Join the ACT-IAC Small Business Alliance for Straight Talk featuring: Jolene Merkel Deputy Director of the Small Business Development Program Office Marcus Benefield Management/Program Analyst at the Federal Aviation Administration. During this interactive session, both Ms. Merkel and Mr. Benefield will discuss the importance of the Federal Avaiation Administration’s Mentor Protégé program and provide details for those look...

Join the ACT-IAC Small Business Alliance, the Department of Commerce, its sub agencies and other small businesses on March 8th for Building Small Business Success at the Department of Commerce. This event will take place from 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM at 20 F Street, NW in Washington, DC 20001. Even though agencies are under a common umbrella, each one of them has a distinct relationship with the small business community. Come hear directly fro...

Join the ACT-IAC Small Business Alliance on Wednesday, February 10th at 1307 New York Ave. NW in Washington, DC for Straight Talk featuring Gladys Bailey, Acting Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) for the Department of Labor. The mission of the OSDBU for the Department of Labor is to administer their small business program in accordance with the Small Business Act. Their priority is to ensure that sm...

Join ACT-IAC, the Small Business Administration and the HUBZone Council in a collaborative strategy session the HUBZone Huddle: Strategy, Solutions and Next Steps. The “Huddle” will bring together HUBZone companies, government agency and large business to learn and strategize about initiatives to promote and support HUBZone firms in federal contracting opportunities. Featured speakers will present from their vantage point the criti...

Join the ACT-IAC Small Business Alliance for Straight Talk featuring Glenn Delgado on July 8th. Mr. Delgado is the Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) Office of Small Business Programs. As the Associate Administrator, Mr. Delgado provides executive leadership and policy direction for developing and implementing policies and initiatives throughout NASA to ensure that all categories...

Join the ACT-IAC Small Business Alliance for a senior level panel discussion highlighting Forensics and Biometrics Programs supporting our Nation’s Security and the need for future innovation. This panel will discuss several of the mission challenges and the technology innovation and fusion techniques that several National Security agencies are looking for from industry. The discussion will cover future trends in forensics and biometrics...

Please join us for our first ACT-IAC General Membership Meeting of the new year on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at the Washington Marriott at Metro Center, 775 12th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005. ACT-IAC spearheaded an energetic dialogue at the Executive Leadership Conference spotlighting government's cross agency priority goal of providing world class service to its customers. On November 25, 2014, the ACT-IAC Planning and Architecture Share...

The Small Business Alliance presents Networking for People who Hate Networking with Devora Zack. Have you ever felt like you’re wasting your time at networking events? Not known whether an event would be a good investment? Or gone to a networking event alone and just didn’t know where to start or how to break into a conversation? Then this interactive program is for you. It doesn’t matter whether you’ve been in the busi...

Come join the Small Business Alliance and the Small Business Administration on October 16th at the Ronald Reagan Building for Women Owned Small Business Straight Talk featuring SBA WOSB Guru Shuraie Mackin and International Trade Specialist Tanya Smith. This interactive event will debunk myths you may have heard about the WOSB certification and it’s limitations.

Join the ACT-IAC Small Business Alliance on September 23rd for the Small Business Straight Talk Program featuring Antonio Doss from the Small Business Administration. Mr. Doss was appointed District Director of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Washington Metropolitan Area District Office on December 29, 2013. As District Director, he oversees the delivery of SBA’s small business financing products, contracting program...