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2019 GMU Government Contracting Conference

The 2019 GMU Government Contracting Conference will bring together 300 professionals from government, industry, and academia for a day-long conference to examine some of the major issues facing the community today.

Business, policy, law, and regulatory issues pervade the half trillion dollar government contracting community. From contracting approaches designed to attract new entrants into what the 2017 National Security Strategy called the National Security Innovation Base, to government and industry initiatives to improve the recruitment and retention of today’s and tomorrow’s workforce, there is a great deal of activity underway in the government contracting community. The 2019 GMU–DAU Government Contracting Conference will bring together 300 professionals from government, industry, and academia for a day-long conference to examine some of the major issues facing the community today. Twenty-first-century issues in contracting, workforce management, and acquisition demand a conversation today.

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Event Date October, 3

Event Time 11:30pm - 10:30am

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