Today’s rapidly changing marketplace and acquisition requirements are reshaping the program you pursue and the proposal you deliver. You face tighter budgets, fewer programs, totally new business arenas, must-win technology R&D competitions, and streamlined acquisitions. In addition, the many major mergers both in the U.S. and Europe have changed the nature of new-business acquisitions. Add to this challenge - tightened page counts a...

NCMA's 51st Annual Aerospace + Defense Contract Management Training Forum will be held in San Diego, California, March 14–15, 2013, at the Westin San Diego. Charting the Course for Contract Management Excellence! This year's event focuses on four core competencies: • Fiscal Responsibility & Accountability • Ethics & Compliance • Collaboration in Government & Industry • Developing a Quality Workforce Atten...

Attend an upcoming National Contract Management Association (NCMA) National Education Seminar at the Aerospace and Defense Contract Management Training Forum! The COR Member of the Acquisition Team: The Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) Guide to Performance and Quality The "COR Member of the Acquisition Team” National Education Seminar (NES) is designed to better illustrate the important role that the contracting officer...

Check out more details about this event here! Whether it's a catastrophic accident, devastating weather event, or act of terror, we cannot predict when and how disasters will strike. But we can always be better prepared. Encompassing expert strategies and tactics, and a wealth of practical information, our Summits are a superb opportunity for gaining new ideas, best practices and peer relationships critical to collaborative response capabiliti...

PENTAGON BOOSTS CONTRACT AUDIT FUNDING: DCAA and DCMA Plan to Increase Auditors by 15.6% and 19.5%, Respectively, Over the Next Two Years *WashingtonPost.com, February 2012 With an increased effort to reduce the audit backlog that has grown since 2011, the U.S. Department of Defense is taking proactive, financial steps to improve audit quality and efficiency. According to a Pentagon spokeswoman, DCAA expects to complete $175 billion of incurr...

SANS will be back in San Diego May 10-18 for SANS Security West 2012 with the best security training money can buy! You'll find more than 20 first-class course offerings brought to you by our top-rated instructors. Register & pay by Wednesday, March 28, 2012, to receive a $500.00 discount.At SANS Security West, you have the opportunity to advance your information security skill set, learn to prepare your organization for the future, and en...

Join us for the 4th Annual NASBC / USWCC National Small Business Federal Contracting Summit – West Coast presented jointly by the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Small Business Contractors being held in San Diego, CA on November 2 - 3, 2011. This popular event boasts a robust agenda that includes: Increased focus on assuring small business federal contractors secure our fair share of federal contracting (...

Inspire. Innovate. Interact. These words are the essence of the GSA Training Conference and Expo 2011. The conference will provide a wide spectrum of training to enhance your job performance and enrich your personal knowledge as acquisition professionals and program managers from federal, state and local government, and the military. Our vendor exhibition is unparalleled; presenting innovations from hundreds of suppliers showcasing their lates...

The Annual SEWP Conference will provide attendees with information and training on the SEWP IV Contracts, available product solutions, and planned initiatives for 2011. The conference is an opportunity for attendees (Government Technical and Procurement Personnel, SEWP Contract Holders & SEWP Program Staff) to network, collaborate and innovate to ensure IT purchasing through SEWP continues to be efficient and competitive.

The TechAmerica Foundation will be hosting a one day conference December 2nd in the San Diego area based on the findings of our two day Vision Conference, which is held annually in the Washington, DC area. Many companies use the information to develop their annual operating and long range strategic plans. Several Wall Street analysts also use the Vision Conference information in their market forecasting efforts and consider this a “Gold...