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11/6 So You Want to be a Big Dog? Leadership Training for Small Businesses Moving from Sub to Prime

Join us on November 6 for an incredibly insightful and practical Leadership Training symposium on the proficiency, skills, communication and other responsibilities that accompany becoming a “prime” contractor. As more and more small businesses are thrust into the prime role, this session will teach current and future leaders the know-how, practical tools and understanding of the often complex and involved roles of the prime contractor.

GTSC has engaged some of the foremost experts in government and industry to provide attendees with practical advice on:

>>the five essential ingredients of a successful prime contractor

>>operational and business development essentials for excellent execution and delivery

>>real-world case studies from successful small and mid-term firms

>>how the government sees success

>>how winning these contracts is a core element of strategic growth

>>a strategic pipeline for future priming opportunities

Event Chair Andrea McCarthy, President, HARP

10/31 Mentor Session: Harris Corporation

Join GTSC for this exciting mentor session with a special focus on cyber security. GTSC Mentor Harris Corporation will discuss the threats facing government contractors both from a prime and Agency perspective, what the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) looks for in small businesses wanting to work with the agency, and what they look for in teaming partners. This session will cover the screening process, financials, and cyber security requirements.

FEATURING:

Keith Bryars

Client Executive, Federal Law Enforcement & National Security, Harris Corporation

Nickolas Savage

Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Agenda:

· Introductions

· Cybersecurity and the Threat

· Partnering with government

· Teaming with Harris

· Teaming with small businesses

· Networking session

Harris Leaders to Participate:

· Keith Bryars, Client Executive Law Enforcement

· Etmara Smith, Small Business Manager

· Gary Kay, Security Solutions Director

· Matt Zirpoli, Business Development Manager

TSA Industry Days

Join us for TSA INDUSTRY DAYS View FBO AnnouncementI. Friday, September 12, 2014Topic: Personnel, Payroll & Benefits

II. Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Topic: Recruitment & Hiring

III. Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Topic: Customer Service Center/Help Desk
REGISTER

(See below for more details on each event)

This community event is hosted by the Government Technology & Services Coalition and is open to interested contractors.

Notice Type: Sources SoughtThe Government Technology & Services Coalition (GTSC) is hosting three (3) industry days in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to conduct market research for human capital operations services among government contracting firms registered with SAM (System Award Management). Human capital services includes Benefits Processing and Management; Staff Acquisition; Human Resources Development; Separation Management; Data Reporting; Customer Service Center and User Support. These industry days seek a varied representation of both companies and ideas for executing TSA’s human capital services.PP&B REGISTER

The first industry day invites participants with experience in Personnel, Payroll and Benefits (PP&B) Processing, specifically Personnel and Payroll Action Processing; Compensation Management; and Benefits Action Processing and Management. This industry day will take place on Friday, September 12, 2014 at 2:30pm in Arlington, VA. Only contractors registered with SAM that have experience in these areas should register.

Hiring & Recruitment REGISTER

The second industry day invites participants with experience in Recruitment and Hiring, specifically Staff Acquisition strategies and marketing; Workforce Planning; Hiring Activities; and Orientation and On-Boarding Activities. This industry day will take place on Tuesday, September 16 at 1:00 pm in Arlington, VA. Only contractors registered with SAM that have experience in these areas should register.

Customer Service Call Center REGISTER
The third industry day invites participants with experience in establishing, operating and maintaining a Customer Service Call Center. This industry day will take place on October 8, 2014 at 10:00 am in Arlington, VA. Only contractors registered with SAM that have experience in these areas should register.

TSA’s mission is to protect the United States transportation systems and to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce. TSA sets the standard for excellence in transportation security through people, processes, and technology, and is committed to promoting a culture founded on the values of integrity, innovation, and team spirit. In conjunction with state, local, and regional partners, TSA oversees security for the nation’s highways, railroads, buses, mass transit systems, seaports, and its 460 Federalized airports. TSA has approximately 65,000 employees assigned to 17 TSA offices, with a headquarters situated in Arlington, Virginia, and twenty-five (25) field office locations throughout the United States and US territories, as well as a number of international locations.

TSA’s Office of Human Capital (OHC) must recruit, hire and maintain a diverse well-qualified workforce in compliance with the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA), Public Law 107-71 (November 19, 2001). Therefore, OHC provides TSA employees with comprehensive human capital services. These services must work seamlessly, in an end-to-end automated environment; and must be able to support the entire TSA workforce comprised of: Transportation Security Officers (TSOs), Federal Air Marshals (FAMs), Management and Administrative Professional (MAP) positions, Transportation Security Executive Service (TSES), and those designated as “executive” (e.g., Federal Security Director (FSD) K-band positions). TSA is conducting market research for the following functional areas: Personnel and Payroll Action Processing; Compensation Management; Benefits Management; Staff Acquisition; Human Resources Development; Separation Management; Data Reporting; and Customer Services and User Support.

9/30 National Preparedness Symposium

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is facing a tremendous number of challenges including more violent and frequent weather incidents, preparedness awareness, long-term disaster recovery efforts and continuing financial constraints. To achieve the best outcomes, the Department of Homeland Security’s Quadrennial Homeland Security Review identifies strengthening public-private partnerships as critical to integrating the private sector’s innovation, resources, ingenuity and experience to the mission.

Join us to discuss the changing challenges to FEMA and other government facilities posed by changing climate conditions, the advances in alert systems and disaster communications, new technologies to support the mission and what concrete steps we can take to strengthen the exchange between the public and private sector.

Speakers:

Antwane Johnson

Director, IPAWS, FEMA

Anne Petera

DHS Client Executive, Harris

Gwen Camp

Director of Individual and Community Preparedness, FEMA

Brian Lepore

Director of Defense Capabilities and Management, GAO

Todd Jasper

Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Man-Machine Systems Assessment

Kevin Delin
Founder, SensorWare Systems

Ryan Denmark
CEO, RSDCGroup

David McKernan
Coordinator of Emergency Management, Fairfax County Office of Emergency Management

Thank you to our National Preparedness Month Chair!

Jason McNamara
Vice President, Obsidian Analysis
Former Chief of Staff, FEMA

If you are interested in supporting the National Preparedness Month program, please contact us!

7/22 MEMBERS ONLY Tour & Conversation with Col. (Ret.) Lee Wight, Director, WRATC

Colonel (Ret.) Lee T. Wight is detailed as Executive Director, Washington Regional Threat Analysis Center (WRTAC), at Washington, DC’s Homeland Security Emergency Management Agency, while assigned to the Metropolitan DC Police Department. The Center’s mission is to facilitate information sharing and produce high-quality organic intelligence to detect, prevent and respond to all hazards to DC and the National Capital Region. He is also the Vice President of the National Fusion Center Association, representing 78 DHS-regionally recognized fusion centers across the US and its territories.

Col (Ret.) Wight is a Hobbs, New Mexico, native. Prior to retiring from the USAF after 27 years of service, Col (Ret.) Wight served as the Chief of Air Force Strategy at the Pentagon, where he focused on future threats, alternative force structures, and developed long term strategic policy. He was also Commander, 52d Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, where he led over 16,000 military, civilian and dependent personnel who maintained, deployed and employed F-16 and A-10 aircraft, TPS 75 radar systems and $2.5B of U.S. Protection level 1 assets. Prior to joining the AF, Col (R.) Wight served as a Police Officer for the University of Oklahoma and the City of Moore, OK from 1980-1985. Colonel Wight has two children, Taylor (28) and Shanna (22).

About Fusion Centers:

Primary fusion centers serve as the focal points within the state and local environment for the receipt, analysis, gathering, and sharing of threat-related information and have additional responsibilities related to the coordination of critical operational capabilities across the statewide fusion process with other recognized fusion centers. Furthermore, primary centers are the highest priority for the allocation of available federal resources, including the deployment of personnel and connectivity with federal data systems. Learn more here.

6/12 MEGA Matchmaking & Mentoring

Join the Government Technology & Services Coalition for a day of matchmaking, mentoring and networking to find new teaming partners, mentors and mentor protege relationships!

The Government Technology & Services Coalition and Government Contracting Weekly partnered to recognize exceptional mentors in the government contracting community.

The awards program recognizes and salutes government contractors for their leadership and concrete actions in assisting small government contracting firms through mentoring, training, inspiration, teaming and cooperation. The awards recognize that mentoring is critical to the contracting community. Large firms that mentor small companies play a critical role in saving their Federal clients money and time, commit to putting action behind the mantra of bringing “innovation and creativity” to the Federal mission and bring a higher level of professionalism to the contracting community.

Honoring our Federal Small Business Titans:

Frank Barros

Program Analyst, Science & Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Sandra Broadnax

Director, Small Business Programs, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

Peggy Butler

Deputy Director, Army Office of Small Business Programs, Subcontracting and Mentor Protege Program Manager, U.S. Department of Defense

Elissa Sobolewski

SBIR Ptorgram Director, Science & Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Federal Small Business Titan of the YEAR:

Kevin Boshears
Director, Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

KEYNOTE SPEAKER ANNOUNCED FOR MATCHMAKING SESSION

Les Rose is the Corporate Vice President & President of L3 National Security Solutions group. He also serves as the co-chair of the GTSC Mentor Forum. L-3 NSS’ six operating units deliver full-spectrum cyber operations, enterprise and mission information technology, intelligence operations support and operational infrastructure solutions.

Mr. Rose’s career has spanned over 40 years of management and engineering. Upon completing a successful 20-year career as an officer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and as an Army pilot, Mr. Rose joined Delta Research Corporation, an L-3 legacy company in 1990. He was promoted to president of Delta Research, and through a series of acquisitions and promotions became president of L-3 STRATIS one of the largest division of the global defense leader. Today Mr. Rose serves as president of both L-3 STRATIS and L-3 NSS. Mr. Rose holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Are you a small business interested in teaming partners? Do you work on:

information technology
identity management
configuration management
help desk.call center support
warfighter support services
C4ISR experience
Maritime/Port security operations services
Wireless Network technical support
Health IT
information security/information assurance
IA support for validation testing
logistics support
networks services
modeling and simulation
training courseware capabilities
Intelligence Community IT services
or other services?

Join us for an afternoon of new contacts, teaming and insight into new market areas.

TENTATIVE AGENDA – GTSC Small Business Mega-Matchmaking & The Mentor Awards

1:00 pm Introduction

1:15 – 4:00 pm Matchmaking with GTSC Mentors and other large companies

4:30 pm Small Business Government Panel

5:30 pm The Mentor Awards program and reception

Download the Brochure.

Get a Data Breach Response Plan

As data breaches proliferate in and outside the government, companies are faced with serious ramifications if not addressed by leadership. With the DOD-GSA Cyber Resilience Rules looming, the NIST framework on the horizon and cyber security identified as the major priority for Congress and the Administration, GTSC’s Capacity Building session on data breach will focus on your company preparedness, incident response, notification and legal responsibilities when experiencing a data breach. Attendees will receive a Data Breach Response Guide and walk through hands-on procedures and considerations for your data breach policy. This is a must-attend for all small and mid-sized businesses working in the homeland and national security field.

May 22, 2014 | 8:30 am – 11:30 am
Arlington, VA

About Michael Bruemmer

Michael Bruemmer is Vice President of the Experian®Data Breach Resolution group at Experian Consumer Services, the leading provider of online consumer credit reports, credit scores, credit monitoring, other credit-related information, and protection products. With more than 25 years in the industry, Michael brings a wealth of knowledge related to business operations and development in the identity theft and fraud resolution space where he has educated businesses of all sizes and sectors through pre-breach and breach response planning and delivery, including notification, call center and identity protection services. Michael is a Certified Information Privacy Professional and Certified in Healthcare Compliance. He currently resides on the Ponemon Responsible Information Management (RIM) Board, the International Security Management Group (ISMG) Editorial Advisory Board and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Certification Advisory Board. >>READ More.

4/25 MEMBERS ONLY Business Development Exchange

Randy Lange, Chief Growth Officer at Eagle Ray, Inc. will Chair GTSC’s Business Development Exchange.

The group is open to all members and seeks to create a trusted environment to exchange information on opportunities, strategies for teaming/partnering with other GTSC members and discussions of trends and opportunity tracking. The first meeting will take place April 25 from 11:30 am -1:00 pm to discuss the parameters of the group, what types of discussions would help with finding the right partners and how to create a trusted environment for information exchange. Eagle Ray has been generous enough to provide lunch. Please RSVP if you will attend. This meeting is for GTSC members only.

5/1 Federal Biometrics: Understanding USCIS with Leslie Hope

Biometrics is changing the way law enforcement and agencies that must track, identifiy and authenticate users aproach security. The Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Department’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services biometric capture services at over 130 application support centers across the country. Biometrics are used to process U.S. citizenship applications and immigration benefits applications.

USCIS collects photographs, digital fingerprints, passport scans, driver’s license scans, signatures, and other biometrics data from applicants. This information is used by the USCIS to determine qualifications for immigration benefits. The data is also used to conduct criminal background checks, which are required for the processing of many immigration benefits.

Leslie Hope
Chief
DHS/UCCIS/ESD/Biometrics Division

About Leslie Hope
Leslie Hope is Chief of the Biometrics Division at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a component of the Department of Homeland Security. Ms. Hope serves as program manager and business owner for all biometric systems at USCIS and manages 137 Application Support Centers (ASCs) across the United States. ASCs allow applicants seeking an immigration benefit to submit biometrics to establish identity and to assist USCIS in determining eligibility with a background check. The results of background checks are disseminated for adjudication to USCIS operational directorates across the United States. Ms. Hope has over 20 years’ experience supporting DHS in a variety of roles; to include acting CIO and Deputy CIO for many years. Prior to joining the government Ms. Hope spent 15 years managing technology in the banking and airline industries.