This virtual course will help you identify differences between commercial and government subcontracting, management and performance from a legal, contracting, pricing and performance management perspective.

Lunch Break will be from 12pm - 1pm ET Since January 19, 2025, President Trump has signed no less than 73 Executive Orders. Some directly or indirectly impact federal contracting acquisition. This special one-day course discusses not only the Executive Orders and Agency directives, but also the recourse contractors have to recover costs related to contract modifications and contract terminations. We will start with a review of the most important impacts and then move into how to mitigate risks, issues with contract terminations for convenience (T4C) and how to recover costs through a termination settlement proposal. We will also cover the challenges now facing contractors with civilian agency contracts and grants. Don't miss out on this important course and participate in the discussion! We will cover:  Executive Orders impacting the industry  Importance of assessing your financial risk  Understanding and preparing for possible contract terminations  Understanding potential contract modifications and equitable adjustments  Impact on agencies and preparing for impacts to your business  Impact on Grants and Recipients

An overview of Other Transactions (OTs), the government agencies with OT Authority and the opportunities and challenges OTs present to contractors.

This course will teach participants the important procedures you should know to follow through with the post-completion phase of a government contract. Students will learn how the contract closeout process does not start at the end of the contract, but actually starts in the acquisition phase and continues throughout the life of the contract. Participants will learn how to develop and follow a process that makes the final closeout more efficient and effective.

Government Contracting Considerations in Mergers & Acquisitions will provide an executive-level overview of key contracting considerations to address during the diligence and initial integration phases of an acquisition process. 1-day classroom course taught by renowned Federal Publications Seminars' instructors.

A review of requirements applicable to DOD, DOT, and federally funded infrastructure projects. In this course, we will take an in-depth look at the domestic preference requirements that apply to specific agencies. We will provide a general overview of the Buy American Act and the Trade Agreements Act, and will examine the differences between the BAA/TAA rules applicable to civilian and DOD procurements, including the specific domestic preference requirements applicable to certain categories of items procured by the DOD.

This course explains how to determine Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and how to protect them properly. Specifically, it will review the NARA and DOD CUI websites and show how to determine whether data is FCI or CUI. Additionally, it will cover the latest techniques and technologies for properly isolating and protecting CUI data, whether on-prem or in a cloud.

This is the sixth and final program for the FPS Leadership Institute. It is a culmination of the five self-paced on demand programs and Session VI - Problem Solving to Achieve Sustainable Outcomes. This day long live session led by Rex Marks will include best practices in problem solving as well as instructor-led discussion on proven leadership concepts, and a review and discussion of the five previous self-paced sessions.

This half-day session is dedicated and designed as a free-flowing conversation with you, as a contractor, subcontractor or supplier asking questions to the subject matter experts regarding CMMC , NIST 800-171, FedRAMP and general cybersecurity challenges you face. 

This course is specifically designed for IT professionals working with, or aspiring to work with, U.S. government contractors. It provides an in-depth exploration of the NIST SP 800-171 standard, which outlines the requirements for protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in non-federal systems and organizations