USDA has partnered with the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce helps create and maintain U.S. jobs by promoting the growth and competitiveness of minority-owned businesses. Through a national network of more than 40 business centers and a wide range of strategic partners, MBDA provides Agency clients with the technical assistance, and access to capital and contract opportunities necessary...

News and Updates from F5 Networks Join F5 Networks and Carahsoft for the re-start of our Gov TechTalk series for the Fort Meade area. Monthly presentations are scheduled for the second Tuesday of each month at the Courtyard Marriott through June 2014. To kick things off, F5 will present some big developments from the last 6 months, including: An overview of a completely refreshed hardware product line An introduction to F5’s Synthesis ar...

“Advancing Operational Energy to Ensure Readiness, Efficiency, and Stability” The DoD is the biggest institutional energy consumer in the world, with over 75% deriving from “operational energy” (OE): the energy required for training, moving, and sustaining military forces and weapons platforms for military operations. Reducing the cost of power and energy needs is critical to the mission success across the Services. Wit...

Please Join Jennifer Schaus & Associates & Over 200 Government Contractors at The John F Kennedy Center for a HOLIDAY NETWORKING EVENT. ATTIRE: Formal or Business (NO JEANS) All Ticket Sales Are FINAL John F Kennedy Center - Terrace Level - KC Cafe

Our “Doing Business with GSA” series is designed to provide you with a deeper look at partnering with our agency. This session is an overview of the entire series and will help all businesses determine their readiness for partnering with GSA. It is the best first step to get you started and is a compliment to all additional training in this series. We recommend reading the "Doing Business with GSA" publication (http://www.gsa.gov/...

**RESCHEDULED - NEW DATE** The first of a series of discussions that are bringing the principal leaders of Joint Command and Control (JC2), the Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise (DI2E), the Joint Information Environment (JIE) and the Intelligence Community Information Technology Environment (ICITE) together with industry to discuss the future DoD IT and Mission environment. This half-day session with senior DoD leaders from the DI2E...

Federal Financial Systems Summit* FREE for AGA Government MembersAGA is hosting a complimentary* event that brings together federal financial managers and private sector executives for the fourth year to discuss the near-term and future prospects of federal financial management systems in a budget-constrained environment. $100 for non-AGA member government professionals (Join Now! Membership for an ENTIRE year is $90 which includes other compl...

The NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center, NITAAC, is now holding free trainings for all those involved in the purchase of information technology products, services and solutions. Earn 2 CLPs as you learn about our government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs): ECS III for products, CIO-SP3 for services/solutions and CIO-SP3 Small Business for services/solutions with socioeconomic set-asides. You’ll find NITAAC GWA...

Who Should Attend: All federal users including contracting officers, program office officials, managers, and executive staff are invited to participate in these complimentary webinars to learn how Alliant can support their agency IT project initiatives. Warranted contracting officers must complete this training before requesting a Delegation of Procurement Authority (DPA), which will authorize them to issue orders against Alliant and Alliant S...

The GSA Multiple Award Schedules Program is one of the most widely used federal contract vehicles and may also be used by state and local governments to purchase commercial services and products. These contracts continue to be the go-to source for federal buying, with almost $40B in sales in FY12, and are a common point of entry for commercial and emerging companies new to federal contracting. However, many myths still exist about the Schedule...