# Presentation: 232718

## 2007 Federal Acquisition Conference & Exposition (FACE) 

**Homesteading for Small Businesses:  **
**How to Grow the Role of Small Businesses**
** ****in Your Agency’s Portfolio**

## Panel Members 

**Arthur Collins, Small Business Administration**
**Julie Krnc, OSD Office of Small Business Programs**
**Dan Sturdivant, Department of Homeland Security**
**Rhonda Cundiff, General Services Administration**
**Jeff Birch, Defense Acquisition University**

## Small Business Session

**Description:**  Small Businesses are vital to the growth of the U.S. economy. The key to success is to identify small businesses that will be successful in supporting your agency’s programs. This session will highlight successful market research and small business outreach techniques.
**Learning Objectives:**
**Explain the federal government’s role in supporting small businesses in order to expand the nation’s economic health.**
**Identify the benefits of contracting and subcontracting with small businesses.**
**Highlight successful outreach methods. **

## Acquisition Performance Solutions (APS)

## APS Mission and Role

- Provides timely, relevant and mission enhancing solutions through research, faculty expertise, training and job support services to the
- 	AT&L Workforce
**Learning Centers of Excellence (LCoE)**
- Establishes a focus on high-value and high-visibility topic areas
- Provides more robust senior leadership support
- Promotes key policy initiatives
- Offers cross cutting application and integration to all DAU portfolios
- Fosters a collaborative environment that integrates and leverages learning and job support assets from all parties (i.e., government, industry, academia)

## Small Business Learning Center of Excellence ( SB LCoE)

##  360° Around the PLM

** ****360° Around the PLM**

**Formal**** Training**

**SB Community of  Practice**

**Continuous**** ****Learning**

**Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program CLC009**

**Performance Support**

**Targeted Customer**
**Support**

- CON260

- CON260B
- July 17-19

## DAU SB LCoE PoC’s

**DAU Regional Support**

- DAU Mid Atlantic

**DAU South**

- DAU Mid West

**Clarence Roberts   Ron Fontenot**

**Pam Schuyler**

**Mike Lacroix                               Paul Scherer**

- Ernie Evans

- Renee Butler

- Communication,
-       Coordination and
-                Collaboration

**Our Stakeholders**

_**OSD OSBP**_**	****	****	**_**DPAP**_**	****	****	**_**SB Directors**_** **
- Linda Oliver, 703-604-0017	Susan Pollack, 703-697-8336	Ron Poussard, 703-696-1103 - Air Force
- Julie Krnc,  703-604-0157 x148	Debbie Tronic, 703-602-0289	Tracey Pinson, 703-697-2868 - Army
** **_**OFPP**_**	****	****	**_**SBA**_**	****	****	**Oreta Stinson, 202-685-6492 - Navy
- Mike Gerich, 202-395-6811	Art Collins, 202-205-7218 		Barbara English, 703-428-0787- DCMA
** **_**DHS**_**	****	****	**Bob Taylor, 202-205-7319		Peg Meehan, 703-767-1662- DLA
-  Kevin Boshears, 202-447-5279

**LCIC**

- John Krieger       Al Mosley       Bruce Moler

## SB LCoE Events

_**Completed Events**_
- Completed Small Business Strategic Training Concept Plan – DAU FY07 Organizational Performance Plan 1.1.5 *“Work with OUSD (AT&L) Director, Office of Small Business Programs to develop by 31 Mar 07 a concept to enhance small business training”*
- Briefed Service SB Directors  at the OSD OSBP Directors Meeting– Apr 3
- Met with SBA to discuss partnership (DAU/FAI/SBA) CLM Developments – April 4
-   SB Considerations for  the Requirements Community
-   Establishing a Friendly Small Business Environment
- OSD OSBP CON353 Guest Speaker – Apr 10
- SB Community of Practice Team Meeting – Apr 10
- Briefed OFPP and gained senior leadership support – Apr 24
- GSA Expo – DoD SB Program – Fundamentals for Success - DAU South, May 15-17
- Brief at the SB Conference, (Alexandria, VA) - May 21-24
- CON260 Breakout Session - May 21
- Lunch Speaker – May 24
_**Future Events**_** **
**Federal Acquisition Conf. & Expo – Jun 19-20 ...**** ****How to Grow the Role of SB in your Organization**** **
- SB Continuous Learning Module (CLM) developments – Joint development
- Web-cast -  Aug 8 (Topic TBD)
- Small Business Roundtable – Nov 2

## CON260 - The Small Business Program 

**CON260A – On-line**

- Est. 12 hours/ 24 days to complete

**CON260B – Classroom**

- 3 Days in-resident

## Learning Asset Integration

**Learning Asset Integration**

**https://acc.dau.mil/smallbusiness**

- Presentations

## Thank You for Your Attendance and Participation

- Jeffrey B. Birch
- Director, Small Business Leaning Center of Excellence
- 703.805.4576
- jeffrey.birch@dau.mil

## Toolkit – How To’s

**PROCESS:****  ****The SB LCoE provides targeted focus to advance the current state of small business learning and job support assets to enable the acquisition workforce and support senior leadership strategic goals; support, promote and enhance  training, continuous learning, knowledge sharing, performance support, rapid deployment training, collaborative developments and outreach and communication developments. **

## Toolkit – How To’s

**EXAMPLE:**

## Toolkit – How To’s

**WEBSITES: **
_**[www.dau.mil](http://www.dau.mil/)**_
_**[http://www.dau.mil/plm/plm.asp](http://www.dau.mil/plm/plm.asp)**_
_**[https://acc.dau.mil/smallbusiness](https://acc.dau.mil/smallbusiness)**_
_**[http://clc.dau.mil](http://clc.dau.mil/)**_
_**[https://learn.dau.mil/html/clc/Register.jsp](https://learn.dau.mil/html/clc/Register.jsp)**_
_**[http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/smallbusiness](http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/smallbusiness)**_