JANUARY

10 Treasury Department’s monthly vendor outreach session in Oxon Hill, MD, featuring pre-arranged 15-minute appointments with Treasury small business specialists. Registration opens at noon Dec. 27. For information, go to www.treas.gov/offices/management/dcfo/osdbu/outreach/vos/index.html.

10-12 GovCon05, Government Convention on Emerging Technologies - Enabling the National Security Community in Anaheim, CA, to discuss and evaluate current tools and reveal emerging technologies that will need to be deployed to ensure national security. Fee is $629. For information and to register, go to www.ncsi.com.

13-14 Federal Procurement Training Classes: “Building Effective Government Cost Proposals, & Establishing Indirect Rates” in Arlington, VA, presented by RGFCC. (EARNS 8 CPE Credits per course). Regular Fee: $369 single class; or $729 with Establishing Indirect Rates course. For more information or to register, call 1-888-389-1230 or visit www.rgfcc.com.

26 “Opportunities & Initiatives in Government Services Contracting” in Atlanta, sponsored by Contract Services Association of America. Fee is $295 for members, $395 for non-members. For information and to register, go to www.csa-dc.org.

FEBRUARY

7-8 Federal Procurement Training Classes: “Building Effective Government Cost Proposals, & Establishing Indirect Rates” in Columbia, MD, presented by RGFCC. (EARNS 8 CPE Credits per course). Regular Fee: $369 single class; or $729 with Establishing Indirect Rates course. For more information or to register, call 1-888-389-1230 or visit www.rgfcc.com.

8 Treasury Department’s monthly vendor outreach session in Oxon Hill, MD, featuring pre-arranged 15-minute appointments with Treasury small business specialists. Registration opens at noon Jan. 25. For information, go to www.treas.gov/offices/management/dcfo/osdbu/outreach/vos/index.html.

17-18 Small Business Conference ’05 in San Diego, sponsored by departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services. Event focuses on obtaining and marketing GSA Schedules Contracts. Fee is $365 until Dec. 22, $476 thereafter. For information and to register, go to www.ms2kplus.com or call 301-585-4838.

24-25 Federal Procurement Training Classes: “Building Effective Government Cost Proposals, & Establishing Indirect Rates” in Lanham, MD, presented by RGFCC. (EARNS 8 CPE Credits per course). Regular Fee: $369 single class; or $729 with Establishing Indirect Rates course. For more information or to register, call 1-888-389-1230 or visit www.rgfcc.com.

MARCH

1-2 NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory 17th Annual High-Tech Small Business Conference in Los Angeles. For more information, go to http://acquisition.jpl.nasa.gov/boo/2005HTInterest.pdf.

8-10 Contract Services Association of America annual conference in San Diego. For details, go to www.csa-dc.org.

14 Treasury Department’s monthly vendor outreach session in Oxon Hill, MD, for woman-owned small businesses. Registration opens at noon Feb. 28. For information, go to www.treas.gov/offices/management/dcfo/osdbu/outreach/vos/index.html.

17-18 Federal Procurement Training Classes: “Building Effective Government Cost Proposals, & Establishing Indirect Rates” in Arlington, VA, presented by RGFCC. (EARNS 8 CPE Credits per course). Regular Fee: $369 single class; or $729 with Establishing Indirect Rates course. For more information or to register, call 1-888-389-1230 or visit www.rgfcc.com.

APRIL

7-8 Federal Procurement Training Classes: “Building Effective Government Cost Proposals & Establishing Indirect Rates” in Columbia, MD, presented by RGFCC. (EARNS 8 CPE Credits per course). Regular Fee: $369 single class; or $729 with Establishing Indirect Rates course. For more information or to register, call 1-888-389-1230 or visit www.rgfcc.com.

21 OSDBU Procurement Conference in Upper Marlboro, MD. For more information, go to www.fbcdb.com or call 800-878-2940, ext. 226.