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Monday, June 17th, 2013 - Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Congressional Operations Seminar (June)

Monday, June 17th, 2013 - Friday, June 21st, 2013

Business Development: Strategy, Planning and Execution

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 - Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

U.S. Department of Labor Vendor Expo

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 - Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Contract Types

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 - Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

The 2013 SBA Washington Metropolitan Area Small Business Awards

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 - Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

NITAAC IT Acquisition Forum

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 - Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Introduction to CPIC & a Review of the Exhibit 300s - June 2013

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 - Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Foundations of Proposal Management

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 - Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Biometrics Big Data Symposium

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 - Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Program Management Systems Committee June Meeting

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 - Thursday, June 20th, 2013

LID Breakfast Series featuring Senator Ayotte

Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 - Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

U.S. Dept of Commerce Technology Expo

Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 - Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Arista Networks Lunch Seminar: Integrating Software Defined Networks

Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 - Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Government Contracting Group Breakfast

Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 - Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Big Event for Big Data

Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 - Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Systems Engineering Division Meeting

Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 - Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Maximizing the Opportunity of DoD's Top Contracts - Seaport-e, ITES-2S...

Thursday, June 20th, 2013 - Thursday, June 20th, 2013

2013 Federal IT & Network Services Summit

Thursday, June 20th, 2013 - Thursday, June 20th, 2013

3rd Annual Emerging Technologies Symposium

Thursday, June 20th, 2013 - Thursday, June 20th, 2013

FCW Executive Briefing – Managing Big Data for Results

Thursday, June 20th, 2013 - Thursday, June 20th, 2013

SO/LIC Division Social

Thursday, June 20th, 2013 - Thursday, June 20th, 2013

NVTC Technology Town Hall

Thursday, June 20th, 2013 - Thursday, June 20th, 2013

Foundations of Capture Management

Thursday, June 20th, 2013 - Friday, June 21st, 2013

GSA Contract Compliance Seminar with SBA Guest Speaker

Friday, June 21st, 2013 - Friday, June 21st, 2013

IntelligenceCareers.com Career Fair

Friday, June 21st, 2013 - Friday, June 21st, 2013

"Better Business Breakthrough" Small Business Seminar

Friday, June 21st, 2013 - Friday, June 21st, 2013

(NDIA #334C) The Honorable Peter B. Teets Award Dinner

Monday, June 24th, 2013 - Monday, June 24th, 2013

Proposal Graphics Conceptualization and Design Workshop

Monday, June 24th, 2013 - Monday, June 24th, 2013

Cyber Defense and Network Security Summit

Monday, June 24th, 2013 - Wednesday, June 26th, 2013

Desktop Publishing for Proposal Professionals

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 - Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

Federal Labor & Employee Relations Symposium

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 - Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

Ethical Stalking for Government Contractors™ - Lecture (Part 1 of 2)

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 - Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

(NDIA #3340) National Security Space Policy and Architecture Symposium

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 - Wednesday, June 26th, 2013

CyberSci Summit 2013

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 - Wednesday, June 26th, 2013

Maritime Security Symposium

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 - Wednesday, June 26th, 2013

AFCEA International Cyber Symposium

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 - Thursday, June 27th, 2013

NASA National Capital Region Industry Days

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 - Thursday, June 27th, 2013
    
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