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 Bill Slaton, Board of Directors, SMUD, and Alice Astafan, CEO, The FTC. |
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Conference Illuminates How to Be a Successful SMUD Supplier
November 1, 2006
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) executives and procurement professionals welcomed regional business owners to the first SMUD Suppliers Networking Conference and Power Player Awards Luncheon on November 1, 2006. This event, co-sponsored by SMUD and The Federal Technology Center, which drew 317 registrants, celebrated SMUD’s business partnerships and aimed to generate new sources of supply.
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Dave Snyder, Director of Placer County Office of Economic Development |
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First Annual Placer County Super Seminar
August 15, 2006
On August 15, 2006 at the Sunset Center in Rocklin, California, The Federal Technology Center (The FTC) hosted the first of what we hope to be an annual Placer County Getting to Know Your Local Resources Super Seminar. With more than 230 registered for this event, the interest in how to do business with the various government agencies remains high. An introductory welcome was presented by Dave Snyder, the recently assigned Director, Placer County Office of Economic Development.
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Roger Dickinson, Sacrament Board of Supervisors and Chair of the Sacramento Regional Transit (RT) Board of Directors |
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Regional Transit Leaders: “We Want Small Business Vendors”
July 19, 2006
Roger Dickinson, of the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors and Chair of the Sacramento Regional Transit ( RT) Board of Directors, welcomed a full house at the How to Do Business with Regional Transit small business outreach conference on July 19, 2006. Dickinson provided insight into future transportation plans for the Sacramento Region. Dr. Beverly Scott, General Manager and Chief Executive Officer for RT told attendees, “We want small business vendors,”
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(L to R) Jan Schori, General Manager,
SMUD; Sharon Margetts, Director,
The FTC Board of Directors; Genevieve Shiroma, President, SMUD Board of
Directors; and Alice Astafan, CEO,
The FTC |
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SMUD General Manager Affirms SMUD’s Commitment to Small Business
June 7, 2006
On Wednesday, June 7, 2006, Jan Schori, General Manager of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), welcomed more than 140 contractors to “Make Your Contracting Connection with SMUD,” which was presented in partnership with The Federal Technology Center (The FTC). Schori stated that, “We are committed to small business. In 2005, 422 contracts worth $32.5 million were awarded to local small businesses and the goal for awards to small business has been doubled for 2006.”
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 Assemblyman Kevin McCarthy, California
32nd District, relates his experience and
empathy in dealing with the difficulty of
government
regulations in business |
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Attendees at Bakersfield Small Business Forum Learned about Legislators’ and Governor’s Support for Small Business and how to contract with government agencies
May 13, 2006
On May 13, 2006, Assemblyman Kevin McCarthy, who represents California’s 32nd District, provided an insightful keynote address during The Federal Technology Center’s Small Business Forum in Bakersfield. As a former small business owner himself, Assemblyman McCarthy related his experience and empathy in dealing with the difficulty of government regulations in business. McCarthy conveyed his support for small businesses and he discussed how the State’s legislators are
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Mike J. Reagan, Vice-Chairman
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Solano County Super Seminar Speakers are “Mountains of Knowledge”
April 26, 2006
Solano County Supervisor, Mike J. Reagan (District 5), welcomed over 100 small business participants and government representatives to the Solano County Super Seminar in Fairfield on April 26, 2006. Reagan emphasized that Solano County, home to Travis Air Force Base, is growing quickly and opportunities for doing business with government abound. This event was sponsored by The Federal Technology Center (The FTC), Solano County, and Solano College Small Business Development Center (SBDC).
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(L to R) Vikki Hawthorne, Supplier
Outreach
Program Manager, Defense
Supply Center
in Columbus, Ohio (DSCC);
and Carol
Bowyer,
Senior Counselor / Instructor,
The FTC.
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The FTC Hosts Rare Opportunity for California Businesses to Meet Defense Supply Center Columbus, Ohio (DSCC)
January 24 & 26, 2006
On January 24 in Sacramento and January 26, 2006 in Oakland, California,The Federal Technology Center (The FTC) hosted two classes presented by Vikki Hawthorne, Supplier Outreach Program Manager, Defense Supply Center in Columbus, Ohio (DSCC), part of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). This was a rare opportunity for California contractors, vendors and manufacturers to learn about how to sell to DSCC.
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John Segerdell, Assistant General Manager
for Regional Transit (right), congratulates
businesses that were presented with the
Golden Spike Award at the Regional
Transit Primes & Subcontractors
Conference 2006. |
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RT Primes & Subs Conference 2006 a Booming Success
January 10, 2006
Nearly 300 attendees, including representatives from 160 different businesses, convened for the 2nd Annual Sacramento Regional Transit Primes & Subcontractors Conference on January 10, 2006 for networking and potential partnering on contracts for the designing and building of Sacramento Regional Transit District’s planned light rail extensions which are expected to total more than $1billion.
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