent/

7 SECAF hosts Executive Briefing, Tyson’s Corner, VA http://goo.gl/b2HBX8

8 PilieroMazza PLLC hosts New Strategies to Boost Growth, Denver, CO http://www.pilieromazza.com/new-strategies-to-boost-growth

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

8 SBA hosts HUBZone Orientation for IL Small Businesses, Chicago, IL http://goo.gl/dtpgjd

8 Aronson LLC hosts Preparing for an Exit: What CEOs and CFOs Need to Know (and Do), McLean, VA http://goo.gl/22aS9o

8 SBDC-California hosts Employment Law for the Small Business, San Francisco, CA https://nc.ecenterdirect.com/events/27621

8 NVTC hosts Big Data and Analytics Committee Happy Hour, Vienna, VA http://www. nvtc.org/events/geteventinfo.php?event=BIGDATA9

9 AFCEA Bethesda hosts Nov. 2017 Breakfast: Executive Roundtable - New Faces, New Places, Bethesda, MD http://goo.gl/DrpHge

9 Fifth Annual Defense One Summit, Washington, DC http://www.goo.gl/6wqX2N

9 2017 Red Hat Government Symposium, Washington, DC http://goo.gl/3zLLUv

13-15 Air Force Global Strike Command hosts Innovation and Technology Symposium, Shreveport, LA http://www.airforceglobalstrike.org/

13-17 Memphis MBDA hosts 5th Annual MEDWeek, Memphis, TN, please call 901-525-6512

14 Juniper hosts Government Innovation Forum, Washington, DC http://goo.gl/DJ2rou

14 Defense Systems Summit, Arlington, VA https://defensesystems.com/gig/fcw/events/ds-summit-nov-2017/home.aspx

15 Coalition for Government Procurement hosts Excellence in Partnership Award Celebration; Dinner & Dialogue with GSA, Falls Church, VA http://goo.gl/eQpCw7

15 Coalition for Government Procurement hosts Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor Forum, Falls Church, VA http://goo.gl/VwZ86g

15 West Coast Small Business Defense Contracting Summit, San Diego, CA http://goo.gl/ztDQtq

15 JAMIS and FCE Benefits host Lunch & Learn: Mastering Labor Compliance and the Service Contract Act, San Antonio, TX http://goo.gl/ptLMvM

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

15-17 Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) hosts Federal Small Business Conference for the Architecture, Engineering & Construction Industry, Pittsburgh, PA http://www.samesbc.org/

16 Set-Aside Alert hosts SBA Mentor-Protege Program Update workshop, Vienna, VA https://goo.gl/P5i7f3

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

16 Coalition for Government Procurement hosts Market MRI: Modernization, Reorganization & Innovation; The Procurement Prognosis for Government and Industry Falls Church, VA http://goo.gl/58oKsK

28 JSchauss & the VA PTAP host 2nd Annual Doing Business with DOD and the Intel Community, Arlington, VA http://goo.gl/SifvoT

30-Dec. 1 15th Annual Smart Proc Small Business Procurement Conference, Frederick, MD http://goo.gl/U5pzWN

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 https://nvsbe.com/

7 Digital Government Institute hosts Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, Washington, DC http://digitalgovernment.com/events-4/cloud-computing/

8 Ohio SBDC hosts Capital Crash Course, Columbus, OH https://www.eventbrite.com/e/capital-crash-course-2018-registration-39165046709

13 AFCEA Bethesda hosts December 2017 Breakfast: Identity and Access Management, Bethesda, MD http://goo.gl/NjpC2e

14 Oracle Federal Forum, Washington, DC https://eventreg.oracle.com/profile/web/index.cfm?PKwebID=0x487959abcd

JANUARY 2018

10 AFCEA Bethesda hosts January 2018 Breakfast: Cyber in a DevOps Environment, Bethesda, MD http://goo.gl/sEPEJz

16 AFCEA Bethesda hosts 10th Annual Health IT Day, Bethesda, MD http://goo.gl/82coqv

18 Multi-Agency Federal Government Procurement and Tech Expo Plus FY2018, Washington, DC http://goo.gl/1rRYNo

25 Potomac Officers Club hosts 5th Annual Intel Summit, Location TBA, VA, http://goo.gl/eUYqms

29-30 2018 Air Force Contracting Summit, Destin- Miramar Beach, FL https://www.defense leadershipforum.org/air forcecontractingsummit

31 Potomac Officers Club hosts Defense Research & Development Summit, Location TBA, VA http://goo.gl/At82Ys

31-Feb. 2 National 8(a) Association Small Business Conference, Nashville, TN http://goo.gl/bfTXk5

MAY 2018

7-8 2018 Navy Contracting Summit, Norfolk, VA https://www.defenseleadershipforum.org/navycontractingsummit 22-24 17th Annual US Dept. of Energy Small Business Forum & Expo, Houston, TX https://energy.gov/osdbu/smallbusinessconference/doe2018-registration

JUNE 2018

18-19 2018 Army Contracting Summit, San Antonio, TX https://www.defenseleadershipforum.org/armycontractingsummit

AUGUST 2018

15-17 15th Annual Elite SDVOSB National Conference, San Diego, CA. SAVE THE DATE http://www.sdvobconference.com/

FOIA shows messy process for wall contracts

Senate OKs budget, but not done

Did contracts for small biz shrink?

Protests to cost $350 each

SDVOSB fraud

GSA names VETS2 Awardees

Column: Five practical tips to distinguish yourself with the OSDBU in 300 seconds

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