The Government Technology & Services Coalition (GTSC) will host a Capacity Building Session in early August to help small and mid-tier contractors understand insurance, benefits, compliance, accounting, staffing, legal and contractor specific requirements in homeland and national security (like developing SCIFs, security clearances, etc.) they must understand to have the internal capacity to grow.

We invite vendors to submit a discussion or workshop related to these topics for consideration to speak at this ½ day session. We are looking for substantive presentations that will:

• Educate companies on current requirements
• Inform companies of upcoming or recent changes to requirements
• Identify trends in buying, trends that impact companies and how companies are positioning to address these trends
• Share new and innovative approaches to the topic
• “Sales pitches” will not be accepted
• Apply as speaker or workshop – for speakers (15-30 minute presentations); for workshops, (1-1.5 hours)

Submissions will be accepted until midnight, June 30, 2016.

Please submit:

NAME

COMPANY

EMAIL

TELEPHONE NUMBER

WEBSITE

TITLE OF PRESENTATION

PRESENTATION OR WORKSHOP?

HOW LONG IS YOUR PRESENTATION?

OBJECTIVE OF PRESENTATION/WORKSHOP

TOP 3 LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR ATTENDEES

BRIEF 4 SENTENCE DESCRIPTION OF SESSION

BIO(S), PHOTOS FOR EACH SPEAKER

SUBMIT TO: Kalyna White, GTSC at kwhite@gtscoalition.com by June 30, 2016.

Please note:  you must be present for the entire session to get certification.

Doing business with the federal government requires a heightened level of commitment to ethics and compliance. Though the specific FAR requirements for small and large businesses differ, the FAR requires all businesses to conduct themselves with the highest degree of integrity and honesty.  It states all businesses should have an employee business ethics and compliance training program that is suitable to the size of the company and extent of its involvement in Government contracting and that facilitates timely discovery and disclosure of improper conduct and ensures corrective measures are promptly instituted and carried out.  (FAR 3.1002).

The majority of the headlines we see about non-compliance are related to weak ethical cultures and in many cases, a simple lack of training. Both can result in catastrophic business events.  Proper training in ethics is not only required for certain contractors, it serves a vital preventive role.  If the unthinkable does happen, a strong ethics and compliance program including effective training in critical compliance risk areas an act as a shield for your company.  For example, the actions taken by Ed Snowden were every contractor’s worst nightmare.  However, Booz Allen Hamilton was able to highlight in its public statement that his actions were contrary to its corporate values, internal policies, and its code of conduct – on which he had been trained.

Is your company positioned to say the same?  If your company finds itself out of compliance, the training your company can show its employees completed may make the difference between no adverse action and suspension or even debarment.

This half-day training session covers risk areas common to most contractors, regardless of industry or size.  Even if you have not yet landed a qualifying contract for the FAR ethics program requirements, there is no better time than now to competitively position your company to enhance your business’ reputation for compliant and ethical business practices.  

Upon completing this training, GTSC will certify that you and your employees in attendance have completed annual training as required by FAR 52.203-13(c)(1).

GTSC Ethics Training Agenda

REGISTRATION (volume discounts are available)

Featuring:

GTSC Strategic Advisor Amy Hutchens, CEO, CleaResources

“Cyber Security Compliance for Government contractors:  What You Need to Know to Stay Ahead of the Curve”

SPEAKERS:

Justin Chiarodo, Partner

Andrew Smith, Associate

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