The Department of Defense (DoD) is excited to announce that Small Business Training Week 2023 (SBTW23) reconvenes in-person on June 20-23, 2023, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront. Small businesses experienced numerous, devastating setbacks in the last few years. During these years, we focused on rebuilding, expanding, and diversifying the Defense Industrial Base. The federal acquisition workforce will engage in a week of training sponsored...

Federal Acquisition Service Training Conference (FAST) - Annual Three-Day Event: Building a Future Ready Government Tuesday, May 16 - Thursday, May 18 1:00pm to 4:30 p.m. (ET) Reserve your spot today! The lineup for GSA’s FAST2023: Building a Future-Ready Government on May 16-18 is filled with experts from across the federal government and industry discussing topics critical to making your next acquisition a success. Discover how GSA tea...

In this course, you will learn about the new, user-friendly GSA eBuy program, and how it functions to benefit both the government buyer and the vendor. GSA eBuy is a powerful and intuitive acquisition tool used by thousands of U.S. Federal agencies and military services worldwide to achieve required competition, best pricing and value. GSA eBuy saves you time and money - all while keeping you FAR compliant. Learn how to use this electronic req...

Reserve your spot today! GSA’s 2023 Federal Acquisition Service Training (FAST) Virtual Conference Series continues on March 29! Join experts from GSA’s IT Category and Technology Transformation Service (TTS) as they outline challenges federal agencies face when adopting the latest technology. Explore current and upcoming GSA IT acquisition solutions. Learn how Government Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) like Alliant 2 provide be...

Learn from experts across government about tools and methods to address workforce development challenges beyond just hiring such as skill gaps, equipment needs, succession planning, and effective remote work strategies. Description: Join GSA and OPM as we explore how to create a competitive workplace that attracts and retains highly skilled professionals. Find out, through real-world examples, how innovative tools and methods can help you navi...

Acquisition Training for the Real World Winter FY23 When: January 23, 2023 to February 3, 2023 from 1 – 2 pm ET / 10 – 11 am PT Register here: https://gsasolutionssecure.gsa.gov/AcquisitionTrainingfortheRealWorld Why: Become an expert on GSA’s tools and digital services and how they can help improve your acquisitions Gain skills to improve the government’s buying power and reduce contract duplication Learn about GSA...

You’ve taken the classes, skimmed DCAA’s "Information for Contractors," read DCAA's "ICE Manual," and utilized the official ICE Model to build your submission, but you are still wondering if you can draft an acceptable proposal. Worse yet, you wonder if the ICE submission could trigger an audit. The good news is that you can deploy a few processes to ensure that your first submission is your only submission. If you already know the...

Modernizing the Federal Acquisition Lifecycle As Federal procurement policy and processes become more complex, agencies must adapt their business processes and technology solutions to better enable their acquisition professionals to maintain compliance and efficiency while executing mission-critical tasks. IT modernization initiatives empower acquisition professionals and leadership to make better-informed decisions throughout each phase of th...

Acquisition Training for the Real World Fall FY23 When: October 31, 2022 to November 10, 2022 from 1 – 2 pm ET / 10 – 11 am PT Register here: https://gsasolutionssecure.gsa.gov/AcquisitionTrainingfortheRealWorld Why: Become an expert on GSA’s tools and digital services and how they can help improve your acquisitions Gain skills to improve the government’s buying power and reduce contract duplication Learn about GSA...

Revenue recognition has been a hot topic since the introduction of ASC 606 in 2014 - an accounting standard that changed the criteria for recognizing revenue for all companies and introduced a nuance unique to government contractors. Many small companies struggle to understand and apply the concept of recognizing revenue when it is earned versus when cash is received. As part of GAAP compliance, our role is to ensure that revenue and costs are...