On October 7, 2010, the U.S. Small Business Administration published a final rule effective February 4, 2011, aimed at expanding federal contracting opportunities for women-owned small businesses (WOSBs). The Final Rule sets forth procedures authorized by the Small Business Act to help ensure a level playing field on which WOSBs can compete for Federal contracting opportunities, while helping achieve the existing statutory goal that 5 percent...

This networking event and lively discussion will be led by Paige Powell, Chief HR Officer and Matt Wilmoth, COO of Tenacity Solutions, who will share their best practices for getting the right candidates in place for government opportunities and meeting tight deadlines for bids and task orders to capture an estimated $2.5M in additional annual revenues that would not otherwise be possible.

As part of The American Small Business Coalition’s Industry Education and Market Intelligence program, we are hosting an FY2011 B2GInsight Event with acquisition officials from Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) facilitating discussions about upcoming mission requirements, key initiatives for small businesses and changes in acquisition and procurement policy that may impact how companies engage thei...

IDGA’s 9th Image Fusion Summit explores the needs and requirements for US forces as they enter a new age in modernization. The ever-increasing need for battlefield intelligence brings about a greater demand for lighter, more robust surveillance assets. A major aspect of this is the advancement of electro-optic technologies used for the enhancement of C4ISR initiatives. This year’s Image Fusion Summit is designed to provide end-user...

Download the Brochure Bolstering organizational performance through innovative social media strategies As Social Media quickly emerges as far more than a communication tool, the US Government must proactively leverage this new “environment” to achieve organizational goals. IDGA’s 3rd Social Media for Defense and Government provides a forum for senior level Government and Military officials, industry partners, and the academi...

Join Eric Gregory, Sr. Vice President, Capture & Proposal Management at CACI for a breakfast briefing on Tuesday, September 28 as he shares the simple strategies he developed to set his capture and proposal team on the road to productivity and operational efficiencies. Increasing competition and cost control efforts are driving companies of all sizes to adopt ways so they can do more with less. The most likely path is to use technologies t...

Keeping What You Have and Using Your Leverage to Create More: Succeeding When Government Contracting Dollars Shrink Federal contracting dollars have been plentiful during the current economic downturn, but all good things come to an end. Using your leverage now will allow you to sustain and grow in the leaner times ahead. Whether your current contracts were the result of deliberate efforts or accidental circumstances, only intentional actions...

When it comes to stimulus money no one is spending like the Department of Energy. Join us December 15 for our next Federal IT Breakfast & Schmooze as we host DOE CFO Steve Isakowitz who is guiding the department’s momentous spending. And Steve’s not just a pencil pusher - as a former exec at Lockheed and Booz Allen, not to mention a Master’s in aerospace engineering from MIT, he knows the info industry wants to hear.

Map Out a Web 2.0 & Social Media Strategy that works for you!Social media is rocking the B2G universe, yet many still don't "get it'. Well, get it here with some of the best and the brightest using these new tools in the B2G market!This is NOT a generic seminar - this is BY, FOR, and ABOUT people in the B2G world who are successfully using web 2.0 and social media!WHO should attend? CEOs of who need to understand the B2G value of web 2....

Washington Breakfast Club™ (WBC) is a monthly information exchange which features legislators, agency executives and officials from all branches of federal government presenting on relevant and timely information to interested industry participants.For the November 2009 WBC we are pleased to welcome our friend Mary Parks of the U.S.General Services Administration who was selected as Deputy Associate Administrator of GSA’s Office of...