World Congress is the National Contract Management Association’s largest education event for contract management, procurement, and acquisition professionals. Individuals from government (federal, state, and local); industry; and commercial business come together for networking and training for all career levels. World Congress is what you make of it! Whether you want sessions focused on a specific topic, compelling main stage and interac...

Prepare Now for the Surge in End-of-Year Spending - The Administration recently enacted a $1.3 trillion budget with surprisingly large increases in agency budgets that must be obligated by September 30th. Even the Departments that were targeted for large cuts in the President’s budget saw smaller-than-expected cuts, or even increases — some greater than 10%. It is estimated that the Defense Department alone will have to obligate $1...

NCMA’s SubCon Training Workshops (SubCon) provides comprehensive subcontracts training led by experienced industry and government practitioners. This year, SubCon consists of both workshops and breakout sessions. Choose to spend a full day in a single-topic immersion workshop or six one-hour breakout sessions on multiple topics—depending on your training needs. We recommend experiencing both! Choose a workshop on Thursday and break...

The 2018 National 8(a) Small Business Conference is the premier supplier diversity networking event for small businesses. The Conference offers educational sessions and resources for small, minority, current 8(a), and graduated 8(a) businesses including supplier diversity matchmaking with federal agencies, large business primes, and commercial companies and multiple networking opportunities to meet federal agencies, buyers, and prospective tea...

The Human Capital Management for Government Training Series brings together key stakeholders from throughout the Federal and Defense HR Community to discuss best practices for managing human capital, improving efficiency & advancing innovation. Launched in 2006, the series of events has evolved into the meeting place for strategic-level policy makers and operational-level HR managers, and often serves as the catalyst for new initiatives. W...

The Government Contract Management Symposium (GCMS) is held annually by the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) in the Washington, DC metro area. Formerly intended for those in federal sector, it has grown to provide training for professionals in both government and industry contracting. This year's symposium consists of keynote addresses from cybersecurity and technology leaders, nontraditional panel discussions, 30 breakout sessi...

World Congress is the National Contract Management Association’s largest education event for contract management, procurement, and acquisition professionals. Individuals from government (federal, state, and local); industry; and commercial business come together for networking and training for all career levels. World Congress is what you make of it! Whether you want sessions focused on a specific topic, compelling keynote addresses, net...

Each year the Federal CPIC Forum puts on a two-day conference in Washington, D.C. called the CPIC Conference. The event allows the Portfolio Management, Investment Management, Governance and related CPIC communities to come together, share ideas, and learn from each other. It is also the PREMIERE CPIC and governance networking event of the year. To earn your 16 Continuing Learning Points (CLPs), you must attend the entire conference and partic...

The 35th Annual Government Contract Management Symposium (GCMS) is held annually by the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) in the Washington, DC metro area. Formerly intended for those in the federal sector, it has grown to provide training for professionals in both government and industry contracting. GCMS brings together 900+ government contract management professionals for two days of keynote addresses, executive panel discussi...

This full-day summit will bring together more than 400 government and industry leaders from across the entire federal CxO community (acquisition, financial, grants, HR and IT) in the first-ever event addressing common opportunities and challenges in sustaining progress in shared services implementation through the 2016 presidential transition. The summit agenda will feature discussions on: Leading-edge success stories in the global public and...