DECEMBER

9-10 E-Verify Federal Contractor Informational Seminars in Falls Church, VA, sponsored by Department of Homeland Security. These two-hour seminars will be conducted twice on each day. Pre-registration is required. For details and to register, go to www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d.

9-10 Government Cost Proposals and Indirect Rates – Workshops in Fort Washington, MD, presented by RGFCC. (Earns 8 CPE credits.) Fee is $369 for single class or $699 for both classes. Includes Manual and Proposal/Budget Excel CD. For more information or to register, call 1-888-389-1230 or visit www.rgfcc.com.

11 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.

11 Capturing the Federal Opportunity Workshop in Annandale, VA, presented by Advantage Consulting. For details and to register, go to www.acibiz.com/workshop.html.

11 Mountaintop Marketing Group Peak Series CIO Breakfast in Bethesda, MD, featuring Dr. Jack Jones, chief information officer, National Institutes of Health. For details and to register, go to www.mtopseries.com/.

11 New Jersey Small Business Development Center’s State and Local Certification Seminar in Newark, NJ. Admission is free, but pre-registration is required. For details, write to procurement@njsbdc.com or call 973-353-5950.

12 NBPCI/Set-Aside Alert Small Business Networking Breakfast in Falls Church, VA. Speaker: Debie Ridgely, OSDBU director, Department of Health and Human Services. For details and to register, go to www.setasidealert.com.

16 NBPCI/Set-Aside Alert Small Business Networking Breakfast in Falls Church, VA. Speaker: Sharon Jones, OSDBU director, Defense Information Systems Agency. For details and to register, go to www.setasidealert.com.

18 Project Management in Annandale, VA, presented by Advantage Consulting. For details and to register, go to www.acibiz.com/workshop6.html.

JANUARY

6 Cyber Initiative Vendor Day in Arlington, VA, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cyber Security Division. DHS will present an unclassified briefing on its plans for services and technologies that could support the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, which will be followed by optional individual vendor briefings. Vendors must arrange for briefings in advance. For details, go to www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=88 341a7cad8b862d6ee16e64b29fefe3&tab=core&_cview=0.

16 National Veterans Entrepreneurship Conference in San Francisco. For details and to register, go to www.asdv.org.

22 FAA MMAC Aeronautical Center Winter Vendor Exposition in Oklahoma City. For details and to register, go to www.fbcinc.com.

29 Veterans Affairs Department Business Expo in Washington. For details and to register, go to www.fbcinc.com.

FEBRUARY

3, 4, 5 National Security Agency Exposition (three one-day sessions) at Fort Meade, MD, sponsored by NSA‘s Directorate of Acquisition Plans Policy and Outreach Office. To attend, you must register with NSA‘s Acquisition Resource Center at www.nsaarc.net/Index.

12-14 National Small Business Association’s Biennial Small Business Congress & Economic Summit in Fort Lauderdale, FL. For details, go to www.nsba.biz/content/2034.shtml.

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

19 U.S. Secret Service Vendor Fair in Washington. For details and to register, go to www.fbcinc.com.

20 Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Multi-Agency Matchmaker in Washington, presented by GovConectx.com. Fee is $99 for three one-on-one sessions with agency representatives. For details and to register, call Vaune M. Marino at 410-535-3861 or go to www.govconectx.net/2.html.

26 Defense Intelligence Agency Small Business Fair in Washington. For details and to register, go to www.fbcinc.com.