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April 2005

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1 ABA TECHSHOW® Chicago, Illinois	2 ABA TECHSHOW® Chicago, Illinois
3	4 ABA Strategic Alliances, Teaming and Subcontracting Committee Meeting	5	6 ABA Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Meeting ABA Professional Responsibility and Contracting Ethics Committee Meeting	7	8	9
10	11 ABA Debarment and Suspension Committee Meeting	12 BCA Judges Association Annual Seminar ABA Accounting, Costs and Pricing Committee Meeting	13 ABA Contract Claims and Disputes Resolution Committee Meeting	14	15	16
17	18	19 1423 Advisory Panel Meeting ABA Bid Protest Committee Meeting	20 ABA Research & Development and Intellectual Property Committee Meeting DC NCMA Dinner Meeting-“The Media and the Acquisition Profession”	21 GSA Industry Day ABA Commercial Products and Services Committee Meeting Joint ABA Privatization & Outsourcing and Legislative Coordinating Committee Meeting	22	23
24	25	26 ABA Healthcare Contracting Committe Meeting NCMA TCC Dinner Meeting-Air Force Contracting Challenges	27 Project Management & Supervisory Skills Course	28 Project Management & Supervisory Skills Course ABA Spring Educational Program and Open Council Meeting	29 ABA Spring Educational Program and Open Council Meeting	30 ABA Spring Educational Program and Open Council Meeting

May 2005

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	2 ABA Strategic Alliances, Teaming and Subcontracting Committee Meeting	3	4 ABA Professional Responsibility and Procurement Ethics Committee Meeting	5	6	7
8	9 ABA Acquisition Reform & Experimental Procurement Processes Committee Meeting	10	11 ABA Contract Claims and Disputes Resolution Committee Meeting	12 CANCELLEDABA Commercial Products and Services Committee Meeting	13	14
15	16 Annual Boards of Contract Appeals Judges Reception	17 FBA Intellectual Property Rights Committee	18 New Trends for A-76 Circular–The Road Ahead NCMA DC Chapter Dinner Meeting Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney on The Procurement Fraud Working Group	19	20	21
22	23	24 FBA Program—“FEDERAL PROCUREMENT SYSTEM CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES”—The Honorable David Safavian ABA Free Program—ADR & Technology: An Introduction to the Cutting Edge	25 On-Line CLE-ABA Acquisition and Deployment of Anti-Terrorism Technology The Intersection of Procurement and the SAFETY Act	26 ABA Research & Development and Intellectual Property Committee Meeting ABA Healthcare Contracting Committe Meeting ABA Debarment and Suspension Committee Meeting	27	28
29	30 MEMORIAL DAY-FEDERAL HOLIDAY	31

June 2005

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1 NCMA TCC—Phase III SBIR Funding Agreements With The Federal Government DHS To Discuss Recent Developments in SAFETY ACT Implementation at FBA Homeland Security Committee Meeting ABA Professional Responsibility and Procurement Ethics Committee Meeting	2 ABA Procurement Fraud Committee Meeting	3	4
5	6 ABA Acquisition Reform & Experimental Procurement Processes Committee Meeting ABA Strategic Alliances, Teaming and Subcontracting Committee Meeting	7	8 ABA Contract Claims and Disputes Resolution Committee Meeting San Diego NDIA & NCMA Luncheon Program COMFISCS and the Navy Global Supply Chain	9 ABA Commercial Products and Services Committee Meeting	10	11
12	13	14 Section 1423 Advisory Panel Meeting ABA Accounting, Costs and Pricing Committee Meeting	15 NCMA Tysons Corner Chapter—“G-CON Small Business Contracting Symposium” NCMA DC Chapter Dinner Meeting—“The Road Ahead - Contract Management Training and Education”	16 ABA Legislative Coordinating Committee Meeting ABA Privatization and Competitive Sourcing Committee Meeting	17	18
19	20	21 ABA Bid Protest Committee Meeting	22 GWU—“The WTO's Procurement Agreement - Benefits and Challenges”	23 ABA Healthcare Contracting Committe Meeting ABA Research & Development and Intellectual Property Committee Meeting	24	25
26	27	28 CSA Special Senior Executive Level Series Course on Air Force Source Selection, in Colorado Springs	29 Contract Services Association Summer Meeting on Procurement Opportunities, in Colorado Springs.	30 D.C. Bar-Government Contracts Law and You: Career Strategies and Opportunities for the Young and Soon-To-Be Practitioner FBA Procurement Policy Leader Program Paul J. McNulty US Attorney “New Initiatives in Combatting Fraud in Federal Procurement”

July 2005

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
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3	4 INDEPENDENCE DAY-FEDERAL HOLIDAY	5	6 CANCELLED ABA Professional Responsibility and Procurement Ethics Committee Meeting	7	8	9
10	11 ABA Strategic Alliances, Teaming And Subcontracting Meeting	12 Section 1423 Advisory Panel Meeting ABA ADR Committee Planning Meeting	13 ABA Contract Claims and Disputes Resolution Committee Meeting ABA On-Line CLE—“Contractor Teaming Arrangements— Competitive Solution or Legal Liability?”	14 ABA Commercial Products and Services Committee Meeting	15	16
17	18 A-76 Institute—The Service Contract Act Course	19 A-76 Institute—The Service Contract Act Course ABA Bid Protest Committee Meeting	20 A-76 Institute—The Davis-Bacon Act Course	21 ABA Legislative Coordinating Committee Meeting Privatization and Competitive Sourcing Committee Meeting	22	23
24	25 A-76 Institute—A Practical Guide to the “New” A-76 Course	26 A-76 Institute—A Practical Guide to the “New” A-76 Course	27 Section 1423 Advisory Panel Meeting A-76 Institute—The “New” A-76 Advanced Course July 27, 2005-ABA On-Line CLE–Supreme Court False Claims Act Decision “Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District, et al. v. United States ex rel Wilson ”	28 A-76 Institute—The “New” A-76 Advanced Course CANCELLED-ABA Healthcare Contracting Committe Meeting	29	30
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August 2005

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1	2	3 DC Bar Program—“Nuts and Bolts of Federal Grants Law”	4	5 August 5-8, 2005—ABA Annual Meeting—Chicago	6 August 5-8, 2005—ABA Annual Meeting—Chicago
7 August 5-8, 2005—ABA Annual Meeting—Chicago	8 August 5-8, 2005—ABA Annual Meeting—Chicago	9 Army HUBZone Conference	10 Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment Project Meeting Army HUBZone Conference	11	12	13
14	15	16	17 Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment Project Meeting	18 Section 1423 Advisory Panel Meeting	19	20
21	22	23 Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment Project Meeting	24	25	26	27
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September 2005

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2	3
4	5 Labor Day–Federal Holiday	6	7 ABA Responsibility And Contracting Ethics Committee Meeting	8 ABA Commercial Products and Services Committee Meeting	9	10
11	12 ABA Strategic Alliances, Teaming & Subcontracting Committee Meeting Memorial Service for John C. Cibinic, Jr.	13	14 ABA Contract Claims and Dispute Resolution Committee Meeting ABA Small Business and Other Socioeconomic Programs Committee Meeting DC Chapter NCMA Dinner Meeting with Rob Burton	15 Organizational Conflicts of Interest, Ethics & Gratuities Course Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment Project Meeting ABA Legislative Coordinating Committee Meeting ABA Health Care Contracting Committee Meeting ABA Privatization and Competitive Sourcing Commitee Meeting	16	17
18	19	20 ABA Bid Protest Committee Meeting Terminations for Convenience Maximizing Recovery, Minimizing Risk—ABA CLE Teleconference Program	21 Board of Contract Appeals Bar Association—Trial Practice Seminar	22 HUBZone Contractors National Council Meeting	23 HUBZone Contractors National Council Meeting	24
25	26	27 Acquisition Advisory Panel Public Meeting NCMA TCC Dinner Meeting–DOD’s Small Business Program	28 GWU Program-“Framework Agreements and Task-Order (IDIQ) Contracting: Successes (and Failures) in Europe and the United States” Intellectual Property in Federal Contracts Course	29 Intellectual Property in Federal Contracts Course ABA Debarment and Suspension Committee Meeting ABA Research & Development And Intellectual Property Committee Meeting	30

October 2005

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
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2	3 ABA Strategic Alliances, Teaming & Subcontracting Committee Meeting	4	5 ABA Professional Responsibility And Contracting Ethics Committee Meeting7	6 The False Claims Act and Federal Grant Programs	7 FBA Program—Buy American Legislation	8
9	10 Columbus Day-Federal Holiday	11 DC Bar Program—“PROCUREMENT INTEGRITY: Will the Avalanche Sweep Only The Sinners Away?” ABA Accounting, Cost and Pricing Committee Meeting	12 ABA Commercial Products and Services Committee Meeting	13 ABA Contract Claims and Dispute Resolution Committee Meeting CANCELLED - ABA Health Care Contracting Committee Meeting	14	15
16	17	18 ABA Bid Protest Committee Meeting	19 NCMA Dinner Meeting-“Managing Disaster When It Hits– A Contracting Perspective”	20 Health Care Contracting Program-Federal Drug Pricing: Veterans Health Care Act and Beyond Professional Services Council & Federal Bar Association 2005 Western Briefing Conference on Government Contracts	21 Health Care Contracting Program-Federal Drug Pricing: Veterans Health Care Act and Beyond Professional Services Council & Federal Bar Association 2005 Western Briefing Conference on Government Contracts ABA Privatization and Competitive Sourcing Commitee Meeting Announcing ABA Public Contract Law Finance Committee ABA Legislative Coordinating Committee Meeting	22
23	24	25 NCMA Tysons Corner Chapter Dinner Meeting	26 ABA CLE Program–Legislative Developments in Offshoring ABA Procurement Fraud Committee Meeting	27 Acquisition Advisory Panel Public Meeting ABA Debarment and Suspension Committee Meeting	28 Board of Contract Appeals Bar Association Annual Program “Budgets, Funding, Ethics and Schedules: Keeping Up In Turbulent Times”	29
30	31 ABA Acquisition Reform and Experimental Processes Committee Meeting

November 2005

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1	2 FBA-Thirty-third Symposium on Government Acquisition and The Annual Eastern Briefing Conference Huntsville, Alabama Performance-Based Services Acquisition Course ABA Professional Responsibility And Contracting Ethics Committee Meeting	3 FBA Meeting—“THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT AND FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS” FBA-Thirty-third Symposium on Government Acquisition and The Annual Eastern Briefing Conference Huntsville, Alabama Performance-Based Services Acquisition Course	4	5
6	7 ABA Strategic Alliances, Teaming & Subcontracting Committee Meeting	8	9 Essentials of GSA Compliance Course	10 “How Effective Is Your Compliance Program”—ABA Fall Educational Program and Open Council Meeting	11 Veteran’s Day Federal Holiday “How Effective Is Your Compliance Program”—ABA Fall Educational Program and Open Council Meeting	12 “How Effective Is Your Compliance Program”—ABA Fall Educational Program and Open Council Meeting
13	14 ABA Small Business and Other Socioeconomic Programs Committee Meeting	15 NCMA TCC General Membership Luncheon Meeting ABA Bid Protest Committee Meeting	16 DC Bar Program-SELLING UNDER A GSA MULTIPLE AWARD SCHEDULE (MAS) CONTRACT— Obligations, Compliance and Audits NCMA DC Chapter Dinner Meeting with Emily Murphy	17 ABA Program “Privatization of Government Functions - From Iraq to Katrina” ABA Health Care Contracting Committee Meeting ABA Privatization and Competitive Sourcing Commitee Meeting ABA Research & Development and Intellectual Property Committee Meeting	18 ABA Debarment & Suspension Committee Meeting NCMA Program “Information Technology Accessibility -- Understanding Section 508” Acquisition Advisory Panel Public Meeting	19
20	21	22	23	24 Thanksgiving Federal Holiday	25	26
27	28	29 Acquisition Advisory Panel Public Meeting	30

December 2005

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
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4	5 ABA Strategic Alliances, Teaming & Subcontracting Committee Meeting NCMA 24^th Annual Government Contract Management Conference	6 NCMA 24^th Annual Government Contract Management Conference	7 ABA Professional Responsibility And Contracting Ethics Committee Meeting	8 Nash & Cibinic Report Roundtable Essentials of GSA Compliance Course ABA Commercial Products and Services Committee Meeting ABA Small Business and Other Socioeconomic Programs Committee Meeting	9 Nash & Cibinic Report Roundtable	10
11	12	13 ABA Joint Meeting-Emerging Issues and Acquisition Reform and Experimental Processes Committees Meeting ABA Accounting, Costs and Pricing Committee Meeting	14 ABA Contract Claims and Dispute Resolution Committee Meeting ABA CLE —Post-Katrina Contracting	15 CANCELLED-ABA Health Care Contracting Committee Meeting Federal Procurement ADR Update	16 Acquisition Advisory Panel Public Meeting	17
18	19	20	21 NCMA DC Chapter Dinner Meetting “An Evening with Domenico Cipicchio, Acting Director of Procurement and Acquisition Policy, DOD”	22 ABA Debarment and Suspension Committee Meeting	23	24
25	26 Christmas Day-Federal Holiday	27	28	29	30	31

January 2006

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	2 New Year's Day-Federal Holiday	3	4	5 CANCELLED-Acquisition Advisory Panel Public Meeting-CANCELLED	6	7
8	9 ABA Strategic Alliances, Teaming & Subcontracting Committee Meeting	10 ABA Accounting, Costs and Pricing Committee Meeting	11 ABA Professional Responsibility And Contracting Ethics Committee Meeting	12 ABA ADR Commitee General Membership Meeting ABA Commercial Products and Services Committee Meeting	13	14
15	16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day-Federal Holiday	17 ABA Bid Protest Committee Meeting DC Bar Program-SELLING UNDER A GSA MULTIPLE AWARD SCHEDULE (MAS) CONTRACT Obligations, Compliance and Audits	18 Federal Government Sales Course NCMA DC Chapter Dinner Meeting—A Farewell to Greg Rothman	19 FBA Brown Bag-Lessons Learned From Hurricane Katrina: Success Stories and Contracting Issues ABA Legislative Coordinating Committee Meeting ABA Health Care Contracting Committee Meeting ABA-CLE Teleconference:Applying Federal ADR Best Practices to Resolving Procurement Disputes with State and Local Governments ABA Privatization And Competitive Sourcing plus the Finance Committee Meeting	20	21
22	23	24 Organizational Conflicts of Interest, Ethics, and Gratuities Course NCMA-Tysons' Corner Chapter Dinner Meeting with David Drabkin	25 GSA Contracting Boot Camp Course	26 GSA Contracting Boot Camp Course ABA Research & Development and Intellectual Property Committee Meeting	27	28
29	30	31 Acquisition Advisory Panel Public Meeting ABA Procurement Fraud Committee Meeting

February 2006

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1	2	3 ABA Debarment and Suspension Committee Meeting	4
5	6 ABA Strategic Alliances, Teaming & Subcontracting Committee Meeting	7	8 DC Bar Brown Bag Program—Organizational Conflicts of Interest: GAO Case Developments ABA Contract Claims and Disputes Resolution Committee Meeting Annual Review on Hot Issues in Federal Contracting Course	9 Joint Meeting of the ABA Commercial Products and Services & Acquisition Reform and Experimental Processes Committees	10	11
12	13	14 ABA Accounting, Costs and Pricing Committee Meeting	15 The Contract Services Association “Dialogue with a Decision-Maker: Contracting with DoE” With Special Guest Ed Simpson, DoE’s Director of Contract Management NCMA DC Chapter Dinner Meeting “Contracting Workforce: Crisis or Opportunity”	16 Annual Review on Hot Issues in Federal Contracting Course ABA Legislative Coordinating Committee Meeting ABA Health Care Contracting Committee Meeting	17	18
19	20 President’s Day-Federal Holiday	21 GWU Law School Program—“Electronic Reverse Auctions: Lessons Learned, Here and Abroad” West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference	22 West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference	23 Acquisition Advisory Panel Meeting Annual Review on Hot Issues in Federal Contracting Course West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference	24 West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference The George Washington University Law School Alumni Association Government Contracts Luncheon	25
26	27	28 ABA International Procurement Committee Meeting

March 2006

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1	2 ABA 12^th Annual Federal Procurement Institute and Open Midyear Council Meeting Annual Review on Hot Issues in Federal Contracting Course	3 ABA 12^th Annual Federal Procurement Institute and Open Midyear Council Meeting	4 ABA 12^th Annual Federal Procurement Institute and Open Midyear Council Meeting
5	6 ABA Strategic Alliances, Teaming & Subcontracting Committee Meeting	7	8 DC Bar Program-“Ask the Judge” ABA Contract Claims and Disputes Resolution Committee Meeting	9 ABA Commercial Products and Services Committee Meeting	10	11
12	13 Defense Industry Compliance Program Staying Compliant and Competitive In A Highly Scrutinized Environment	14 Defense Industry Compliance Program Staying Compliant and Competitive In A Highly Scrutinized Environment ABA Accounting, Costs and Pricing Committee Meeting	15 FBA Bid Protest Committee Meeting-USE OF EXPERTS AT THE GAO AND U.S. COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS DC NCMA Dinner Meeting-“OMB Initiatives to Standardize Major Acquisition Policy Across the Federal Government”	16 ABA Legislative Coordinating Committee Meeting ABA Health Care Contracting Committee Meeting ABA Privatization and Competitive Sourcing Committee Meeting	17 Acquisition Advisory Panel Meeting	18
19	20 Contract Services Association’s Annual Conference 2006	21 Contract Services Association’s Annual Conference 2006 ABA Bid Protest Committee Meeting	22 Contract Services Association’s Annual Conference 2006	23 Contract Services Association’s Annual Conference 2006	24	25
26	27	28 ABA CLE Teleconference Program-”Identifying High Compliance Risks” Essentials of GSA Compliance Course-“Five Steps to Avoiding Audit and Compliance Problems” NCMA Tysons Corner Chapter Dinner Meeting	29 Acquisition Advisory Panel Meeting ABA Procurement Fraud Committee Meeting	30 FBA-PROCUREMENT POLICY LEADER SERIES A Luncheon with The Honorable Edward J. Damich Chief Judge, United States Court of Federal Claims “THE CHANGING ROLES OF THE COURTS AND THE BOARDS AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF BOARD CONSOLIDATIONS” ABA Acquisition Reform and Experimental Procurement Processes Committee Meeting	31

April 2006

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
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2	3 ABA Strategic Alliances, Teaming & Subcontracting Committee Meeting	4 Organizational Conflicts of Interest, Ethics, and Gratuities Course	5 Federal Bar Association Committee on Small Business and Socioeconomic Matters Meeting ABA Professional Responsibility and Procurement Ethics Committee Meeting	6 How does the National Environmental Policy Act Apply in Federal Grants?-FBA Brown Bag Program.	7	8
9	10	11	12 BCA JUDGES ASSOCIATION ANNUAL SEMINAR ABA Free Teleconference Program—View from the Hill: Homeland Security and Congress in 2006	13	14	15
16	17	18 ABA Bid Protest Committee Meeting ABA ADR Program—Agency ADR Programs: The Inside View - What Every Contractor Should Know	19 NCMA DC Chapter Dinner Meeting “US Industry Operating In A Global Environment—Whose Side Are You On Anyway?”	20 ABA Health Care Contracting Committee Meeting ABA Privatization and Competitive Sourcing Committee and Financing and Transactions Committee Joint Meeting	21 GWU, BCABA and FBA Program—“Consolidation of the Civilian Boards of Contract Appeals: New Legislation's Impact on Practice Before the Boards” Acquisition Advisory Panel Meeting	22
23	24	25	26 FBA Program APPROPRIATIONS EARMARK GRANTS: INSIDER PERSPECTIVES	27 ABA Legislative Coordinating Committee Meeting Federal Bar Association Government Contracts Section Monthly Meeting Contract Services Association—Dialog with Decision Makers, with Greg Giddens, Chief of the Homeland Security Department's program management office for the Secure Border Initiative ABA Debarment and Suspension Committee Meeting ABA Research & Development and Intellectual Property Committee Meeting	28	29
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May 2006

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1 ABA Strategic Alliances, Teaming & Subcontracting Committee Meeting	2	3 ABA Professional Responsibility and Contracting Ethics Committee Meeting	4 The United States Court of Federal Claims Annual Law Day Observance	5	6
7	8	9 Boot Camp for GSA Contracting Course Annual Boards of Contract Appeals Judges Reception	10 Boot Camp for GSA Contracting Course ABA Contract Claims and Disputes Resolution Committee Meeting	11 ABA Commercial Products and Services Committee Meeting	12	13
14	15	16	17 NCMA DC Chapter Dinner Meeting The Acquisition Advisory Panel—Best Practices for the Acquisition Community	18 Essentials of GSA Compliance Course FBA Brown Bag Lunch Program-SWORD AND SHIELD: THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S USE OF ITS ANTI-FRAUD TOOLS IN CONTRACT LITIGATION ABA Health Care Contracting Committee Meeting ABA Debarment and Suspension Committee Meeting Acquisition Advisory Panel Meeting	19 Judicial Conference-Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ABA Spring Meeting—State and Local Procurement Symposium and Open Spring Council Meeting	20 ABA Spring Meeting—State and Local Procurement Symposium and Open Spring Council Meeting
21	22	23 ABA Bid Protest Committee Meeting NCMA Tysons Corner Chapter Dinner Meeting	24 The Changing Face of A-76 Program National Council for Public-Private Partnerships	25 ABA Legislative Coordinating Committee Meeting ABA Research & Development and Intellectual Property Committee Meeting	26	27
28	29 MEMORIAL DAY-FEDERAL HOLIDAY	30	31 ABA Procurement Fraud Committee Meeting CANCELLED Acquisition Advisory Panel Meeting

June 2006

Sunday