On March 12, 2014, the National Contract Management Association Free State Chapter is hosting an educational program you won’t want to miss. Nine experts from Crowell & Moring LLP will cover four vitally important topics: 1. Counterfeit Parts Under the Microscope: Is Your Company Ready for New DoD Regulations? 2. Introduction to Organizational Conflicts of Interest: Learning How to Spot, Avoid and Resolve a Serious Procurement Pitfal...

John Praire and Benjamin Kohr, attorneys with Wiley Rein LLP, will discuss new legislative and regulatory actions, such as the implementation of theSmall Business Jobs Act of 2010, and how these new requirements impact small and large businesses including: Increased efforts to create prime contact opportunities for smal businesses, including a push to "set-aside" work previously competed on a full-and-open bases; New regulations governing pre-...

The NCMA Free State Chapter Is sponsoring a Breakfast Meeting on NIST Cyber Security Guidelines President Obama's Executive Order 13636 “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity” ordered a feasibility study by the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services and the FAR Council to “address what steps can be taken to harmonize and make consistent existing procurement requirements related to cybersecurity....

Attend an upcoming National Contract Management Association (NCMA) National Education Seminar! Contract Types Contract Types, an accelerated, comprehensive one day course on the practical, legal, accounting, and management implications in the use of various contract types. This course is designed for both new and experienced contract professionals. For new professionals, it explains the different contract types and their uses. For experienced...

Attend an upcoming National Contract Management Association (NCMA) National Education Seminar! Contract Negotiations Based on Gregory Garrett's publication Contract Negotiations: Skills, Tools, and Best Practices, this seminar provides a comprehensive treatment of contract negotiations, with a compelling discussion of what skills, tools, and best practices are needed to become a master contract negotiator. Attendees will learn: Contract negoti...

The increasing level of combat system integration and communications requirements, coupled with shrinking defense budgets and shorter product life cycles, offers many challenges and opportunities in the design and acquisition of new combat systems. This three-day course teaches the systems engineering discipline that has built some of the modern military’s greatest combat and communications systems, using state-of-the-art systems enginee...

This one-day course is designed for engineers, aviation experts and project managers who wish to enhance their understanding of UAS. The course provides the "big picture" for those who work outside of the discipline. Each topic addresses real systems (Predator, Shadow, Warrior and others) and real-world problems and issues concerning the use and expansion of their applications.