DSI’s SOF Symposium is designed as an educational and training “Town Hall” forum, where thought leaders and key policy-makers across military and civilian organizations can come together for actionable discussions and debate. The symposium will focus on intelligence driven planning for emerging threats. This year's Symposium will focus on the critical role of globally connected SOF, whereby operators and support staff can pro...

Synopsis: If putting a 1500 page FAR under your pillow hoping for brain penetration through the night isn’t working and you need a basic understanding of the FAR, this course is for you. The course provides a quick overview of the FAR to help you understand how to find things and a review of the main topic areas and how they can impact your organization. Armed with this information, you’ll know when you need to refer to the FAR to...

Learn about the current issues and opportunities in Federal Government Contracting. In this webinar you will: Understand and overcome LPTA (lowest price technically acceptable) challenges; Understand how FSSI (Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative) will impact your business; Understand and position your business for small business set-asides; System Requirements: GWebinars are scheduled events simulcast over the web via Adobe Connect. You'll n...

Doing Business with the U.S. Government On September 19, SMC member Leech Tishman and will present a workshop on federal contracting in collaboration with SMC and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Pittsburgh office. Entitled, “Doing Business with the U.S. Government: Strategies for Being a Successful Federal Contractor,” the workshop will be held at the Rivers Club from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Join us for an informative sess...

The NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) offers free training sessions for procurement teams who purchase information technology products, services and solutions. Each attendee earns 2 CLPs when you learn about our Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs): ECSIII for products, CIO-SP3 for services/solutions and CIO-SP3 Small Business for services/solutions with socioeconomic set-asides. NITAAC is only OMB...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) presents its latest e-Training Core Course, ESPCs: Five Phases to Success! This training provides an introduction to the fundamentals of an Energy Saving Performance Contract (ESPC), an alternative financing vehicle that allows Federal agencies to complete energy-savings projects without up-front capital costs and special Congressional appropriations by partnering wit...

Last Chance Outreach: Seminar and Matchmaker - Outreach provides business development opportunities for vendors in a setting where they can get personal attention in successfully marketing their products, services and supplies to Defense and Civilian procurement representatives, primes, and acquisition personnel. Among the skills you will acquire at this event: You will understand how recent events are effecting government procurements and ho...

Join us for the 24th Annual Government Financial Management Conference on August 11 through 13, 2014, at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. The three-day training event, sponsored by the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service, will allow you to earn up to 21 continuing professional education (CPE) credits. From a selection of 50 educational sessions, you'll learn about the latest developments and improvements in federal financial...

FEMP Offers Training on Fundamentals of Life Cycle Costing for Energy Conservation 0.60 CEUs The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) presents a new e-Training Core Course, Fundamentals of Life Cycle Costing for Energy Conservation. This training provides the knowledge and skills to improve Federal economic-based decision making, determine the total cost of ownership of project alternatives, and inform decis...