Fort George G. Meade, located between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., is home to all five branches of the military service – Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard. Fort Meade is also home to more than 115 government agencies,including the National Security Agency. As Maryland’s largest employer, with the third largest workforce of any Army installation in the continental U.S., Fort George G. Meade and the National Security...

Post-MidTerm Elections and What the Results Mean for Government Contracting Join the Howard County Chamber as Senator Ben Cardin discusses the impacts of the 2022 midterm election, a new federal fiscal year, and a possible Continuing Resolution for government contracting. Senator Cardin also chairs the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee, and will touch on the following topics: status of earmarks and the path forward, concerns abou...

"Plug in" to the Howard County Chamber's network during this mixer to meet fellow government contractors and local business professionals.

This past July, the Small Business Administration published a final rule amending 13 C.F.R. Part 125 and implementing the National Defense Authorization Act FY 2021. Small businesses have traditionally found themselves in a quandary as their past performance experience was too limited to win contract awards as a prime - so they became subcontractors or the 51% owner of a joint venture. This new rule is expected to support approximately 4,000 s...

Participants will learn basic elements required to develop a cost proposal including the basis of cost, types of cost proposals, cost definitions, how to establish direct labor rates and indirect rates and how to apply these cost to the cost proposal. Also rules for developing a cost proposal will be covered including other direct cost (ODCs). Participants will receive hands on instruction on how develop a cost proposal. *Calculators and or co...

Join us for the first GovConnects Educaton Series of 2018 with Denise Merritt, Public Relations Outreach Coordinator for the Maryland Department of Transportation's (MDOT) Office of Small and Minority Business Policy. MDOT is Maryland's official certification agency for the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Program, the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program and Small Business Enterprise Program (SBE).

This workshop will discuss the topic of strategizing for successful teaming. The course will cover best practices for companies to become teaming partners and sub-contractors to increase their share of the federal business. Leveraging public data and government sites for teaming partners, competitive intel and contact information will be reviewed. Additionally, Ms. Schaus will discuss common pitfalls related to teaming and how to structure sou...

This workshop will discuss the topic of strategizing for successful teaming. The course will cover best practices for companies to become teaming partners and sub-contractors to increase their share of the federal business. Leveraging public data and government sites for teaming partners, competitive intel and contact information will be reviewed. Additionally, Ms. Schaus will discuss common pitfalls related to teaming and how to structure sou...

Federal Contractors Only. Are you a federal contracting CFO looking to connect with peers to discuss various issues such as pricing, compliance, audits, and other challenges to accounting in the federal sector? The Howard County Chamber of Commerce CFO Roundtable is just the series for you. Program Agenda: 12:00 - 12:45, Networking and Lunch, 12:45 - 1:30 Facilitated Discussion on a Predetermined Topic

Federal Contractors Only. Are you a federal contracting CFO looking to connect with peers to discuss various issues such as pricing, compliance, audits, and other challenges to accounting in the federal sector? The Howard County Chamber of Commerce CFO Roundtable is just the series for you. In this Roundtable we will cover: Forecasting and Quantifying a Data Security Incident Allocation of Resources – Vendor Selection Notification + Cons...